Fast Attack - Page 2

Eugene · 07-07-09, 01:00 PM

TO RUN: This assumes you have made an image of your original disk, and mounted it! Use whatever drive letter you have mounted your FA image on - mine was "m". So running it is a little more complex than some dos games.

A bat file that only mounts your directory above the Fast Attack installation should work just fine. Here are the contents of my bat file:

dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen

From the resulting dosbox "c:" prompt:

cd sierra\fast
fast

You would alter the path for your own install and directories. Mine is "mydosbox\Sierra\fast" Note that this bat fails to execute the fast.exe command for reasons unknown to me. The bat file is in the dosbox main directory, wherever you installed it. So you would manually launch from your prompt.

CapitanPiluso · 07-07-09, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene

TO INSTALL:

mount c c:\mydosbox (or whatever folder name you want to use)
mount d d\: -t cdrom (or whatever the letter is for your cd/dvd drive)
d:
install

Thats the point Eugene, I have to install using dosbox

Thanks a lot

07-08-09, 03:25 PM

[quote=Eugene;1130332]TO RUN: This assumes you have made an image of your original disk, and mounted it! Use whatever drive letter you have mounted your FA image on - mine was "m". So running it is a little more complex than some dos games.

A bat file that only mounts your directory above the Fast Attack installation should work just fine. Here are the contents of my bat file:

dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen

From the resulting dosbox "c:" prompt:

cd sierra\fast
fast

Hi, Probably out of my league here, Just looking around Subsim site while waiting reply from classic sub posts and noticed your post:-

Here are the contents of my bat file:

dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen

I have Silent Hunter original by SSI loaded through Dosbox and although everthing says it's running in Fullscreen, It's in the middle of the screen with a large black box around it and not really playable at that setting.

I Loaded SH through dosbox version 0.73 would this solve the problem.

Many thanks

paul

Eugene · 07-08-09, 08:43 PM

The easiest thing to be "wrong" and to fix is if this is a simple resolution thing that happens in dosbox with some old games. Try changing the resolution selections in dosbox, starting with original, then the lowest (320 or something similar), 680x400, etc. I think you are running in a higher resolution than will fill the screen, and lowering it should do the trick as long as you have the sim running, just too small.

07-09-09, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene

The easiest thing to be "wrong" and to fix is if this is a simple resolution thing that happens in dosbox with some old games. Try changing the resolution selections in dosbox, starting with original, then the lowest (320 or something similar), 680x400, etc. I think you are running in a higher resolution than will fill the screen, and lowering it should do the trick as long as you have the sim running, just too small.

HI, thanks for your help, now working properly, although a bit sluggish.
One more question if you don't mind, can I set a resolution thats not in the normal windows list i.e. something between 640X480 and 800X600 or between 800X600 and 1024X768.

Thanks again

Paul

van der Merwe · 01-23-10, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swellfella

This is wild! Just happen to be crusing forums and run across this. Listen:
I have been playing Fast Attack everyday for the last two months. After downlding it from one those free dos game sites, I was so taken, I ordered the game CD from ebay. And nothing's been the same.

Which site did you get it from?

Castout · 01-23-10, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by van der Merwe

Which site did you get it from?

Here still unable to get it to work with dosbox the setup can be run just fine though please help me if you get it to work

Edit: Got it to work with dosbox.....I'll pry on this gem now . . .

Edit2: Umm weird thing is the game takes up a lot of CPU usage . . .

Edit3: link deleted as it was against forum policy

van der Merwe · 01-24-10, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castout

Here still unable to get it to work with dosbox the setup can be run just fine though please help me if you get it to work

Edit: Got it to work with dosbox.....I'll pry on this gem now . . .

Edit2: Umm weird thing is the game takes up a lot of CPU usage . . .

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

shadowstrike · 02-20-10, 10:30 PM

Fast attack is and was my fav sub game. I had played Janes 688i and Sub Command but FA is by far the best. I go as high as Rear Admiral completing the campaigns.

