Contents. Advance Warning There is a serious memory issue when running Daggerfall under a modern Windows-OS such as Windows-XP. This issue causes the quest object to be invisible, hence it will be nearly impossible to find or kill a quest object, since it can not be seen. Once the quest is active, switching to DosBox or similar applications doesn't solve this problem, since the quest data is already stored in your savegame, you have to start the quest from the scratch.
Always keep that in mind because, if you embark on the Main Quest or a quest line, you will have serious troubles. In addition to the problems with the quest object strafe, backwards moves, climbing, swimming and jumping are almost impossible to perform. Considering all these facts, it is highly advised to use when running Daggerfall under a modern Windows-OS. Running under Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 is now to promote the upcoming 2007 edition. Installing Daggerfall (or Arena) under it is a simple process; you merely need your original copy of DOS 6.3 or Windows 95 (which also includes DOS 6.3).
Once set up correctly the game should run fairly well. Computer speed and NTFS partitions may or may not still be an issue, but running in a DOS mode will probably help.
It might not run smooth enough in older computers (Athlon XP or older Pentium 4, for example) Using VDMSound to run Daggerfall under Windows XP Running Daggerfall with VDMSound is a functional method of playing the game especially on lower end Windows systems, which might not be able to run a fully emulated DOS environment functionally. This is also the method Bethesda recommends.
The game can be installed with either the unofficial fan-made (1.4MB), or the Bethesda available on FilePlanet (44MB). Download the file and let it install while having Daggerfall CD in your CD-ROM drive. When it finishes go to the Daggerfall directory (default C: DAGGER). You should not use the VDMSound package included with Bethesda installer, as a newer version is available. Keep in mind, that Bethesda does not officially support either of these programs. NOTE: If you change the installation path, make sure you keep Daggerfall in a directory which complies with the DOS-compliant 8.3 convention: no spaces, no more than 8 characters in a file or directory name, and no more than 3 letters for file extension. You can't install Daggerfall under e.g.
'C: Program Files Daggerfall.' Patching and installing VDMSound Download and install the latest official Daggerfall. This will help solve many potential problems before they even occur. VDMSound is hosted on SourceForge, download the latest and install it. Now head to the Daggerfall directory, right-click setup.exe, and choose 'Run with VDMS'. Use the default settings in the VDMS wizard.
When the DOS box has opened, input the next settings in the setup unless you change the equivalent defaults within VDMSound: Digital Device: Sound Blaster 16/AWE32 Port: 220 DMA: 1 IRQ: 7 MIDI Device: Sound Blaster 16 MIDI Port: 388 You can test both Digital and MIDI sound to see, if you can hear them. If everything is in order, select 'OK' and choose to save the configuration. Using Speedset to fix game related issues Despite VDMS, you are likely to encounter many glitches, such as rapidly rotating villagers or randomly falling through surfaces due to modern processors being too fast for the game. Download and extract its contents in your Daggerfall directory. This is the recommended method, as Speedset is created by the same person as VDMS. You can try to use similar slowdown programs if you encounter difficulties (like ).
Turbo is a Windows executable and throttles the whole system instead of throttling a single program. Speedset is used by adding the next line in DAGGER.BAT (simply open it in Notepad): speedset nn.n Where 'nn.n' is a number between -100.0 and 100.0. Negative numbers decrease the cycles given to the game (slowing it down), while positive increase them (making it run faster). The numbers equal a percentage of the total processor speed. You will have to experiment with the correct value for your processor for the game to run without glitches (or running at all). The game begins to definitely behave erratically somewhere around 450MHz range, while it's original recommended hardware requirement was a 66MHz 486DX system. Creating virtual drives to resolve a glitch The final problem on modern hardware is the Invisible Quest Items/Monsters Bug (see ).
This bug was thoroughly examined and solved on the official Elder Scrolls. The bug appears as missing (invisible) items and monsters, which make completing some quests impossible.
NOTE: This bug is irreversible for saved games which have already begun the quests. In majority of the cases the working solution is to have three hard disk partitions, two of which are either NTFS or FAT32. Those two partitions must also be between roughly 40MB and 1GB in size. Daggerfall does not need to be installed on either of those partitions. Most common computer setups have more than enough system RAM to use virtual drives to bypass the bug.
Simply download and install the freeware program. ImDisk can be invoked from any path, so this is the only thing you have to do with it besides editing your batch file. You will now have to edit DAGGER.BAT in your Daggerfall main directory to use these tools. After this final step it should look like this: imdisk -a -s 50M -p '/fs:fat32 /q /y' -m x: imdisk -a -s 50M -p '/fs:fat32 /q /y' -m y: speedset nn.n dagger.exe imdisk -d -m x: imdisk -d -m y: Where you should replace 'x:' and 'y:' with drive letters of your choice, and 'nn.n' with a value between 100.0 and -100.0.
This batch file will create two virtual 50 megabyte FAT32 drives (with drive letters 'X:' and 'Y:' respectively, change the letters to suit your drive configuration). It will then load up Speedset to throttle your processor in order to prevent the game running too fast.
The final two lines will unload the virtual disks after you quit the program. You now have Daggerfall running with sound, with corrected speed and system dependent bugs eliminated. Finalizing setup In your Daggerfall main directory, you can now right click on DAGGER.BAT and choose 'Run with VDMS'. You can use the setting 'Use default configuration', however the game does not use EMS and some advanced options in VDMS (namely 'Cap DOS timer frequency' and 'Try to reduce CPU usage' under the performance tab) might help if you're experiencing slowdowns.
After clicking 'Next', choosing 'Remember my settings' will create a runnable shortcut for VDMS, you can also choose to copy this shortcut on your desktop. The game should now run error free with full sound, when started by double clicking on the newly created shortcut.
