Printable View
I'm trying to run Wing Commander Privateer on XP using Dosbox - I'm getting good results with other games , but when I run the game I get the message :
"protected mode driver is not responding to EMS function calls. Make sure your EMS driver is not configured with the NOEMS option. If it is , replace the 'NOEMS' option with 'RAM'."
Does anyone know what this means ?
Well I know what it means but don't have XP somewhere (maybe "dos box") find the line with ems in it normally it looks abit like this :-
C:\Windows\Command\Emm386.exe NOEMS <change that to RAM.
But don't forget if all the others are running fine you will have to change back for them to run,best thing is to make a copy of both and just drop in the one for which ever game you play.
Searched dosbox and didn't find any mention of NOEMS. The config file has both EMS and XMS support set as "true" ( EMS<->NOEMS ?) so I'm guessing it should work ... except it doesn't.
Couldn't find c:\windows\command either...must have overlooked ...
Turns out Privateer generally refuses to budge on anything Windows - related.
There's a patch to make it work - somewhat - but support stops at 2k/XP.
Bummer...
goto command prompt and run if from there, XP doesnt understand DOS like 98/ME does, it reads it different...thats why u cant "double-click" it and it runs...
goto dos and run it from there...
---basic commands
dir--shows directy
cd XXX---changes to that directory (replace xxx with name of dir.)
cd..--goes bac a dir
if you can read pictures, that should kinda help you
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/IMC/cmd.JPG
if that helps any
Thanks for the tutorial - I'd already figured out XP doesn't like DOS games , which is where dosbox comes in (basically a DOS emulator). Starting WC from the command prompt didn't change anything , though...
Try a bootdisk this is what we use to use for "ram" gear problem is XP as its not a fat32 file system don't think a Win98/me boot would work because you more than likely won't see your drive,any help there someone.