Recently i installed Linux and installed dosbox on it. I was surprise to see it working again

However, i realised that the /Anim folder is corrupted and it takes indefinite long time to read. I decide to copy anim files to harddisk and the following is what i managed before i got read error:

swslogo.smk
torpfly2.smk
torpload.smk
torp_l1.smk
torp_l4.smk
torp_l5.smk
torp_r1.smk
torp_r2.smk
torp_r6.smk
opnmovie.smk
hrpnfly2.smk
hrpnout1.smk
encap_l1.smk
encap_l7.smk
encap_l8.smk
encap_r2.smk
encap_r3.smk
encap_r6.smk
credit01.smk

I am still having smack movie not found error when i play the campaign. can someone pls advise what .smk filename that i might be missing here, in particular the resupply/replenish sub tender one?

Onkel Neal · 02-20-10, 10:59 PM

There are 312 smk files in the Anim folder, I'm not sure how to tell which ones are related to which missions....

shadowstrike · 02-27-10, 03:48 AM

Neal:
I remember FA reused most anim like adcap launch, torp hit.. etc...

for this particular smk which is the sub surface and docks next to the sub tender ship is the one that i cannot disable like the weapons.. it shd have a special name.. just like SWSlogo.smk = software sorcery logo ... or openmvie.smk for open movie

Do you have a screenshot of the list in general?

Julhelm · 03-27-10, 12:33 PM

If your version is a legit one, I can help you. I bought the game on ebay and made an ISO of the cd so I don't have to use the cdrom. I could send it to you over msn or something. If you paid for the game you should be able to play it.

swellfella · 03-31-10, 09:30 PM

Yeah, and if Julhelm's most excellent solution trips you up (really shouldn't) pm me and I'll walk you through it till you get underway. Glad to see this little gem still kicks up a little fervent interest.

wild bill · 05-29-10, 07:48 PM

my favorite mission, if i recall it correctly, involved a plane dropping a torpedo on your boat and the sub driver having to out maneuver all the torpedos and sink a russian boomer. it was hair raising!

wild bill

jackbentham · 12-10-10, 11:13 AM

Hi all,

I have just trying to install FastAttack via dosbox in UbuntLinux 10.4. I first cloned the CD into an image file and mounted it in a directory.

I then run dosbox, then mounting the clone image of the CD and my C: directory. Installation seemed to be OK. Sound test passed all right but when trying to run the game I just got the following message

"The CD in the Drive is labeled:
Fast Attack CD No Longer in Drive"

I would really appreciate some hint to overcome this problem.

07-07-09, 01:00 PM	#16
Eugene A-ganger Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 78 Downloads: 229 Uploads: 0	TO RUN: This assumes you have made an image of your original disk, and mounted it! Use whatever drive letter you have mounted your FA image on - mine was "m". So running it is a little more complex than some dos games. A bat file that only mounts your directory above the Fast Attack installation should work just fine. Here are the contents of my bat file: dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen From the resulting dosbox "c:" prompt: cd sierra\fast fast You would alter the path for your own install and directories. Mine is "mydosbox\Sierra\fast" Note that this bat fails to execute the fast.exe command for reasons unknown to me. The bat file is in the dosbox main directory, wherever you installed it. So you would manually launch from your prompt. __________________ i7-2700; ASUS P8Z68-V PRO; GeForce 1060Ti; Windows 10; 16 gig RAM; WinWingHOTAS Last edited by Eugene; 07-07-09 at 04:29 PM.