If you experience stuttering/corrupt sound you can try replacing Sound Blaster 16 with Sound Blaster Pro in the setup utility. Some computer setups will experience sound errors during the cutscenes, changing card type won't fix this. If you still see erroneous behavior (e.g. Rats not moving towards you and swirling wildly around in the tutorial cave) experiment with the speedset value: it needs to be lower. DOS Startup Disk for Daggerfall and Windows XP Seeing as how I went through the frustration of getting Daggerfall to run on XP last night and this morning I thought I would give you the simplest run down on how to get it working. First of all the only problem I had with it was the Install.exe going black screen on me. Dagger.exe works fine as well as Setup.exe detecting my old SB16 card for Midi and Digital setup under Auto Detect.
Create a Dos startup disk for XP. Do this by right clicking A: drive and selecting Format then choosing to create a MS-DOS startup disk. Copy the entire cd to a new folder to the drive your installing Daggerfall to (DON'T name this folder Dagger). Reboot with disk. Run the install from the dos command prompt.
Restart in XP. Run Setup in the C: dagger folder (or which ever folder you installed it to).
Delete the folder you copied the files to. Edit the z.cfg file to the following: path c: dagger arena2 pathcd d: dagger arena2 (with c: being your installation driver and folders and d: being your cd-rom. Change if necessary) Run Dagger.exe and everything should be well. Sound isn't very good and I find that the strafing speed is VERY slow so I'm going to try out now and try bumping the maxSpeed variable. Dual Booting Under WinXP Here's how I got Daggerfall to run under WinXP (DOS 6.22 or Windows95/98 boot disk needed).
First, I took my DF CDROM and copied the whole thing to my hard drive. Then I used to handy DOS 6.22 Boot Diskette to boot up the computer into DOS. Then I created and formatted a FAT16 Partition on my second Hard Drive. Then I restarted the computer and allowed WindowsXP to load. It will take up to 5 minutes while it realizes that a new Partition is there.
After the WindowsXP loading animation (in WinXP Pro) the screen may go, and stay, black for a while. Wait it out, the OS will eventually load. Log on to the computer and copy the DF files to the FAT16 partition (the files that were copied in the beginning; the whole DF CDROM). Restart the computer and put in the DOS Diskette again so DOS loads.
Go into the Directory where the DF CDROM files are at and execute the INSTALL program. The game will install. Do not configure sound as that seems to crash the DOS a lot. Once the game is installed, reboot the computer into Windows. Go to the directory where the game is installed and patch it if you want to. Double click the file SETUP.EXE and configure your sound. If your Drive C: is using NTFS, you will have to make some changes in the Z.CFG file in the Daggerfall directory.
Open this file with NotePad and make sure that the following is set: path X: dagger arena2 pathcd X: dagger arena2 Where 'X' is the drive the game is installed on. Make BOTH of those paths identical, as Daggerfall doesn't seem to want to read its CDROM after you use my install method. After that's set, you can double-click the DAGGER.EXE file to launch the game. No compatibility settings have to be made. Notes:. This method may or may not work for you, but it works well for me. I am using WindowsXP Professional.
I copied the DF CDROM to my hard drive because it takes forever to install off the CDROM when in DOS. Don't copy the CDROM file to the root of a hard drive. It will have 'unusual' effects if you do so. I learned the hard way.My hard drive now Autoruns like a CDROM. This may not work on WindowsXP Home. BE CAREFUL WHEN CREATING A FAT16 PARTITION!!
Make sure you are formatting FAT16 on a partition or hard drive OTHER then the partition your Windows is on. If you accidentally format your windows partition, you will have to reinstall Windows. When in FDISK, first thing you need to do is select OPTION 5 if you are creating a partition on another drive. Remember that FAT16 cannot be above 2GB in size. Again, be careful if you are going to use my method.
I am not to be blamed if you screw-up and kill your Windows. Running Under Windows Vista See in dedicated article. DaggerXL is a rewrite of Daggerfall's game engine the eventual goal of the project is to create an updated playing environment for the game, capable of being run on modern operating systems (as opposed to being run in DOS, or through DOSBox).
Important Documents, Drivers and Software NOTICE: Please be aware since the time I have written this guide, DOSBox and DOSBox Daum are still being constantly developed and improved upon. As a result of this not all versions are compatible with this guide. Please use either the version of DOSBox Daum provided in the link to the right or simply. For reference, this is DOSBox Daum version released on May 6, 2013, based on DOSBox SVN 3829. You must have your own copy of Windows 9x. While the operating system is old and sees little if any use these days, it is still under copyright by Microsoft and should be obtained legally.
I do not condone, nor am I responsible for your actions otherwise. In order to have a successful install of any operating system you must have the proper software. This includes the most basic level necessities such as drivers for your hardware, all the way to helpful goodies such as word processing software and video games. Provided below is a list of drivers, important updates and other useful software that can help you get the most out of your Windows 9x installation within DosBox. Please be aware that I do not own any of the following files.
Any registered or copyrighted software is still the respective property of their owners. All software provided here is to be considered free and available to anyone willing to search. I have compiled this small database for the sole purpose of providing a single location to find these files. The drivers provided here are free and available to the public from their original vendors if you can locate them (some are extremely difficult to locate). You may choose to visit their respective websites to find out more. Links to all important files Most of these files are self extracting. You can run the executable directly within your Windows 9x virtual environment since the self extraction does not rely on any external program.
Windows 95 Drivers and Software Windows 98 Drivers and Software Additional Notes The Firefox Browser is excellent if you do plan to install the pcap library to allow DOSBox to communicate with your host and the internet. Firefox 2.0.0.20 was released late in 2008, and is a far superior browser to IE 5.5. Be warned it can be a tedious and long process, and you may have to use the more capable JDOSBox to perform the installation. The Scitech Display Doctor and Univbe driver are free as Scitech no longer produces or maintains the software. The installers labeled with a '-w' are windows installers and should be used.
The '-d' folders are DOS drivers. These drivers do function, but are not as capable or stable as the official S3 Trio64 drivers also provided here.
