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Ok. I downloaded and installed the DOS version of UFO Enemy Unknown. I downloaded and installed Dosbox and have played other games successfully on it. But I just can't get this to work! When I try to install it, I get a message that says "Change directory to and then enter CDSETUP followed by your CD ROM drive letter"

Wha...? I'm no genius with DOS, but am familiar enough with it to run other games... I don't know what I'm doing wrong

[Scatty]

Did you try just to run the game directly? Maybe you don't need to install it since it's already in the installed state.

Ah, I had a corrupted file... I redownloaded it from here and now everything is fine Thanks, though!

Ok, now I just feel retarded. I can play the game... but there's no sound. And aren't I supposed to play it from the dos4gw file? That one doesn't work. It says it's protected, gives me copyright info and says something about a fatal error...

I configured the sound setup just like the configuration in the dosbox.conf file... Blah. I just want to play it with sound! All my excitement from getting it to work on vista has deflated...

[Scatty]

You can't, neither supposed to run the game from the dos4gw file, because it's used to enable protected mode memory for the game and is used automatically. You need to start the game with another .exe file in that folder.
As about the sound, try Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro or Soundblaster 16 whichever is available in the configuration program, each other better than previous. Try the following values - Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1. If still no sound, try IRQ 5 instead.

[Eagle of Fire]

If you're using the DOS version from this site, you'll need to set the sound up using setup.exe first.

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You can't, neither supposed to run the game from the dos4gw file, because it's used to enable protected mode memory for the game and is used automatically. You need to start the game with another .exe file in that folder.
As about the sound, try Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro or Soundblaster 16 whichever is available in the configuration program, each other better than previous. Try the following values - Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1. If still no sound, try IRQ 5 instead.
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Ok, I tried all three with those settings and still nothing... Any other ideas?

[Argith Nuei]

Originally Posted by Anna

QUOTE(Scatty @ Nov 2 2007, 03:05 AM) [snapback]317952[/snapback]

Ok, I tried all three with those settings and still nothing... Any other ideas?

Sounds like a very strange error indeed. I'm playing the game "flawless" on vista as we speak. Just downloaded it (DOS version) extracted to (a directory of your choice) UFO and started the game by running ufocd.bat on dosbox. Game works like a charm, no need for any setup concerning sound.

[DonCorleone]

Maybe an older version of DosBox will do the trick... Though, I'm using version 0.72 on vista without any problem. Haven't managed to check UFO. But I'm pretty sure it works just fine. Strange problem...

[Eagle of Fire]

Don't use Vista?