07-08-09, 08:43 PM	#19
Eugene A-ganger Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 78 Downloads: 229 Uploads: 0	The easiest thing to be "wrong" and to fix is if this is a simple resolution thing that happens in dosbox with some old games. Try changing the resolution selections in dosbox, starting with original, then the lowest (320 or something similar), 680x400, etc. I think you are running in a higher resolution than will fill the screen, and lowering it should do the trick as long as you have the sim running, just too small. __________________ i7-2700; ASUS P8Z68-V PRO; GeForce 1060Ti; Windows 10; 16 gig RAM; WinWingHOTAS

02-20-10, 10:30 PM	#24
shadowstrike Nub Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	old cd Fast attack is and was my fav sub game. I had played Janes 688i and Sub Command but FA is by far the best. I go as high as Rear Admiral completing the campaigns. Recently i installed Linux and installed dosbox on it. I was surprise to see it working again However, i realised that the /Anim folder is corrupted and it takes indefinite long time to read. I decide to copy anim files to harddisk and the following is what i managed before i got read error: swslogo.smk torpfly2.smk torpload.smk torp_l1.smk torp_l4.smk torp_l5.smk torp_r1.smk torp_r2.smk torp_r6.smk opnmovie.smk hrpnfly2.smk hrpnout1.smk encap_l1.smk encap_l7.smk encap_l8.smk encap_r2.smk encap_r3.smk encap_r6.smk credit01.smk I am still having smack movie not found error when i play the campaign. can someone pls advise what .smk filename that i might be missing here, in particular the resupply/replenish sub tender one?

02-20-10, 10:59 PM	#25
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	There are 312 smk files in the Anim folder, I'm not sure how to tell which ones are related to which missions.... __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-31-10, 09:30 PM	#28
swellfella Seaman Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East US Posts: 31 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Yeah, and if Julhelm's most excellent solution trips you up (really shouldn't) pm me and I'll walk you through it till you get underway. Glad to see this little gem still kicks up a little fervent interest. __________________ This shark, swallow you whole; No shakin', no tenderisin', down you go. -Quint

07-08-09, 03:25 PM	#18
paulco Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	[quote=Eugene;1130332]TO RUN: This assumes you have made an image of your original disk, and mounted it! Use whatever drive letter you have mounted your FA image on - mine was "m". So running it is a little more complex than some dos games. A bat file that only mounts your directory above the Fast Attack installation should work just fine. Here are the contents of my bat file: dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen From the resulting dosbox "c:" prompt: cd sierra\fast fast Hi, Probably out of my league here, Just looking around Subsim site while waiting reply from classic sub posts and noticed your post:- Here are the contents of my bat file: dosbox.exe C:\mydosbox fast.exe -c "MOUNT m m:\ -t cdrom" -fullscreen I have Silent Hunter original by SSI loaded through Dosbox and although everthing says it's running in Fullscreen, It's in the middle of the screen with a large black box around it and not really playable at that setting. I Loaded SH through dosbox version 0.73 would this solve the problem. Many thanks paul

02-27-10, 03:48 AM	#26
shadowstrike Nub Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Neal: I remember FA reused most anim like adcap launch, torp hit.. etc... for this particular smk which is the sub surface and docks next to the sub tender ship is the one that i cannot disable like the weapons.. it shd have a special name.. just like SWSlogo.smk = software sorcery logo ... or openmvie.smk for open movie Do you have a screenshot of the list in general?

03-27-10, 12:33 PM	#27
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 693 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	If your version is a legit one, I can help you. I bought the game on ebay and made an ISO of the cd so I don't have to use the cdrom. I could send it to you over msn or something. If you paid for the game you should be able to play it.

05-29-10, 07:48 PM	#29
wild bill Watch Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: brooklyn Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	my favorite mission, if i recall it correctly, involved a plane dropping a torpedo on your boat and the sub driver having to out maneuver all the torpedos and sink a russian boomer. it was hair raising! wild bill

12-10-10, 11:13 AM	#30
jackbentham Bilge Rat Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi all, I have just trying to install FastAttack via dosbox in UbuntLinux 10.4. I first cloned the CD into an image file and mounted it in a directory. I then run dosbox, then mounting the clone image of the CD and my C: directory. Installation seemed to be OK. Sound test passed all right but when trying to run the game I just got the following message "The CD in the Drive is labeled: Fast Attack CD No Longer in Drive" I would really appreciate some hint to overcome this problem.