Hello Android gamers today we will be learning how to play PC games on Android with the App DosBox Turbo, the best and fastest Dos Emulator for Android. Age of Empires 1 & 2 Alpha Centauri Anno 1602 Arcanum (Requires a next gen device.
Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) C&C Red Alert 95 Civilization II Combat mission Beyond Overlord Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Diablo 1 Diablo 2 Dungeon Keeper Dungeon Keeper 2 (Needs pentiummmx CPU setting in Dosbox Config) (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Dune 2000 Fallout 1 Fallout2 Fallout2: Restoration project Fallout Tactics (Needs additional file modding-)(Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Half life Heroes of Might and Magic III (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note4+) Homeworld 1 (works without sound) (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2)(Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Homeworld cataclysm (Requires a next gen device.
Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Ignition (works with 3Dfx) Interstate 76 (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Jedi Knight dark forces 2 JoeQuake / ProQuake Lionheart (Require a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Lords of the Realms 2 M.U.G.E.N(Dos version is playable) (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Neighbours from Hell Nox Populous The Beginning Quake 1 Seven Kingdoms 2 Simcity 2000 Simcity 3000 Starcraft 1 Strategic command The Journeyman Project (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2.0) The Longest Journey The Sims Total Annihilation (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2.0) Europa Universalis 2 Warhammer 40,000: Final Liberation (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2.0) Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie.
Daemon tools V2.0) Warhammer 40,000: Rites of war (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2.0) (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Warhammer: Dark Omen (requires additional CD/ISO setup - ie. Daemon tools V2.0) (Requires a next gen device. Ie Tegra 4+, Note3+) Z DosBox Turbo Win9x Installation Guide: 1)aYou will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu.
Go to “DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config” check “3DFX Glide Support” and “Manual Mode”. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect. Or Or Note: If DBT if giving insufficient memory errors try this great free app bAttention Dosbox Turbo Users there have been some recent changes to the default directory paths. Due to these changes you will now need to change the directory path back to the old default or place the dosbox config into the new location in step 7. You can change the default location now by selecting “Config location” right under where you selected manual mode.
You will see a directory path similar to the one below. Note the beginning of the path can vary depending on the type of device used.Click to see the pic.
How to Play Fallout 1 with Dosbox Turbo: Recommended System Requirements: CPU Quad- Core, Dual-core 1.2Ghz+, equivalent or better. GPU Adreno 220+, Nvidia Tegra2/3/4, equivalent or better. Memory 1GB-2GB, Min=512MB. My Config asks for a min of 256MB & shouldn't be run on a device with less than 512MB. 8GB disk space Minimum System Requirements: 1Ghz Single-Core CPU with 512MB of Ram 4GB Disk Space Full Fallout 1 install instructions: 1)a Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu.
Go to 'DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config' check 'Manual Mode'. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect. BAttention Dosbox Turbo Users there have been some recent changes to the default directory paths. Due to these changes you will now need to change the directory path back to the old default or place the dosbox config into the new location in step 4.
You can change the default location now by selecting “Config location” right under where you selected manual mode. You will see a directory path similar to the one below. Note the beginning of the path can vary depending on the type of device used.
Beginning DosBox Turbo for Newbies DosBox Turbo is a DOS emulator that requires you to download and copy (to your android device) DOS games. The following is a simple getting started guide to get the popular DOS game DOOM running. This guide assumes you have already downloaded the latest version of DosBox Turbo from the Google Play Store: Step 1: We first need to use a PC to download the DOS game of your choice. In this case, we will download DOOM. Most DOS games arrive in a zip archive. Click on the following link, to download shareware DOOM to your computer: Step 2:Unzip the archive on your PC and copy the folder to your Android Device Using WinZip or any other PC unarchiver application of your choice, unzip the DOOM game, it should unzip to a folder on your PC called 'dooms'.
Step 3: Copy the folder to your Android Device Plug your Android device into your computer via USB. We will create a directory on our Android device called 'dos' where we will put all our DOS games.
Copy the 'dooms' folder into the newly created dos folder. Creating the dos folder on the Android Device Step 4: Install and Enable the free GamePad application on your Android Device to get cursor controls Now you'll also want to download my 'Gamepad' app. Once you've installed the GamePad app, click the GamePad icon and follow the steps to enable it on your Android device. Then follow this video to setup the controls for doom: Using a MOGA Pocket controller: DosBox Turbo supports the MOGA Pocket controllers through the free MOGA Universal Driver. The newer Pro version of the MOGA controllers have a Bluetooth USB mode which requires no external driver app and just works with DosBox Turbo. Please watch the following video for setup instructions for the MOGA Pocket: Step 5: Start DosBox Turbo and configure the game settings On your Android device, start DosBox Turbo and when you see the dos prompt (c: ) type the following: c: cd dos c: DOS cd dooms c: DOS DOOMS doom DOOM should then launch. If you are using my free GamePad keyboard, you can now switch from the keyboard to the gamepad by swiping from left to right across the keyboard itself.
You can also run the setup.exe if you want to change the DOOM settings. The procedure is basically the same for most DOS games. Additional Resources: How to Use DosBox Turbo with GOG.img files ISO's and 3Dfx Glide Support in Dos Games Mounting ISO and IMG files with Dosbox Turbo: 1)You will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu. Go to “DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config” check “3DFX Glide Support” and “Manual Mode”. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect. 2)Some games have ISO or IMG files that must be mounted in order to play the games.
GOG games have data image files called 'game.gog', you will need to mount these in order to play your GOG games. I suggest you add a line to your DosBox Turbo config file. You can do this by opening up your Dosbox cfg files and adding the following lines.
