Re: So... Arena and Daggerfall

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:35:32 -0600, Nyctolops
<nyctolops@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 13 Apr 2006 20:41:17 -0700, nesstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>>My suggestion:  Keep the reference to CTCM.EXE, but remove all else.
>>
>>Also, on my PC my DOS configure has a SET BLASTER= line that defines
>>the environment  (SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T5 etc...) Keep that as well
>>if you have such a line.
>>
>>Then again, the DOS that comes with Win98 may not work the same as DOS
>>6.22.  I know that with my PC all I need is for my Autoexec.bat to
>>contain LH=C:\DOS\CTCM.EXE and the SET BLASTER line and I'm all set.
>
>I believe that the Win98 DOS version is 7.0, but the basics may not
>have changed all that much.  Thank you for your suggestion.  I will
>try it tonight and let you know what happens.

I tried your version and several variations on it, as DOS 6.22 needs
SET SOUND and SET MIDI lines for the sound to work.  It either skips
the sound system altogether, as when I took out the DEVICEHIGH
C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE line from the config.sys file, or it hangs.  The most
common problem is when I start from the boot card, I see all the usual
startup messages up to the point where the sound card is identified,
then the system just hangs at that line and won't go any farther, no
matter how long I wait.

On the other hand, I made a very simple boot disk that doesn't
reference the sound card at all and have been playing in silent mode.
My character managed to get out of the sewers and into town and he has
been running errands and has made one dungeon trip so far.  One thing
that puzzles me is that two NPCs have said that they marked the Castle
for me on my map, but no Castle ID shows up.  One question: on the
Continental Map, what is the first symbol for?  I know that the horse
is fast travel, as I used it to get back to town from my dungeon
crawl, but I don't know what the first one is.
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Nyctolops