| Darkmatter |
Jul 11, 2013 11:51 pm |
Subject: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
hi there.
i have recently unearthed an old original of the first MAX game - since windows 7 has a slight problem with games that old i have been playing it in a dosbox. everything works just fine - sound, graphics and all.
problem is that the crashes from time to time - i have attached a screenshot to this post. if anyone has an idea on what the hell is wrong please tell me.
Thx |
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MAX Error.jpg (Filesize: 856.86 KB)
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| Sal |
Jul 12, 2013 6:16 am |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
Hey, welcome onboard!
Looks like its hitting some memory limits and crashes, probably but not exclusive its the Dos4gw.exe itself. Luckily you can change that =)
You should find more Info here
http://www.maxr.org/showtopic.php?id=722
You can't just replace the Dos4gw.exe with a new one, cause its combined with the Maxrun.exe. But with the Info provided you can unbind it and rebind it to a new Extender =)
Good luck! |
| Darkmatter |
Jul 12, 2013 8:26 am |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
thx for the reply - but the link you posted doesnt work - it says "Sorry, you are not allowed to use this function." |
| nonsinn |
Jul 12, 2013 3:52 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
Hi Darkmatter,
I am not sure if the replace of the dos-extender is the way to solve your problem.
IIRC the dos-extender change is 'only' for the long-played games a fix and it seems that you haven't played that long right now. So I think there is maybe another problem…
E.g. I found some bugs around infiltrator usage in the original game - and there is no way to fix it :/ (as you can read in the ticket #769 - comment 1).
The only good hint I can give you atm is the How-to use M.A.X. with modern OS - maybe any settings is different… *shrugs*
Quote by Darkmatter:thx for the reply - but the link you posted doesnt work - it says "Sorry, you are not allowed to use this function." Jup - this is still in the "Developers' Corner"… some of us are busy ⇒ you got a PM  — but I am still not sure if this would fix your problem  |
| Sal |
Jul 12, 2013 5:51 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
Hope you can see it now Darkmatter.
You could also try to change the output= to something else, like openGl..
helped me a bit.
Though I started a game in DoBbox and it begun to crash so many times( it was lagging too with a 4 core cpu) so I got an 2 ghz pc to work with win 95, and it was a great experience. Though, not all crashes can be fixed.
I wish you good luck- Would be nice to know if it helped, bb |
| Darkmatter |
Jul 12, 2013 6:24 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
its been set to Direct draw at the moment - switched it over to opengl - but have yet to see if that helped.
I´ll let you know.
and i still cant see that link... same error message... ^^
seems like your forum just doesnt like me.. |
| Sal |
Jul 12, 2013 8:23 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
Hmm weird message, this shouldn't be limited
Its the same as nonsinn's one, can you access that one?
http://www.maxr.org/showtopic.php?id=707
just tried it not logged it, and it worked
=) |
| Darkmatter |
Jul 12, 2013 10:18 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
thx - that link i can open.
but this link doesnt explain what was mentioned about unbinding the dos4gw exe. google is inconclusive about this - all i find is some garbled text thats beyond my level of understanding. some guide about setting up the dosbox is pojntless - i had an expert set up my dosbox - that guy can run win98se in a dosbox - so setting up a little box for my use he can be trusted with i think. ^^
but however - fixing my max installation is something i have to get somehow done without his help.
if anyone can point to a guide that explains the "how to" on unbinding the dos4gw part i´d be grateful.
anyway - your project is a brave one - reworking the game to the point you´ve gotten it to takes guts and persistance. keep it up! |
| Sal |
Jul 12, 2013 10:25 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
Sorry for the inconvenience !
I remade the topic out of th dev area in the public area.
Admin, pls delete if not allowed.
http://www.maxr.org/showtopic.php?id=762
Should help you =) good luck! =)
+ Explanation http://www.maxr.org/showtopic.php?id=510 |
| Darkmatter |
Jul 12, 2013 10:49 pm |
Subject: Re: German MAX in Dosbox (1.04)
thx - this looks like it´l work.
i´m sorry if i seemed ungrateful or something like that - it wasnt my intention - you guys are great.
THX |