Note you can also manually type these commands into Dosbox Turbo but you will need to repeat this each time before launching the game. In addition you can use the to create a quick launch profile with the auto exe lines and ISO/IMG file commands. Imgmount d: /sdcard/pathtogame/game.gog -t iso or imgmount d: /sdcardpathtogame/gamename.iso -t iso In this example the game data is located on your Android device in a folder named 'tomb'. Imgmount d: /sdcard/tomb/game.gog -t iso In this example the game data is located on your Android device in a folder named 'blood'. Imgmount d: /sdcard/blood/game.gog -t iso To Play Classis GOG.com Dos Games with Glide 3Dfx Support do the following. In order to play some Dos Games with Glide support (Blood, Tomb Raider,ect) you may need to, download, extract and place this Glide dll file into your game folder.
DosBox Turbo 3Dfx Glide support on Android Tomb Raider 1 Demo Blood 3Dfx PC Game on Android with DosBox Turbo How to play the Elder Scrolls II - Daggerfall on Android (DosBox Turbo) How to Benchmark Dosbox Turbo: Dos Doom Shareware Benchmarking: In order to get comparable results for every device, the Doom 1 timedemo 3 is used as the main benchmark for Dosbox turbo. To ensure that the results are accurate all users should use the Doom1 Shareware v1.9 in conjunction with a preset Dosbox config file. The config file will automatically run the test and display the results. Doom time demo results will be displayed as gameticks and realticks. In order to calculate the average Frames per second (FPS) we will enter these results into this equation 35(gameticks/realticks). The gameticks will always be 2134 for the Doom Shareware V1.9. If you have a different number then you aren’t using this version and results will not be comparable.
Compare your results with those on the: 1) You will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run DosBox Turbo and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu. Go to “DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config” check “Manual Mode”. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect. 2) Download the Doom v1.9 shareware and config with Auto exe. Copy this file and folder into your internal storage space. This is the area that opens by default from your computer with the USB cable, all your android data is located here.
The folder should be called doom and have all the data contained within. If it doesn't run you can manually run the test by launching Doom, bringing up the console by pressing (`)and typing “timedemo demo 3”. 3) Launch the Dosbox Turbo app from your device and Doom will start and run time demo 3.
Once complete you will see your results that you can calculate your average FPS from. Round up your results to the nearest 0.1FPS.Click to see pic. 4)Compare you results with the chart on the -Click to see pic. Multiplatform benchmarking with Quake 1 in Win9x and Dos: Faster devices can use the Quake 1 timedemo in both Dos and win9x.
This will allow you compare performance between Dos, win9x and win9x with Glide 3Dfx support. Results will be displayed as an average frames per second (FPS). Dosbox Auto exe configs can be used for Dos benchmarks and automated benchmark shortcuts are used for win9x.
1) You will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu.
Go to “DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config” check “3DFX Glide Support” and “Manual Mode”. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect. 2) Download the Quake shareware demo and config files. Copy the Quake folder into your devices internal storage space. This is the area that opens by default from your computer with the USB cable, all your android data is located here. The folder should be called quake and have all the data contained within.
3) To run the Quake 1 Dos benchmark, copy the Quake Dos config from the folder onto your device. Launch the Dosbox Turbo app from your device and Quake will start and run the time demo via the auto exe. Once complete you will see your results as an average FPS. If it doesn’t start you can manually run the test by launching Quake, bringing up the console by pressing(`) and typing “timedemo demo1”. 4) To run the Quake win9x benchmark copy the Quake win9x config from the folder onto your device.
Place the Quake shareware demo folder into your HDD image, save it and transfer it to the device. This is the same procedure covered in the video for playing PC games with Dosbox Turbo. Launch the app to start win9x, open the shortcut to D and find the Quake folder. Inside this folder you will find several benchmark shortcuts for both regular quake and GL quake. Two Quake mods have been added to the folder to enable 3DfX glide support, Pro quake and Joe quake.
Run one of these shortcuts to automatically start the benchmark and display results once complete. Note Pro Quake is the recommended benchmark for Quake in win9x. Joe Quake displays more of the screen and is therefore harder to run but is more enjoyable for playing the actual game demo. All comparable benchmark results should be done with either Pro Quake or Pro Quake GL. Note the shortcut links expect the game data to be located @ D: quake. Quake Benchmark Shortcut Legend: -wqpro-Benchmark (Pro Quake Software Benchmark) -glpro-Benchmark (Pro Quake GL Benchmark) -joequake-Benchmark (Joe Quake Software Benchmark) -joequake-gl-Benchmark (Joe Quake GL Benchmark) -winquake-Benchmark (Default software Benchmark). ((Amended due to not being able to post links - I had pictures and links:/ Sorry I cannot provide them being as I am new to the forums and only signed up to respond to this thread in particular)) I've watched the video and read the guide all the way through.
What I have been trying to do is play a Windows 98 compatible game called Ahriman's Prophecy made by Amaranth Games. It's a free game you can download from their website, and the stats on it say 'Windows 98/XP/Vista'. I also have tried another one of their games, which is pay to play ($20US), called Aveyond: Rhen's Quest which is made by the same people. Despite trying both version 1 and version 2 of the guides you posted, as I've tried for about 5 hours, which has kept me entertained, but alas it still will not work. I'm pretty persistent, but being able to play these on the Nextbook would make me incredibly happy.
I am running the Android application on a Nextbook. I have Dsbox Turbo purchased and installed. I can access them, but when I run the application Aveyond: Rhen's Quest it crashes the whole system. When I run Ahriman's Prophecy it gets to a white loading screen with the loading screen icon on the mouse. I can move the mouse about, but if I leave it running for 30 minutes it will go to a blue screen, require me to press a key, and then crash Dosbox Turbo all together. I have also tried compressing Aveyond: Rhen's Quest into an ISO file and running it through Daemon tools, just to see if it would work, and that too hit a dead end.
