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Posted March 26, 2016
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zachnap: Master of Orion I & II
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Maighstir: On the side of https://www.gog.com/support/master_of_orion_1_2 you have a box titled Contact our support team, the link there should point to https://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/master_of_orion_1_2, and works here.
Tahnks. Didn't see that link, the previous one with the same verbiage just ran you back to the beginning. Submitted, we will see what happens.
Posted March 26, 2016
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zachnap: Master of Orion I & II
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Grargar: That explains it. Unfortunately, the support links for unbundled games (like Master of Orion 1+2) don't work properly. Try this one.
Edit: Gydion was faster.
Additionally, as mentioned above, there is a problem with other games as well, The Ultimate Doom and Quake: The Offering, among others - both those having a _game at the end of their links that shouldn't be there and which makes the contact support link not work (remove the _game, and everything's fine).
Posted March 26, 2016
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zachnap:
I'm an idiot and just made this post in the wrong thread, along with a part of a right post in said thread LOL. Where are you games installed? I'm not too up to date on DosBox issues but here's what I wrote in the other thread:


OP - silly question - are you running as Admin? Sounds to me like the issue is with DosBox having problems writing back to disc / directory to run the game.

Maybe do a test - install a DosBox GoG game to some simple directory like "C:\GoGgames\GameX" and run it as admin.

Maybe you're saving / installing your games in a funny directory (ProgramFilesX86) or with a long / complicated directory name ( \goggamebaldursgate#bestgameva!?!?LOLZ ). Some old Dosbox games don't like this and / or Windows might not want to give dosbox permission to write to subdirectories like these.
Posted March 26, 2016
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zachnap:
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Ixamyakxim: I'm an idiot and just made this post in the wrong thread, along with a part of a right post in said thread LOL. Where are you games installed? I'm not too up to date on DosBox issues but here's what I wrote in the other thread:

OP - silly question - are you running as Admin? Sounds to me like the issue is with DosBox having problems writing back to disc / directory to run the game.

Maybe do a test - install a DosBox GoG game to some simple directory like "C:\GoGgames\GameX" and run it as admin.

Maybe you're saving / installing your games in a funny directory (ProgramFilesX86) or with a long / complicated directory name ( \goggamebaldursgate#bestgameva!?!?LOLZ ). Some old Dosbox games don't like this and / or Windows might not want to give dosbox permission to write to subdirectories like these.
It is in programfiles(x86) - default install location. I thought I tried running as admin.

Running DosBox as admin gives:

"CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file C:\Users\sempronius\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-0.74.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32
One joystick reported, initializing with 4axis"
Post edited March 26, 2016 by zachnap
Posted March 26, 2016
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zachnap: It is in programfiles(x86) - default install location. I thought I tried running as admin.
I bet this is it - try reinstalling somewhere else.

... \Games\YOURGAMEHERE

*EDIT

NOT in x86
Post edited March 26, 2016 by Ixamyakxim
Posted March 27, 2016
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zachnap: It is in programfiles(x86) - default install location. I thought I tried running as admin.
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Ixamyakxim: I bet this is it - try reinstalling somewhere else.

... \Games\YOURGAMEHERE

*EDIT

NOT in x86
Just installed to ... \Documents\GOG - still not working.
Posted March 27, 2016
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zachnap:
what input devices do you have connected? If any, have you tried disconnecting all except keyboard / mouse?
If it's a persistent problem across all games it sounds more like software / hardware conflict with the emulator itself, not the games.
Post edited March 27, 2016 by Thiev
Posted March 27, 2016
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Maighstir: Tell me one of the games, and I'll find you the support link for it.
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zachnap: Master of Orion I & II
Not being able to play MoO is BAAAAD.
Posted March 27, 2016
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zachnap:
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Thiev: what input devices do you have connected? If any, have you tried disconnecting all except keyboard / mouse?
If it's a persistent problem across all games it sounds more like software / hardware conflict with the emulator itself, not the games.
Its an xbox 360 One controller
Posted March 27, 2016
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zachnap: When I run DosBox program alone the boot window gets to the controller detection and just hangs.
Just as Thiev, I think this is probably the culprit. Some USB device causing problems for DOSBox joystick detection possibly? If it is a game like MOO 1+2 which probably doesn't need a joystick or a gamepad, edit dosbox config file and change

joysticktype=none

If the game needs a joystick or an analog gamepad, then try different options for the joystick, like setting

joysticktype=4axis

I had to do that for e.g. Privateer, otherwise the game music would run too slowly (otherwise the game worked though), if I had set that option to "auto".
Post edited March 27, 2016 by timppu
Posted March 27, 2016
OK, I changed the joystick from 'auto' to 'none' and the games are loading, however, there is no keyboard input now. :) But progress...
Post edited March 27, 2016 by zachnap
Posted March 27, 2016
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Thiev: what input devices do you have connected? If any, have you tried disconnecting all except keyboard / mouse?
If it's a persistent problem across all games it sounds more like software / hardware conflict with the emulator itself, not the games.
Could you maybe think about fixing the broken support links one of these days? It's been like that for ages, and it doesn't exactly scream "we care deeply about our customers".
Posted March 27, 2016
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Wishbone: Could you maybe think about fixing the broken support links one of these days? It's been like that for ages, and it doesn't exactly scream "we care deeply about our customers".
It's out of my hands and multiple inquiries so far has been ignored.
Posted March 27, 2016
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Wishbone: Could you maybe think about fixing the broken support links one of these days? It's been like that for ages, and it doesn't exactly scream "we care deeply about our customers".
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Thiev: It's out of my hands and multiple inquiries so far has been ignored.
Yeah sorry, that was "you" as in GOG, not "you" as in "you personally".

*sigh* Seems like GOG's priorities are still as screwed up as they've been for years.
Posted March 27, 2016
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Ixamyakxim: I bet this is it - try reinstalling somewhere else.

... \Games\YOURGAMEHERE

*EDIT

NOT in x86
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zachnap: Just installed to ... \Documents\GOG - still not working.
General rule of thumb when using windows, never install anything to windows directories, create a folder on your drive, maybe called c:\games and install there. Also avoid spaces or special characters in the install path. As your using win10, check the compatability list for each game, some are not.compatible.
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