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My problem is I don't know where the "CD" installed to... like where would the default path be? I don't know where to put the X folder and .BAT file, I don't know where the install directory is.

And to add to that, I do hear music, the game runs smoothly. I see the Health monitor behind the Cyborg moving. And I see some blinking blue pixels on the evil-looking R2D2.

to complicate things further :w00t:, you can even let all this SUBST stuff aside and set DIR in INSTALL.OPT to the correct path
e.g. Dir=C:\BIOFORGE\X\BIO\BIOFORGE or as writen by marko_river Dir=C:\X\BIO\BIOFORGE if you choose to mount the install directory as C:
the you can start with BIOFORGE.EXE and forget any SUBST.

the only reason why i took the "fresh new install" approach is that "DOS newbies" might get confused up with config files and messy paths.

@GUEST: in the beginning you have to wait .. your cyborg is paralyzed so he needs a sec to wake up. this is part of the game!


PS: if you get black screens with music in dosbox after starting, it might be that your box is configured to "slow".
hit CTRL+F12 several times and wait. if it starts, tune your box for maximum pleasure :bleh:
i recommend the following entries in your dosbox.conf/dosboxrc:

[cpu]
core=dynamic
cycles=max
cycleup=1000
cycledown=1000

for further tuning read the documentation @ dosbox.sf.net/wiki


PPS: if your game crashes like mine at the color puzzle near the end and you use dosbox 0.7, downgrade to 0.65!
that solved the problem for me.


have fun

[Sonicfan37]

Ok, so I get that you need to wait for your robot guy to wake up... but for how long? I've been waiting for... a long time now. And should Numlock be on or off?

Oh, and simply copy and paste the install.opt text from the earlier post into your install.opt file for anyone who is having trouble getting the game to run.

[marko river]

Yes, copy paste of install.opt will do the trick.

As for awakening, you actually need to wait for a few shake-ups (they are not earthquakes as you will discover later) that will awake him. After that you have to press buttons to get up, don't know which one exactly, i never had the problem with it.
I suggest playing on numpad but still don't know should numlock be on or off.

Also, i finished entire game in DosBox 0.65, i didn't know that there might be some problems near the end.

As for the cycles, i actually got the best results when lowering the cycles. I played it on PentiumIII and i always set default cycles to 5000. But in this case it was smooter in 4000 cycles. Don't know about faster computers.

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Also, i finished entire game in DosBox 0.65, i didn't know that there might be some problems near the end.
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on version 0.70 the entire dosbox crashed every time after about 2-3 seconds on the color puzzle panel.
impossible to solve. and sometimes i got crashes on the cell block door panel too.
its definitely a 0.70 thing, since 0.65 worked stable. after the puzzle i finished the game with 0.70.

maybe its just something with the linux version i use, dunno about windows.

[Eirreann]

Originally Posted by marko river

Yes, copy paste of install.opt will do the trick.

As for awakening, you actually need to wait for a few shake-ups (they are not earthquakes as you will discover later) that will awake him. After that you have to press buttons to get up, don't know which one exactly, i never had the problem with it.
I suggest playing on numpad but still don't know should numlock be on or off.

Also, i finished entire game in DosBox 0.65, i didn't know that there might be some problems near the end.

As for the cycles, i actually got the best results when lowering the cycles. I played it on PentiumIII and i always set default cycles to 5000. But in this case it was smooter in 4000 cycles. Don't know about faster computers.

I have almost been waiting or 1/2 of an hour for this great git to freaking wake up!!

[Sonicfan37]

Attention anyone who can't get Lex to wake up at the beginning!

If he doesn't get up, this is a problem with how you've set up your sound card in the Install Program. Make sure you've got the IRQ set correctly. (For example, I use dosbox and it sets the IRQ to 7, but by default the IRQ in the install program is 5.) If the sound card is improperly set up, nothing will happen in the game.

To test this, see if there's speech going on in the intro to the game. If there's no speech, your sound card is not set up right.

[marko river]

All right, i uploaded smaller archive and fixed instalation info.

Now, somebody won't mind downloading it again and trying it out, it would be appreciated.
If you download new archive, you have to make DosBox to see your Bioforge directory as C:\Bioforge

Example: if Bioforge directory path on your computer is D:\Games\Bioforge
type mount c: d:\games



Also, i'll put a short manual too in the extras soon


OK, now i hope it will be easier to get around now that everything is set. BIG THANKS to Biofan for his help.

So, Biofan, why don't you register as a member and keep on supplying some useful stuff like this info

Great addition,
Though screenshots are way to bright, or is it just me?