BOTH programs run fine on a PC, so there's nothing wrong with the.exe files, but I have a feeling I made a mistake in the installation somewhere. Dsbox loads up fine, it's just running the.exe programs themselves that is an issue. Quote: Originally Posted by Taisynn ((Amended due to not being able to post links - I had pictures and links:/ Sorry I cannot provide them being as I am new to the forums and only signed up to respond to this thread in particular)) I've watched the video and read the guide all the way through. What I have been trying to do is play a Windows 98 compatible game called Ahriman's Prophecy made by Amaranth Games. It's a free game you can download from their website, and the stats on it say 'Windows 98/XP/Vista'. I also have tried another one of their games, which is pay to play ($20US), called Aveyond: Rhen's Quest which is made by the same people. Despite trying both version 1 and version 2 of the guides you posted, as I've tried for about 5 hours, which has kept me entertained, but alas it still will not work.
I'm pretty persistent, but being able to play these on the Nextbook would make me incredibly happy. I am running the Android application on a Nextbook. I have Dsbox Turbo purchased and installed. My Config File:. I can access them, but when I run the application Aveyond: Rhen's Quest it crashes the whole system. When I run Ahriman's Prophecy it gets to a white loading screen with the loading screen icon on the mouse. I can move the mouse about, but if I leave it running for 30 minutes it will go to a blue screen, require me to press a key, and then crash Dosbox Turbo all together.
I have also tried compressing Aveyond: Rhen's Quest into an ISO file and running it through Daemon tools, just to see if it would work, and that too hit a dead end. BOTH programs run fine on a PC, so there's nothing wrong with the.exe files, but I have a feeling I made a mistake in the installation somewhere. Dsbox loads up fine, it's just running the.exe programs themselves that is an issue.
Version 1 and 2 are the same but 2 has CD/ISO support. The minimum system requirement for Aveyond 1: Rhen's Adventure starts with a 600Mhz CPU. Equivalently my Note 2 has a 75-90Mhz CPU when running PC games with DosBox Turbo. Remember to look at the Emulated Android PC Performance chart in the guide and see where your device fits. The most limiting factor is our current level of hardware. Games that require a CPU above 300Mhz are generally unplayable with current hardware. If you happen to have a Tegra 4 device and set GPU acceleration, then you might be able to make it happen.
To be able to post pics and links here you need to get your post count up. Checkout some of my other fun gaming threads, you might find something interesting. Quote: Originally Posted by RolandDeschain79 Version 1 and 2 are the same but 2 has CD/ISO support. The minimum system requirement for Aveyond 1: Rhen's Adventure starts with a 600Mhz CPU.
Equivalently my Note 2 has a 75-90Mhz CPU when running PC games with DosBox Turbo. Remember to look at the Emulated Android PC Performance chart in the guide and see where your device fits. The most limiting factor is our current level of hardware. Games that require a CPU above 300Mhz are generally unplayable with current hardware.
If you happen to have a Tegra 4 device and set GPU acceleration, then you might be able to make it happen. To be able to post pics and links here you need to get your post count up. Checkout some of my other fun gaming threads, you might find something interesting. That all depends on the power of the Android device and the system requirements of the game. I have yet to try using this with a Tega 4 device but we can expect more GPU heavy Android devices from Nvidia in the future.
If a game can be run with a Voodoo 1 and low powered CPU then it would be within the realm of possibility. Voodoo 3Dfx support is a new and experimental feature currently, so games will run better in software mode.
We can expect this to improve as development continues but it might be a few years before something like WC3 is playable. Have a look at the current hardware info below. If a fast current device provides around 100mhz CPU then we need something 4x to 6x faster for WC3. Emulated Android PC Performance Recommended System Requirements: CPU Quad- Core, Dual-core 1.2Ghz+, equivalent or better. GPU Adreno 220+, Nvidia Tegra2/3/4, equivalent or better.
2GB, 1GB, 512MB. My Config asks for a min or 256MB & shouldn't be run on a device with less than 512MB. 8GB disk space Minimum System Requirements: 1Ghz Single-Core CPU with 512MB of Ram 4GB Disk Space Android to PC hardware conversion: Quad Core Samsung Exynos (1.6 Ghz - Samsung Galaxy Note II) Pentium 75 - 90 Quad Core Nvidia Tegra3 CPU (1.5Ghz) Pentium 60-75Mhz Dual Core Nvidia Tegra2 CPU (1Ghz) 486@66-80Mhz Dual Core A9/Exynos Processor (Samsung Galaxy II @ 1.2Ghz) 486@75-90Mhz Dual Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 (MSM8260 1.5Ghz) 486@50Mhz Single Core Generic Cortex A8 (1Ghz) 486@33-40Mhz.
DosBox Turbo About is a highly optimized custom Android Wrapper around the latest SVN version of DosBox. Starting with.x, DosBox Turbo has been completely re-written to incorporate numerous new features and optimizations. The goal of DosBox Turbo is to be the most highly optimized and feature enhanced version of DosBox for Android. Certain desktop features of DosBox were removed due to limitations of Android. Screen capture, serial and some other minor features were removed from this version. Android 4.2+ (KitKat) SD-card issues: Android KitKat introduced a new restriction never before seen on Android: KitKat will to the External Storage (ie. SDCard) anymore.
This new 'feature' breaks many apps. If you find your games are no longer working or you are unable to save your progress when using your External Storage on your device you have two options:. Move your games to your Internal Storage (which does not have the same restriction). Move your games to the public directory that is allowed on External Storage (which differs by phone), but is usually: / /Downloads/where ' is usually: / storage/extSdCard/ or /storage/sdcard/ (if the directory does not exist, you can create it). DosBox Turbo 2.1.14+ automatically defaults to the allowed directory (if you have external storage) and will create it if it doesn't already exist. You may need to use the 'Reset to defaults' settings option if you have an non-writable directory saved to your DosBox Turbo autoexec settings. If after following the above instructions, you are still defaulting to internal storage for the Download location, you may have to to the external SD card.
NOTE: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) finally fixes the SD-Card debacle. In Android 6.0, you can choose to use your SD-Card as 'internal' memory, which allows full read/write access to the SD card.
