Ted5 doesn't like me!
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Ted5 doesn't like me!
I have Ted5 installed according to the instructions found in the CK Newsletter, but I get a couple error messages. I run Ted5 through Windows 98, and I see a white box with text in it pop up, but it disappears too fast for me to read it. It is then replaced by regular text that reads:
Ted5 error: Invalid source handle
When I try to run it through Windows XP, I get this message:
Ted5 error: Not enough Extended Memory available!
Can someone tell me what these messages mean and how to fix them? Thanks! Enchantermon
Ted5 error: Invalid source handle
When I try to run it through Windows XP, I get this message:
Ted5 error: Not enough Extended Memory available!
Can someone tell me what these messages mean and how to fix them? Thanks! Enchantermon
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- JosephBurke
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read, it's simple
Dosbox has default settings and 'never' checks any config file unless you tell it to. You need to read the readme about how to do this.
A bat file is a text file that has the bat extension, you can place any number of dos commands in a bat file. Put a bat file in your keen4 folder that has the contents keen4e.exe and it'll start Keen4 for you. In windows you can edit a bat file by right clicking it and choosing edit, to understand better try opening a few existing bat files.
A bat file is a text file that has the bat extension, you can place any number of dos commands in a bat file. Put a bat file in your keen4 folder that has the contents keen4e.exe and it'll start Keen4 for you. In windows you can edit a bat file by right clicking it and choosing edit, to understand better try opening a few existing bat files.
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- JosephBurke
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okay, good
Print out your bat file and config file and explain where dosbox and these files are located on your hard drive. Once I have this information finding the problem should be easy.
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Re: okay, good
Okay. The contents of "ted5dosbox.bat" are as follows:JosephBurke wrote:Print out your bat file and config file and explain where dosbox and these files are located on your hard drive. Once I have this information finding the problem should be easy.
dosbox -conf dosbox.conf
The contents of dosbox.conf are as follows:
[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
fullscreen=false
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
[dosbox]
# language -- Select another language file.
# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.
language=
memsize=16
[render]
# frameskip -- How many frames dosbox skips before drawing one.
# snapdir -- Directory where screenshots get saved.
# scaler -- Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# Supported are none,normal2x,advmame2x
frameskip=0
snapdir=snaps
scaler=normal2x
[cpu]
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millsecond.
# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!
cycles=1800
[mixer]
# nosound -- Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
# rate -- Mixer sample rate, setting any devices higher than this will
# probably lower their sound quality.
# blocksize -- Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering
# but sound will also be more lagged.
# wavedir -- Directory where saved sound output goes when you use the
# sound record key-combination, check README file.
nosound=false
rate=22050
blocksize=2048
wavedir=waves
[midi]
# mpu401 -- Enable MPU-401 Emulation.
# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.
# config -- Special configuration options for the device.
mpu401=true
device=default
config=
[sblaster]
# sblaster -- Enable the soundblaster emulation.
# base,irq,dma -- The IO/IRQ/DMA address of the soundblaster.
# sbrate -- Sample rate of soundblaster emulation.
# adlib -- Enable the adlib emulation.
# adlibrate -- Sample rate of adlib emulation.
# cms -- Enable the Creative Music System/Gameblaster emulation.
# Enabling both the adlib and cms might give conflicts!
# cmsrate -- Sample rate of cms emulation.
sblaster=true
base=220
irq=7
dma=1
sbrate=22050
adlib=true
adlibrate=22050
cms=false
cmsrate=22050
[speaker]
# pcspeaker -- Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
# pcrate -- Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
# tandy -- Enable Tandy 3-Voice emulation.
# tandyrate -- Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
# disney -- Enable Disney Sound Source emulation.
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=22050
tandy=true
tandyrate=22050
disney=true
[bios]
# Nothing to setup yet!
[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
# ems -- Enable EMS support.
# dpmi -- Enable builtin DPMI host support.
# This might help in getting some games to work, but might crash others.
# So be sure to try both settings.
xms=false
ems=false
dpmi=true
[modem]
# modem -- Enable virtual modem emulation.
# comport -- COM Port modem is connected to.
# listenport -- TCP Port the momdem listens on for incoming connections.
modem=true
comport=2
listenport=23
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount c: c:\
set path=c:\progra~1\dosbox\command;
ddl c:\progra~1\dosbox\command\himem.sys
Dosbox is located at:
C:\documents and settings\jonathan\my documents\games\dosbox\DOSbox-0.60\
However, because WinXP involves so many folders in setting up seperate accounts, I thought it would be easier to just drag-and-drop executables onto dosbox.exe, instead of typing out all the folder names through the command prompt. Therefore, the copy of dosbox I am using is with my Ted5 and CK4 files, located at:
C:\documents and settings\jonathan\my documents\games\commander keen\ck4\
Therefore, the location of "ted5dosbox.bat" and "dosbox.conf" is also:
C:\documents and settings\jonathan\my documents\games\commander keen\ck4\
And the location of "ddl.exe" and "himem.sys" is:
C:\documents and settings\jonathan\my documents\games\commander keen\ck4\command\
Enchantermon
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good, good, moving along
That's exactly the information I needed however before I can answer your question I need to know what version of dosbox you're using.
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You'll need to change these two lines in the dosbox.conf file to point to where you've got dosbox:
Changing them to the following will probably work:
You may be able to use long filenames there as well instead of the short ones, but I haven't tried it.
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set path=c:\progra~1\dosbox\command;
ddl c:\progra~1\dosbox\command\himem.sys
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set path=c:\docume~1\jonath~1\mydocu~1\games\comman~1\ck4\command;
ddl c:\docume~1\jonath~1\mydocu~1\games\comman~1\ck4\command\himem.sys
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- JosephBurke
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sorry
I've been too busy to touch this Enchantermon, however I'll figure it out later tonight.
- JosephBurke
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we'll try this
Andrew pointed out the problem, however to make things easier I've created two zips each one for a different version of dosbox. The zips contain files you can add to or use to replace files in your current directory structure.
http://www.lastplain.com/keen_stuff/temp_zips/0.60.zip
http://www.lastplain.com/keen_stuff/temp_zips/0.61.zip
http://www.lastplain.com/keen_stuff/temp_zips/0.60.zip
http://www.lastplain.com/keen_stuff/temp_zips/0.61.zip