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Hi, all. I'm having trouble getting x-com to work. I downloaded X-Com from Abandonia (the dosbox link at the bottom - not the collector's edition at the top).

I have a Mac, and am running OS X 10.4. I have dosbox 0.72 (downloaded directly from the dosbox website).

I put the x-com files under Macinosh HD, in a file called dbgm. There is now a file there called xcom.

I opened dosbox, did mount c /dbgm

Then switched to c. Did cd xcom.

From here I have tried going straight to 'setup'. I have tried 'cdsetup'. I have tried 'install'.

I have tried mounting the folder as a cd. I've tried different sound settings and even no sound.

I have tried editing the ufocd.bat to take out sound, or take out %1ufoexe\black.

No luck: I'm getting only black screens, and or freezes.

I'd really like to play x-com again. I have a feeling I'm simply not doing certain things in the right order. I've gotten other games to work on dosbox when I had a windows PC, and right now on my Mac, I'm playing Master of Orion 2 from an old CD. So dosbox is working. However: x-com (sniff) is not.

Can anyone offer suggestions?
Much appreciated.
(note, I know there have been similar topics: however, the search feature here didn't return results, and a yahoo search didn't return exactly this situation, nor a guide to fix it).
Thanks a bunch to whomever can help me send my troops once more into battle.

[_r.u.s.s.]

hmm, can you send us what's in your dosbox.conf? you can open it with any text editor

btw, do you mean this or this

I tried to post, but had trouble. I'll try again.

[_r.u.s.s.]

you don't have to attach the document, just copy pate the text if it doesn't work. and, so, which one of the x-coms it was

--post1

Sorry, I have the first x-com: UFO defense, downloaded from Abandonia: the dos link at the bottom

I've been trying to paste the config file, and just for kicks the ufocd.bat here: but every time I click 'add reply' I get a white screen and it doesn't post.

:wallbash:[/b]

--post2

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### |____/ \___/|____/|____/ \___/_/\_\ \___(_)_/ |_____|
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### Lines starting with a # are commentlines. They are used to (briefly) document the effect of each option.
###

#
# Graphics output settings
#
[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
fullscreen=false
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
fulldouble=true
# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x640, 1280x854)
fullresolution=1024x640
# windowresolution -- Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
windowresolution=original
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb
output=opengl
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
autolock=true
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
sensitivity=100
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
waitonerror=true
# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lowest,lower,normal,higher,highest,pause (when not focussed)
# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
priority=higher,normal
# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.
mapperfile=mapper.txt
# usescancodes -- Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.
usescancodes=true

#
# Render quality settings
#
[render]
# frameskip -- How many frames dosbox skips before drawing one. Use higher values on slower machines.
frameskip=5
# aspect -- Do aspect correction, if your output method doesn't support scaling this can slow things down!
aspect=false
# scaler -- Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# Supported are: none,normal2x,normal3x,advmame2x,advmame3x,hq2x,hq 3x,2xsai,super2xsai,supereagle,
# advinterp2x,advinterp3x,tv2x,tv3x,rgb2x,rgb3x,scan 2x,scan3x
# If forced is appended (like scaler=hq2x forced), the scaler will be used even if the result might not be desired.
scaler=normal2x

#
# System emulation settings
#
[dosbox]
# language -- Select another language file.
language=
# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.
memsize=48
# machine -- The type of machine tries to emulate: hercules,cga,tandy,pcjr,vga
machine=vga
# captures -- Directory where things like wave,midi,screenshot get captured.
captures=/tmp

#
# CPU tuning settings
#
[cpu]
# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: normal,simple,dynamic,auto (switches from normal to dynamic if appropriate)
core=dynamic
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this value too high results in sound dropouts and lags. You can also let DOSBox guess the
# correct value by setting it to max. The default setting (auto) switches to max if appropriate.
cycles=max
# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.
cycleup=1000
# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.
cycledown=1000

#
# Global audio settings
#
[mixer]
# nosound -- Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
nosound=false
# rate -- Mixer sample rate, setting any devices higher than this will probably lower their sound quality.
rate=22050
# blocksize -- Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering but sound will also be more lagged.
blocksize=2048
# prebuffer -- How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.
prebuffer=10

#
# Midi emulation settings
#
[midi]
# mpu401 -- Type of MPU-401 to emulate: none, uart or intelligent.
mpu401=intelligent
# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# This can be: default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none
device=coreaudio
# config -- Special configuration options for the device. In Windows put the id of the device you want to use.
# See README for details.
config=