Usage Upon startup, you will be greeted with a DOS Prompt. DosBox Turbo will attempt to mount the root of your SDCARD as the C: drive.
If you need other mounting options, type intro mount at the prompt for further instructions. DosBox configuration can be done either in the Menu's, or via the dosbox.conf file located in the /sdcard directory.
It is suggested that the in application menus are used for configuration settings, and that only advanced users should modify the dosbox.conf file. Any changes to the dosbox.conf file will override the settings in the application menu. Normally, you would copy your dos game from your PC to your device's SDCard, and then launch DosBox Turbo and configure/start the game.
If you are not familiar with DOS emulators or have never used DosBox, I would recommend you start by reading the guide and then move on to the as much of the information there applies here as well. You can also play many games purchased through on DosBox Turbo. Please refer to this t for setup instructions. Touchscreen Mouse - This is the default input mode and uses the touchscreen to emulate a mouse. In this mode, you can select either Absolute or Relative Mouse Tracking, as well as define what type of gesture you want for the left & right mouse buttons. If you want to use an External USB/Bluetooth Gamepad (w/o Analog) to emulate arrow keys and other keyboard buttons, you can also use this setting (ie. Sony Xperia Play, DPAD, Generic USB controllers, etc).
Physical Mouse/Stylus - Use this option if you have a physical mouse/touchpad (ie. ASUS Transformer, USB or Bluetooth Mouse) and you want to use the physical mouse instead of the touchscreen mouse. This mode also supports the Samsung SPen stylus. Physical Joystick ( depreciated) - If you have a compatible physical ANALOG joystick/gamepad attached to your device, you can use this option to enable it. Current supported are: Sony PS3 Controller, Some Thrustmaster Sticks, Xbox 360 Controller, and Many Generic USB Controllers. Physical Gamepads/joysticks automatically work now in the Touchscreen Mouse mode, and there is no need to switch to Physical Joystick mode unless you are on an Android version 2.2 or lower.
Scroll Screen - This option disables mouse/joystick input. Moving your finger on the screen will scroll the screen. This option is mainly for text/keyboard input w/o mouse control. Great for the smaller screen/lower resolution devices. DosBox Turbo supports the use of an Analog Multi-Touch virtual Joystick in any of the above 4 input modes.
The Virtual Joystick can also emulate a mouse if so desired. If you want to have a DPAD to emulate the Arrow/Cursor Keys, please read below. Most games have a joystick calibration setting you will have to use first. Here is an Joystick test program that runs in DOS: Mouse Tracking (for Touchscreen Mouse):. Absolute Tracking (experimental) - Try and make the DOS mouse pointer follow your finger on the touchscreen. Relative Tracking (default) - Move your finger on the touch screen to move the mouse pointer, the mouse will not track your finger. Gesture Mapping (for Touchscreen Mouse):.
Single Tap Action - A single tap on the touchscreen. Can be configured to trigger (nothing, left click or right click).
Defaults to LEFT CLICK. Double Tap Action - A quick double tap on the touchscreen. Can be configured to trigger (nothing, left click, right click or left double click). Defaults to RIGHT CLICK. Two Finger Action - Place first finger on screen, and quickly tap with a 2nd finger. Can be configured to trigger (nothing, left click or right click).
Defaults to NONE. Enable Long Press - Enable this option if you want to be able to hold the button after you perform any gesture above. For example, with this option enabled, if you double tap, and hold on the 2nd click, it will hold the right mouse button down. Q: Why is there a small delay between when I tap the screen and the response? Virtual Mouse Control:.
Relative Touchscreen Mouse - This is the default mouse input mode. Your entire screen will act as a 'trackpad', and moving your finger on the screen will move the mouse in a relative motion. The mouse will not track your finger, but rather be moved around by your finger movements. Absolute Touchscreen Mouse - This experimental mode will attempt to position the mouse exactly underneath the point where you touch the screen. This works great for games such as Warcraft II, C&C and many others. Games that reprogram the mouse movements will not work in this mode.
Trackpoint 'Joystick' Mouse - The onscreen virtual joystick can be used to control the mouse similar to a trackpoint stick on the Thinkpad laptops. Physical Mouse Control:. USB/Bluetooth Mouse - With Android 3.0+, DosBox Turbo has full USB/Bluetooth mouse support.
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Unfortunately, the Android OS will always overlay the system mouse cursor onscreen. A physical mouse can be used in either a 'relative' or 'absolute' positioning mode (see above). Samsung SPen - If you have a Samsung device with SPen support, you can use the SPen to control the mouse. Again, both 'relative' and 'absolute' positioning is supported. No mouse overlay will appear on screen. Analog Gamepad - A USB or Bluetooth gamepad (ie. Xbox360, MOGA - see below, Logitech, or other supported gamepad) can be used if your device supports gamepads.
One of the analog sticks can be used to control the mouse similar to the Trackpoint Joystick Mouse mode above. No mouse overlay will appear on screen. Trackpad - Some devices (ie. ASUS Transformer) some with a trackpad. DosBox Turbo fully supports these trackpad devices as a mouse device. Again, both 'relative' and 'absolute' positioning is supported. Unfortunately, the Android OS will overlay an Android mouse cursor on screen.
(Landscape or Portrait Mode) - Swipe from the left to the right side of the screen. A 'Quick Menu' window will appear and you can enable the keyboard and access the settings from there. (Landscape Mode) - From the Top of the screen, swipe down. A menu will appear at the top of the screen where you can change the settings or enable/disable the keyboard with the keyboard icon.
(Portrait Mode) - The menu will always be visible at the top of the screen. Click the Keyboard Icon to enable/disable the keyboard. Use a Physical Keyboard with Arrow/Cursor Keys:DosBox Turbo supports all manner of physical keyboards, from the slide-out phone keyboards (many of which have arrow keys), bluetooth keyboards, usb keyboards (Android 3.1+) and special keyboards (ie. The Keyboard on the ASUS Transformer line of tablets).
