Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1820846)

Here's how I got mine running in DOS Box .74

Originally DOS has trouble with names greater than 7-characters, to avoid this create a folder in your C:\ drive giving it a short name. I use c:\oldgms and will use it throughout this posting as an example. The name is irrelevant but less than 7 characters is recommended. Note that this folder is not in your Program Files folder but directly in your C:\ drive.

Move your SILENT folder into this folder.

Create a folder named D in your C:\oldgms\SILENT folder. Copy the entire game disk into this folder using drag and drop or select all + copy-paste.

Open DOS Box.

Type:
mount c c:\oldgms\silent

<DOS Box should tell you that c:\ drive is now located in the C:\oldgms\silent folder>

Type:
mount d c:\oldgms\silent\d -t cdrom

<This points the game to the D folder and fools it into thinking that the CDROM is present. Note the space between the d, the -t switch and the cdrom text in the command line. DOS Box should now tell you that the CD ROM has been mounted in the D folder>

Type:
c:

<Changes DOS Box directory from Z:\ to C:\>

Type dir/w/p

<Just a double check to make sure everything is where it should be. The -w switch causes the file and folder names to show in the wide format. The -p switch pauses DOS when the screen is full. Pressing any key continues to the end where the DOS prompt will reappear. This step can be omitted if you think you nailed everything above.>

At the C:\ DOS prompt type SOUND and follow the prompts to set up your sound files. DOS Box emulates SoundBlaster on my machine but I had to enter the IRQ etc. manually. When you first open DOS Box the required values should be listed above the Z:\ prompt.

You should be ready to play, using either SILENT (the DOS Batch executable) or SH, the game executable or SE, the Editor executable.

Hope this helps, good luck.

Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1820931)

I actually installed SHCE using DOS Box using this procedure:

Make sure your C:\oldgms (or whatever you called it) folder just has the D folder with the copy of the SHCE disk. The file tree should be:

C:\oldgms\d

Open DOS Box.

Type:
mount c c:\oldgms

Type:
mount d c:\oldgms\d -t cdrom

Type:
d:

Type:
install

The SH installer will automatically create the SILENT folder in your oldgms folder and you can then run SOUND to set up the audio. It actually seems to me like this may be a sound issue, I re-installed SHCE as a test and got the same XMS error message as you during set up.

When done, move the D folder into the SILENT folder.

Do not use the auto set up for the sound card. Select SoundBlaster (Not SB-16 or pro) and configure it manually. I just tried auto set up with SB-16 emulation and got a CTD just like you.

I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1820937)

No sweat, Pacific Standard Time and all...

If it gets you up and running it's all worthwhile. If not, am pretty much out of ideas.

Just to be sure, when opened DOS Box should have a command line something like:

Z:\SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

These are the values (those required by the program) that will be manually input into the SoundBlaster set up.

Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1821194)

Good Show!

The big advantage of D-Fend Reloaded over DOS Box is that the latter needs to be started using the DOS text protocols whereas D-Fend starts on a double click. If you got SHCE running in the latter you have done better than me so I have nothing to offer by way of advice.

I imagine one could write a short batch file executable that would do the work in DOS Box but that is far beyond my skill level.

With DOS Box and D-Fend, Alt+Enter toggles full screen on and off.

So, sorry no shortcut for DOS Box, you need to run the mount command lines every time you wish to play.

Good Hunting.

Originally Posted by Paul Cohen (Post 1821209)

OOPS!

Have done this with DosBox.

but now I have a rough idea what I'm doing I will try it Again with D-Fend reloaded, but still have to work Paul

Originally Posted by Randomizer (Post 1821653)

With any windowed application it must be the active window before keyboard commands will work. Make sure you click on the game window before typing Alt+Enter.

If you have already done so and it doesn't work, have no idea what to do next.