downloaded daggerfall

[TheCalliton]

hey all, just got daggerfall off the elder scrolls website, and i wanna know how to install it

and how to attack in tes I the arena

 

pretty pleasE?

[Thor.]

I have posted something in i win thread, it may help :yes:

 

http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showto...0&start=530

[TheCalliton]

thank you, thor

[Pronam]

What exactly went wrong? Can you install it now..or??

 

The quite difficult instructions can be found here.

[Thor.]

Oh dosbox ok, i'll see if that works.

[TheCalliton]

if it works, tell me what you typed in to do it

[Thor.]

Here is walkthrough on how to get Dosbox up and running.

 

http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and...ation_of_DosBox

 

I don't know how well dosbox handles installers though :confused: .

[TheTerminator2004]

I don't know the details of this specific game, but so long as its a DOS installer, it should be fine. Just extract the game to any folder (eg. C:\DOSGAMES), start DOSBox, and type:

 

mount c C:\DOSGAMES

 

followed by

 

C:

 

You then need to switch to the game's directory. You do this by typing "cd [directory]". However, DOS only allows files/folder names up to 8 characters long, so if the game's folder has a longer name than that, you need to type the first 6 letters, followed by ~1. So if the folder is called DAGGERFALL, you would type:

 

cd DAGGER~1

 

then type:

 

dir /p

 

This lists all the files in the folder. What you do next, depends on what files there are. If theres a file called SETUP.EXE, or INSTALL.exe, or something similar, run that. It will probably ask you to configure sound devices for sound effects and music. If theres an autodetect option, choose that, if not just pick any sound device - DOSBox is pretty good at emulating most of them. I would recommend choosing a Sound Blaster Pro or similar for both music and SFX if its available though.

 

If theres no installer, then you just need to start the game. There tend to be a lot of different exe files for the game, only one of them usually works properly however. If you're not sure which to run, just try them all until the game starts.

 

Also, if the game has a manual, I would read it before playing. The thing with DOS games, is that they are often even more obscure and complicated than modern games, and almost none of them come with a tutorial, which means reading the manual is essential.