Any physical keyboard that supports arrow/cursor keys will work in DosBox Turbo. Use the DPAD on your Device: Many Android phones come with a DPAD. By default, the dpad up/down/left/right movements are mapped to the Arrow keys in DOS (this can be configured). Use a Virtual Keyboard w/Arrow Keys: DosBox Turbo implements the standard Android Input method.
Most virtual keyboards adhere to this standard, and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. There are several keyboard replacements which will work just fine in DosBox Turbo. Many good keyboards exist, some examples are below:. (Free): Supports cursor keys, mappable buttons, function keys, and transparency. Recommended. (Free): Supports cursor keys, Functions Keys, and transparency. Recommended.
Perfect Keyboard Free (Free): Supports cursor keys, themes. Arrows Keyboard ($0.99): Supports cursor keys.
Keyboard with Control Key (Free): Supports cursor keys. Programmers Keyboard (Free): Supports cursor keys, and numpad. Go Keyboard (Free): Supports cursor keys and numpad.
GameKeyboard ($2.49): Supports cursor keys, mappable buttons, macros and transparency. ( WARNING: GameKeyboard 1.6.0 and above. Recommend staying with GameKeyboard 1.4.0, or ask the author to remove the blocking). Flit Keyboard + Extra Layout (Free): Supports cursor keys and transparency. Using GamePad Beta: is a free virtual keyboard/gamepad addon that lets you use the cursor keys as a virtual GamePad or DPad. Also, as of v0.95, it has the ability to emulate an Xbox 360 controller.
The easiest way to use GamePad is to set it up to emulate an XBox 360 controller, and then perform all the keymapping within DosBox Turbo (or DosBox Manager) itself by selecting Xbox 360 as the game controller type. Note: Gamepad currently only emulates the Directional Pad (DPAD) and 4 buttons (A,B,X,Y) of the XBox 360 controller. Windows 9x Emulation (Windows PC Gaming) Updated Note 10/29/13: If your Windows image is crashing while trying to reconcile daylight savings time, y ou can get around it by opening the keyboard and press enter repeatedly as its booting or just download the fixed images. On a fast device (Tegra 3+), DosBox Turbo supports experimental Windows 9x emulation and can play many PC (Win9x) games and even some games requiring DirectX/Direct3D.
User RolandDeschain79 created a very helpful how-to video with the necessary DosBox Turbo images (including Direct3D support). Windows Gaming support is still experimental, you results may vary. The following Windows games have been tested to run on modern devices:. Windows 98 + Glide + Direct3D. Fallout 2. Fallout 2: Restoration Project. Fallout Tactics (needs a next gen device.
Ie Tegra 4). Age of Empires 1 & 2. Half-Life 1. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 (requires additional setup - ie. Daemon tools). Diablo 1.
Diablo 2 (needs a next gen device. See ). Sim City 3000. The Sims. StarCraft 1. C&C Red Alert 95.
Civilization II. Homeworld 1 (requires additional setup - ie. Daemon tools). Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. KKnD 2.
Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate. Lords of the Realms 2. Age of Empires. Age of Empires II - The Age of Kings + The Conquerors.
Stronghold Crusader. Tiberian sun. Nox.
Dune 2000. Z. JoeQuake / ProQuake.
Total Annihilation. Neighbours from Hell There are likely many thousands more games that will likely work, if you get other games working, drop me an e-mail and I'll update the list. There is a for Win9x emulation over at xda. The two ROM files need to be placed in the same directory as your dosbox.conf on your external SD card. Many devices have multiple storage locations, to locate the specified directory on your SD card: Start DosBox Turbo and go to the Settings-DosBox Settings menu and scroll to the bottom. Make sure the 'Manual Mode' preference is unchecked.
You will see the 'Config Location' preference as greyed out. This is the root of your SD card (as detected by Android) and the location where you will need to copy the above two files. Most devices using Android 4.1 or below will show ' /mnt/sdcard/', those using Android 4.2+ will probably have something like ' /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.fishstix.dosbox/files/'. Once you've copied the two ROM files to your SD Card, you will need to re-start DosBox Turbo and the MIDI Emulation Preference will now be available in the DosBox Settings menu. Please be aware that MIDI sound emulation, on top of the regular DOS emulation is very CPU intensive. Best results can be obtained on newer dual & quad-core devices.
My game is not working! Check the for DosBox to see if your game is supported or needs special tweaks. Can I use a bluetooth mouse or my physical touchpad (Asus Transformer, etc)? As long as you are running Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) or higher, you can use external mice and joystick.
Select Input-Physical Mouse in the configuration settings. Absolute Tracking is not following my finger perfectly. Some DOS programs change how the mouse behaves, either by taking relative movements and speeding up, or slowing down. There is no way to tell if a DOS program is going to change mouse behavior.
If the DOS game changes the way the mouse works, absolute mode will no longer work, you will be forced to use relative mode. Absolute mode works for the majority of games, but not all. How do I use the right mouse button (right-click) on my Asus Transformer or bluetooth mouse?
You will need to be running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher to use the right click function. Why is my physical ALT key behaving strange on my keyboard? In order to support both physical and virtual keyboards, the LEFT ALT keymapping needed to be changed. For physical keyboard users, either use the right ALT key, or turn on the option ' Use physical ALT' in the Settings. I am having trouble typing on my virtual keyboard. Please make sure that the setting ' Use physical ALT' is disabled. How can I use my phone's optical trackpad or directional pad as mouse or joystick input?
Click the option Enable DPad/Trackpad in the settings menu. My sound quality is poor (with skipping and/or static), what can I do? That is a symptom of the CPU not having enough power to drive both the video & audio threads in sync. There are a few things you can try: (1) Turn off the 'Turbo Cycles' option in the Settings Menu. (2) Increase the Audio Pre-Buffer setting (default 15) to 20.
