Brad Schoonmaker on 12/11/2001 at 00:00
I don't know why, but some DOS games need to be started from a DOS prompt instead of Explorer's listing. When at the prompt, type UW.EXE and this should do it. If not, ???.
Brad S.
harlowlad on 21/11/2001 at 08:21
Help ME !! I am using Window 2000. I have just got Ultima Underworld 1 + 2 on the same disc. When you insert the disc, you can create an icon, when you left click install.
PLease can anyone offer any help on how to get these games to work ?
Zerker on 21/11/2001 at 13:04
Err, harlowlad, read my post above please <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
[ November 21, 2001: Message edited by: Zerker ]</p>
Daxim on 23/11/2001 at 00:48
Quote:
Originally posted by Zerker:<br /><strong>Why does windows insist on adding a read-only tag? It was the medium that was read only, not the file. Dos doesn't have that problem</strong><hr></blockquote>Because if there's no read-only attribute on the file and you actually try to modify/save a file, your OS craps out. It's a simple safeguard mechanism.
rolingjp on 26/11/2001 at 05:00
I am having some similar problems running UW1. I got Uw1&2 on a cd-rom years ago. Sat on my shelf until just now. But I cannot get far before it crashes.
I first tried to run it in a W95 dos box. Got the sound running without any problems. But the first time I talk to anyone the program crashes with a "D012" error. Unfortunately, "D" errors are not listed in the documentation.
After that, I went to all the work to create a boot disk. I got it done, the sound still works. And the game crashes in the same place with the same error code. Bummer.
I am going to try removing the read-only attribute from all files as mentioned above. I did copy the game to my HD to get around the cd-rom drive hassle.
If that does not work, does anyone have any suggestions???
-John
twisty on 26/11/2001 at 09:39
I've posted this several times before. Don't do a drag n drop copy of the files to your hard disk. Use the following command in a command prompt <br /><code>xcopy Z:\uw C:\uw /e/s</code><br />Replace the Z with whatever letter your CD drive is and C to a different drive if required.
Roker on 1/12/2001 at 15:34
i tried all of the above, but still can't get either underworld working with windows xp. i get a report of a resource problem. error code a006.
i have creafed a pif file, directing windows to set aside 8mb of ram for EMS memory and 600k free in base memory. i have gone through all options available to change the pif file, but still no game.
what on earth should i try now?
might be better to set up a new operating system on another partition. the joy of DOS 6.2
twisty on 2/12/2001 at 02:01
That problem is suppossedly caused by not having enough files allocated in config.sys. I don't have a copy of XP to play with, but its a possibility that you will have to edit system.ini to get the file count up to where you want it. The following quote is related to a method used for playing DOS games in WinME (by raising the file count):
Quote:
Taken from <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~rsd/U8inWindows.html<p" target="_blank">http://members.iinet.net.au/~rsd/U8inWindows.html<p</a> align="left">
Note for Windows ME users: Ultima<br /> 8 requires lots of "file handles", and will<br /> prompt you to put FILES=40 in your config.sys file. This<br /> is pretty hard to do in ME, as the operating system does<br /> not even read this file. There is a solution however -<br /> thanks to <a href="mailto:scratchy@pacifier.com">Scratchy<br /> Dragon</a> for bringing it to our notice:
<br /> </p><br /> <ol><br /> * Open Notepad; browse until you are looking in the<br /> C:\Windows folder.</li><br /> * Set Notepad to look for All Files; you are<br /> looking for a file called System. (MS-DOS name is<br /> System.ini). Open this file.</li><br /> * The file has various sections, including [boot]<br /> [keyboard] [boot.description]<br /> and [386enh]</li><br /> * In this [386enh] section type this<br /> entry:
<br />
PerVMFiles=40<br /> Save the file.</li><br /> * Reboot your machine. Windows ME now automatically<br /> allocates 40 extra file handles - more than<br /> enough - and Ultima 8 will be happy.</li><br /> [/list=a]<br /> <p align="left">The article that this is based on is <a<br /> href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q269/0/30.ASP">here</a>.<br /> </p> <hr></blockquote><br />You need at least 20 or more files to play either UW games. You might also want to check out Microsofts site to see if they have a posted solution for XP. And don't forget to make a backup of system.ini before/if you make any changes.
Roker on 3/12/2001 at 00:05
i got rid of the error message a006, bu now the uw hangs just after the "ems allocated" message.
any more suggestions?
