Problems, problems, and more problems

[Guest]

I am trying to run Blake Stone. Since it won't work from windows 98 I tried running it in DOS. I have 64 megs of RAM but in DOS for some reason I only have 482 K!!!! This isn't even enough to run wolfenstien!!! Any one have any ways to get more memory without screwin up Windows?

[Scotty]

Probably the easiest way to deal with this is to go into your Windows directory, and copy the "MS-DOS Mode for Games" shortcuts to your desktop, and modify the embedded Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files to load the drivers, variables, etc. you need.

When you double-click one of these shortcuts, your computer will reboot to a DOS prompt using the embedded files. When you're done, type "Exit", and your computer will reboot normally. If you crash and use the reset or power button, you'll boot right back to the same DOS prompt, and can try running the program again, or type "Exit"

You'll want to use the shortcut with EMS/XMS support for older DOS games that need to run in conventional memory (the first 640K) and the one without EMS/XMS support for newer DOS games like Duke3D that manage their own memory.

[Guest]

That helped but now I get no sound.

[Alex]

Well, then you have to include your DOS sound drivers, as well as "SET BLASTER=..." in your config.sys and autoexec.bat when you go to DOS. See if your sound card has a DOS utility that sets these things for you. (I don't remember clearly, but I think there is one included in the BSTONE directory)

[Scotty]

There are some soundcards that support DOS only by starting Windows, and exiting with >Start >Shut Down >Restart in MS-DOS Mode. If this is the case for you, try backing up C:\Config.sys, C:\Autoexec.bat, C:\Windows\DOSStart.bat, and adding these lines to C:\Config.sys: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Next, change any other C:\Config.sys DEVICE calls to DEVICEHIGH, and put LOADHIGH in front of all driver and TSR calls in C:\Autoexec.bat and C:\Windows\DOSStart.bat. This will put DOS and all of your drivers and TSRs in high memory. If Windows has a problem with this, just restore the backed-up files.

[Scotty]

If you need EMS memory, change that line to DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM. If you need to free as much conventional memory as possible and don't need EMS memory, use DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS.

[Guest]

I tried that. No luck. My config is blank as it is.