DOS Games Discussion

Hello
I have noticed you had many changes since my absence
do i have to change dosbox 0.72 to 0.73
or is it ok the way it is
dont make things more complicated for me
i still havent got all my games running

Better upgrade to 0.73.

Improved compatibility, improved CD mounts, better graphics, improved sound ... etcetera etcetera ....

hey sounds good
so how do i upgrade
do i delete the old one or just update it???
You know me

If I remember correctly, when you install a new version of DOSBox by default it doesn't touch your old version, so after installing in Program Files you'd have both (assuming you kept the default install directories):

Program Files/DOSBox-0.72
Program Files/DOSBox-0.73

emmzee wrote:If I remember correctly, when you install a new version of DOSBox by default it doesn't touch your old version, so after installing in Program Files you'd have both (assuming you kept the default install directories)

Indeed, no need to uninstall/delete older versions.
They don't interfere with each other.

Just one important remark:
Do NOT use/copy... older dosbox cfg files in newer versions, or vice versa. Each has their own specific settings.

ok you know when i am back
hey i downloaded it exactly as it said to
i did the edit config also
but it doesnt come up C:
it comes up Z:
directory c:\users\owner\oldgames doesnt exit
i did makea folder old games
but there is nothing in it
so where did i go wrong
I would like to get this up and running

sue wrote:o
......directory c:\users\owner\oldgames doesnt exit
...i did makea folder old games

Make up your mind will ya Sue?
oldgames or old games?

whoops
i changed the folder to oldgames instead of old games stupid me
anyway yes dosbox 0.73 does now have c:\
so how do i play the games on it like the other dosbox they dont load up?
so i have still done something wrong somewhere
what does the folder oldgames do anyway it says the folder is empty????
You really like to confuse me

Arf arf arf .....

Let's see pumpkin.
If \oldgames\ is empty ..... you should move your dosgames in it, shouldn't you?

Let us suppose you want to play keen4,
You should have a c:\users\owner\oldgames\keen4\ folder when you look in Windows.
So when you run dosbox and input:


cd keen4
keen4e


keen4 would launch.

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I get the distinct feeling you still don't understand the whole virtual C: idea .....
Let me try to explain -(once)- again:
In Windows you see:
c:\users\owner\oldgames\keen4\

But in dosbox things change, dosbox can not see
c:\users\owner\oldgames\keen4\
Dosbox can only see:
c:\keen4\
because c:\users\owner\oldgames\ is mounted as virtual C:
and dosbox can only see/read/write in the virtual C; folder.
That's the whole concept.

OH You must love it when i am back

Ok i will move everything in to oldgames
It says to me
that is i move the dosgames or delete them etc
some of the programs will not work?
why does these things want to confuse me more
So do i do that anyway
and no i dont understand any of this anymore
it is all quite confusing just love it when the games work
so I will wait for your reply before i go moving anything around
before i end up with nothing at all
you know me that isnt hard to do

Once again:
You mount c:\users\owner\oldgames\ as virtual C: ?
Dosgames folders must be in there.
Dosbox will only read/write on the folders that are in there.


Capiche?
I'm not talking about ISOs you eventually have, that's another matter.

[BTW Edit]
If your games are now in c:\users\owner\old games\ why don't you simply delete the empty oldgames folder and rename \old games\ to \oldgames\ ?
Tip: to rename a folder in windows, highlight it and hit F2.
Mind the tipooz!
[/BTW Edit]

Gee get a room you two!

We have a room, but we don't talk about dosbox there.

WOW what have I been missing out on