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Posted May 26, 2011
So I decided to play Daggerfall. Never played it before and it's free now, so why not? I downloaded the game and realized that it is not already wrapped in Dosbix like GOG games are, so I downloaded and installed that too.

At this point, I think I'm going to want to use a front end since I don't feel like configuring things with a Dos prompt. Any preferences? I think I'll primarily be playing on my W7 PC, but might occasionally play on my Debian netbook as well. The front end doesn't have to be cross platform, however. If you're favorite is Windows or Linux only, that's fine too.
Posted May 26, 2011
DBGL.

[url=http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Daggerfall_:_DaggerfallSetup_EN]Also, Daggerfall is all configured and ready to go from here.[/url]
Posted May 27, 2011
Not playing Daggerfall, but I do use D-Fend Reloaded for my old Dos games.
Posted May 27, 2011
A good frontend for DOSBox is no damn frontend at all. In the DOS times we didn't use frontends XD

*Well, I used QuickTime III on my 286 but that's a completely different story*
Posted May 27, 2011
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ChaunceyK: Not playing Daggerfall, but I do use D-Fend Reloaded for my old Dos games.
Likewise.
Posted May 27, 2011
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KingofGnG: A good frontend for DOSBox is no damn frontend at all. In the DOS times we didn't use frontends XD

*Well, I used QuickTime III on my 286 but that's a completely different story*
We used SNAP menu system for my 286 back in the day......it was mainly for my parents tho. I navigated to my games witht he CLI. To cool for frontends. ;)
Posted May 27, 2011
Frontend for DOSBox ? HERESY !

On a more serious note, D-Fend Reloaded is good IMO.
Post edited May 27, 2011 by KeitaroBaka
Posted May 27, 2011
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'll look into these.
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KingofGnG: A good frontend for DOSBox is no damn frontend at all. In the DOS times we didn't use frontends XD
Ah, but did you apply DOS level settings like AA? TBH, I know my way around a bash prompt fairly well, just never really dealt with DOS to much (our first computer was Win 3.1).
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Vagabond: [url=http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Daggerfall_:_DaggerfallSetup_EN]Also, Daggerfall is all configured and ready to go from here.[/url]
Also interesting. What is the CompUSA pack mentioned there?
Posted May 27, 2011
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kodeen: What is the CompUSA pack mentioned there?
It's a special promotional add-on that adds new quests, items, NPCs, etc. It's the closest the game got to any sort of expansion.
Posted May 27, 2011
Notepad. :p

Read the whole config file, and you'll understand the lines. :)
Post edited May 27, 2011 by KavazovAngel
Posted May 27, 2011
Weirdos. Doing it manually sucks, no matter how retro it is.
Posted May 27, 2011
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KavazovAngel: Notepad. :p

Read the whole config file, and you'll understand the lines. :)
Exactly, no DOS experience required, everything can be set in the config. Then, just do as GOG does and set up DosBox shortcut that calls the new edited config file for that game instead of the default template. After that, it works just like any other game, superficially. It took me all of about 15 minutes of skimming the DosBox wiki to do this successfully for a couple games.
Posted May 27, 2011
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Vagabond: Weirdos. Doing it manually sucks, no matter how retro it is.
I agree. I was doing it manually for about 30 minutes...then I found D-Fend and never went back.
Post edited May 27, 2011 by elisstar
Posted May 27, 2011
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Vagabond: Weirdos. Doing it manually sucks, no matter how retro it is.
Doing it manually is sexy, using frontends is for newfags. No matter how speedy your system is XD
Posted April 08, 2014
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kodeen: So I decided to play Daggerfall. Never played it before and it's free now, so why not? I downloaded the game and realized that it is not already wrapped in Dosbix like GOG games are, so I downloaded and installed that too.

At this point, I think I'm going to want to use a front end since I don't feel like configuring things with a Dos prompt. Any preferences? I think I'll primarily be playing on my W7 PC, but might occasionally play on my Debian netbook as well. The front end doesn't have to be cross platform, however. If you're favorite is Windows or Linux only, that's fine too.
Well if you're an apparent "newfag" like me, and want a nice box art-based frontend, check out LaunchBox.
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