#
# Digital soundcard settings
#
[sblaster]
# sbtype -- Type of sblaster to emulate: none,sb1,sb2,sbpro1,sbpro2,sb16
sbtype=sb16
# sbbase,irq,dma,hdma -- The IO/IRQ/DMA/High DMA address of the soundblaster.
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
# mixer -- Allow the soundblaster mixer to modify the dosbox mixer.
mixer=true
# oplmode -- Type of OPL emulation: auto,cms,opl2,dualopl2,opl3
# On auto the mode is determined by sblaster type. All OPL modes are 'Adlib', except for CMS.
oplmode=auto
# oplrate -- Sample rate of OPL music emulation.
oplrate=22050

#
# Gravis Ultrasound emulation settings
#
[gus]
# gus -- Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
gus=false
# gusbase,irq1,irq2,dma1,dma2 -- The IO/IRQ/DMA addresses of the Gravis Ultrasound. (Same IRQ's and DMA's are OK.)
gusbase=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=3
dma2=3
# gusrate -- Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.
gusrate=22050
# ultradir -- Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory there should be a MIDI directory that contains
# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used with Timidity should work fine.
ultradir=

#
# PC speaker emulation settings
#
[speaker]
# pcspeaker -- Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
pcspeaker=true
# pcrate -- Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
pcrate=22050
# tandy -- Enable Tandy Sound System emulation (off,on,auto).
# For auto Tandysound emulation is present only if machine is set to tandy.
tandy=auto
# tandyrate -- Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
tandyrate=22050
# disney -- Enable Disney Sound Source emulation. Covox Voice Master and Speech Thing compatible.
disney=true

#
# Joystick emulation settings
#
[joystick]
# joysticktype -- Type of joystick to emulate: auto (default), none, 2axis (supports two joysticks), 4axis,
# fcs (Thrustmaster), ch (CH Flightstick).
# none disables joystick emulation.
# auto chooses emulation depending on real joystick(s).
joysticktype=none
# timed -- enable timed intervals for axis. (false is old style behaviour).
timed=true
# autofire -- continuously fires as long as you keep the button pressed.
autofire=false
# swap34 -- swap the 3rd and the 4th axis. can be useful for certain joysticks.
swap34=false
# buttonwrap -- enable button wrapping at the number of emulated buttons.
buttonwrap=true

#
# Serial port settings
#
[serial]
# serial1-4 -- set type of device connected to com port.
# Can be disabled, dummy, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# Additional parameters must be in the same line in the form of
# parameter:value. Parameter for all types is irq.
# for directserial: realport (required), rxdelay (optional).
# for modem: listenport (optional).
# for nullmodem: server, rxdelay, txdelay, telnet, usedtr,
# transparent, port, inhsocket (all optional).
# Example: serial1=modem listenport:5000
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

#
# DOS and BIOS settings
#
[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
xms=true
# ems -- Enable EMS support.
ems=false
# umb -- Enable UMB support.
umb=true
# keyboardlayout -- Language code of the keyboard layout (or none).
keyboardlayout=none

#
# Novell's NetWare network settings
#
[ipx]
# ipx -- Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.
ipx=false

#
# AUTOEXEC.BAT
#
[autoexec]
# @ECHO OFF
# MOUNT C: /Users/rhoenie/Documents/DOS
# # MOUNT D: /Volumes/DFORCES
# C:
# # IPXNET STARTSERVER 2130
# # IPXNET STATUS[/b]

--post3

There, it went through that time: just as background: my knowledge of Basic is rusty, but I've been using computers since 1983: my first computer was a Timex Sinclaire 1000!

In other words: I'm having a bit of trouble today, but it's not for lack of trying.

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=477[/b]

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posts merged by _r.u.s.s.

[_r.u.s.s.]

so you mean this? http://www.abandonia.com/games/en/38...emyUnknown.htm

thats odd, i run the game with your config and it worked just fine. which excutable did you run? i tried go.com and ufocd.bat
btw, are you sure its 0.72? cause on one of the older versions it did just the same black screen for me few months ago

Yes, I checked. It's 0.72. Should I first run go.com and then ufocd.bat?

[_r.u.s.s.]

no, any of them. but why won't you just try it? it's not that it erased your HDD or something

I tried both of them. Still only a black screen. Possibly there's some kind of incompatibility with my mac.

Anyway, thank you very much, sincerely, for taking the time to help me. Probably I'll content myself with other games for awhile, and now and then play around with the setting to see if I find a solution. If I ever find one, I'll post it here.

Thanks again so much for your help.
Crispy

[_r.u.s.s.]

no probs, but one more idea, maybe if you tried different dosbox versions for mac then? you know if it differs in win versions, who knows=S

edit: yay
download this batch file i made, put it in to your xcom directory and try now
(then, of course, after mounting your drive run the above downloaded "GAME.BAT")