XenivouS on 10/6/2003 at 03:51

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is your .bat file still look like this?


@echo off
D:\SSHOCK\NoLFB.com
D:\SSHOCK\MOUSECTL.COM 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
D:\SSHOCK\dos4gw.exe
D:\SSHOCK\CDSHOCK.exe


if so, I had mine similar to that before I trolled for about 3 more hours and figured stuff out. Try setting up the .bat file something similar like i did. Such as the dos4gw.exe part. It should look like:

<insert your directory here>\SSHOCK\dos4gw.exe CDSHOCK.exe

I know for certain that is how that should look for dos4gw to work with out crashing because when I had it like yours above I would crap out when I hit space to start the new game.

Dont worry you'll get it!

EDIT: I actually had problems getting MOUSECTL to work properly with out the game crapping out as well you may want to try mouse2kv. Also you can try the different versions of dos4gw and see which one works best. It took me a couple tries to figure out which one worked best.

XenivouS on 10/6/2003 at 06:13

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hmm, the only way i could help you troubleshoot this problem is if I load up win98SE, well, im actually moving the end of this week then im going out of town, but I actually have an old ibm thinkpad with win98SE on it. While im away ill probably tinker with it and see if I come up with anything. Hopefully you can figure something out before I get back in a few weeks but if not I should be able to give some kind of help (if I can actually figure it out)

It's wierd because I thought it would actually be alot easier on a win9x system as opposed to a NT system. Also, im assuming your on a FAT32 format right? (cant remember if you can do NTFS on win9x, dont think you can though) If I can figure it out ill write another FAQ on how to do it on a win9x system since Daxim's FAQ is a bit confusing and doesnt really cover much on SS1.

I'll be around till about Thursdayish or so, so if I come up with something off the top of my head Ill spit it out. Best of luck to you until then!

The Brain on 10/6/2003 at 17:14

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dj_ivocha, you should run SShock via MS-DOS prompt, not directly via cdshock.pif.
After you have finished your playing with SShock, run cdshock.bat again. And voilá!
No crash anymore! This kind re-starting works on my Windows 98 (not SE).

dj_ivocha on 10/6/2003 at 21:37

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The Brain - thanks for the tip, it worked :) . But I was wondering, why does win98 crash always when ss1 hasn't been started twice from msdos prompt? I've never seen anything like this, and I have played plenty of dos games on my machine.

XenivouS on 19/6/2003 at 16:30

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hmm that hasnt happened on my system, but you may want to try the different "sound cards" in the config, the place where you setup a soundblaster, soundblaster 16, soundblaster AWE 32,...etc. And try the different cards for the emulation. Also you can try different dos4gw's instead of 1_97. Just delete the one you renamed to dos4gw.exe (make sure you have them all still in a zip or whatever).

Im starting to come to the conclusion that possibly that even though what worked for me might not work for someone else, reason being that everyone has a different computer setup and such. But I can keep thowing out possible ideas and possible fix actions to help you guys get SS to work properly:cheeky: