Privateer

[laserblaster]

Can anyone help me to get the first Privateer game to work with Windows 98. Says I don't have a etended memory manager or something like that.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Johnl12]

You'll need to make a bootdisk. Post your c:\autoexec.bat, C:\config.sys, and c:\windows\dosstart.bat. What sound card and mouse do you have?

 

[laserblaster]

Autoexec.bat
@echo off
set tmp=c:\windows\temp
set temp=c:\windows\temp
set prompt=$p$g
set winbootdir=c:\windows
set path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\bitware\;c:\mouse;e:\wp51\
rem - by windows setup - c:\mouse\mouse.com
set sound=c:\progra~1\creative\ctsnd
set midi=synth:1 map:e
set qtjava=c:\windows\system\qtjava.zip
set classpath=c:\windows\system\qtjava.zip;
set blaster=a240 i10 d3 h3 p300 t6
rem - by windows setup - c:\windows\command\mscdex.exe /m:5 /d:mscd001

CONFIG.SYS
device=c:\windows\setver.exe
devicehigh=c:\cdrom\cdtech.sys /d:mscd001 /udma2 /v
lastdrive=g
dos=high,umb
fileshigh=50
buffershigh=40,4
fcbshigh=10
switches= /f

dosstart.bat
c:\windows\ctcm

c:\windows\mscdex.exe /m:5 /d:mscd001
c:\mouse\mouse.com


I am running a soundblaster 16 and generic drivers for the mouse[ rated for use in both dos and win 98.

 

[Ghost]

Try adding this in your Config.sys

devicehigh=c:\windows\command\emm386.exe ram 16384 i=b000-b7ff


but you can´t play under Win9x, you mus restart your machine with the boot disk.

 

[Johnl12]

Here a autoexec.bat and config.sys for your bootdisk.
There are two lines in the autoexec.bat which you'll need to fix. Make sure that each line is one line.

SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;

SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND

I am unsure about the sound card settings. I haven't seems this exact configuration for the SB 16 card. You may need to add this line to the config.sys to make the sound card work.
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\CTCM

----config.sys---------
[common]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 16384 RAM FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB

REM --- CD-ROM Drive ---
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V

STACKS=18,256
FILESHIGH=50
BUFFERSHIGH=35
SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /P
LASTDRIVE=G

---------autoexec.bat--------
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\TEMP
PROMPT $p$g

REM ----Sound Card---
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H1 P330 T6 J201

REM --- CD-ROM Drive ---
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /M:5 /D:MSCD001

REM --- Mouse-----
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM

SET COMSPEC=C:\windows\COMMAND.COM

 

[laserblaster]

Never seen those sound card settings until I got windows 98. They were installed to the settings you gave but over time they started chaging. I remember one time they address jumped to 260, but mostly they have stayed at what they are now.

 

[laserblaster]

Wing Commander 4

Not to change the subject but I installed the patch to make WC 4 run through windows which it did for a while but now I get an error message saying that full screen inialization failed.

 

[Johnl12]

Re: Wing Commander 4

Originally posted by laserblaster
Not to change the subject but I installed the patch to make WC 4 run through windows which it did for a while but now I get an error message saying that full screen inialization failed.

Run scandisk and defrag. You may need to do a clean install of win98.