(3) Increase the Mixer Block Size (default 1024) to something higher. Also, i f you are not using 'Auto' cycles: Try lowering the cycle rate so that your CPU can keep up with the audio processing. Mouse clicks are being mis-interpreted or not registering.
That is sometimes a symptom of having too high of a cycle rate. Try lowering the cycle rate, or if lowering the cycle rate makes the game unplayable, you can use the recommended 'Auto' Cycle speed. Help, the arrow keys on my keyboard are not working properly. Try disabling the Enable DPad/Trackpad setting. Can I change the screen size? Enable the Scale option by 'menu-Scale-on'.
You can also rotate your device to landscape mode for a better screen fit, and adjust the scale factor in the Options menu. How can I improve performance??
Read the. Why is my dosbox.conf file always being overwritten?
If you want manually edit the dosbox.conf file, you need to select 'Manual Mode' in the DosBox preferences before making changes. Can I perform a mouse drag? Yes, in Touchscreen mouse mode, hold your finger for a long press, and then drag your finger. How do I press the buttons on the joystick? The Volume Up/Down keys emulate joystick buttons in Joystick mode, make sure it's enabled from Menu-Input-Vol Keys as buttons. How do I display the virtual joystick overlay on screen? Enabling overlays can adversely affect performance.
First, enable joystick input mode, then enable the joystick overlay via Menu-Overlay-Show Overlay. How can I use arrow keys on the keyboard? You can use any Android keyboard with the emulator. There are several gaming keyboards with arrow keys available in the Android Market. Is the virtual joystick multi-touch capable? On Android 2.1+, the joystick supports full multi-touch.
For users of Android 1.6 devices, unfortunately, your device does not support multi-touch. My DOS game/application won't run! Check the compatability table on the DosBox website.
DosBox Turbo is based upon DosBox 0.74. If the game shows as compatible, and it still does not run, please email me the settings you used. How much memory should I allocate in the Config? More is better, right? Use the lowest memory setting that allows your game to run. In Doom/Heretic and Warcraft II this would be 8MB.
How can I use the physical ALT key on my keyboard? In the Config menu, enable the setting called 'Use Physical ALT'. =).
Does the app 'GameKeyboard' work with DosBox Turbo? The author of this app is for some reason.
There is nothing I can do about this. I suggest you use an older version (1.4.0 is reported to work), or ask the author to remove the blocking. I keep seeing the same 1 and 2 star commentors saying that DosBox Turbo sucks, you suck, or Fallout runs many times faster on some other 'XXX DosBox'. Lets just say that somebody must not be very happy that there is a new, popular DosBox emulator available.
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Please try this and let me know if it solves the problem for you. UPDATE 9/12/2012: Reports indicate the latest Firmware for the Prime fix the instability issue; however, the 300T, 700T and Infinity may still be affected. Please e-mail me if you are affected, I have developed a custom work-around. UPDATE 9/27/2012: DosBox Turbo 1.5.0 has my custom work-around for the ASUS firmware bug. Please check the option 'Disable Optimizations' in the settings if you have an ASUS device that is affected by the firmware bug.
My Sony Xperia Tablet S will run games for about 5-10 minutes before crashing/exiting. Its been determined that the same cache-coherency bug that was affecting the ASUS ICS Rom (see Question 24) is also currently affecting the Sony ROM.
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A workaround for the A500 tablet is to map the right mouse click to either the volume keys or to the search key. My Samsung virtual keyboard is not working, I can't type anything! For some reason, some versions of the stock Samsung virtual keyboard do not work properly in some games/apps.
A workaround is to install a 3rd party keyboard, such as. How do I mount a new CD drive? Using the normal dosbox commands; however, since Android is Linux based, you will need to use linux pathnames as such: mount d /sdcard/dos/mycd -t cdrom. I have a foreign keyboard (ie. QWERTZ) on my device, how can I make it recognize my keyboard layout? You can try using the DosBox or modify the config file. I'm running Android 4.0+ (ICS) or Android 4.1+ (JB), DosBox Turbo keeps freezing/crashing when I try to enter the configuration/settings screen.
It seems that some users of of Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean) devices experience freezing when they have the option ' Don't keep activities' enabled in the Developer Menu. This option is normally disabled by default, and enabling it is not recommended for end-users, as it can cause problems with many applications and slow down your device. Please try disabling this option and let me know if it resolves the freezing for you. I get the message 'ERROR: Don't keep activities Dev Option enabled!' See the above question and disable the 'Don't Keep Activities' option under developer settings.
I get the message 'License Check failed, Cycle Speed is limited.' On very rare occasions, right after a purchase, the Google Play cache can become corrupt and lose information about your last purchase. This is not a big problem and can easily be fixed by following these. DosBox Turbo only checks the license once upon purchase/installation and then never again.
Where is the settings button?? (or How can I access the settings menu)? You have three easy ways of accessing the DosBox Turbo Settings Menu. From Landscape Mode: from close to the top margin, swipe down to show the ActionBar. From the action bar, you can access the settings menu as well as many other options.
From Portrait Mode: The actionbar will always be visible, and you can just access the settings menu by clicking the (3 dots) at the top. From either Portrait or Landscape: Place your finger near the left margin and swipe right, you'll have access to the DosBox QuickMenu. How do I swap CD's like in Desktop DosBox with CTRL-F4?
In DosBox Turbo, you can switch CD's by going to the 'Special Keys' menu and selecting Switch Disc. This should do the same thing as a CTRL-F4 in Desktop DosBox. What version of DosBox Turbo do I need to run the DosBox Manager? You need version 2.0.0+ of DosBox Turbo to use the Profile Manager.
How do I set up a new Profile?. The default autoexec keeps launching or sometimes the wrong profile launches, help!
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Most issues with DosBox manager stem from not completely Exiting & Quitting DosBox Turbo before trying to use the DosBox Manager. Please make sure you've completely Exited DosBox Turbo (use the Quit option in the menu) before trying to use DosBox Manager.
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