jorlin: Could you please state what you did in DosBox to make this version run? I'm running Linux here, so I'll need to make this work the hard way. I'd wish that Gog would open up their DosBox titles, so other OS'es don't have such a hard time running the games.
roninsalsolo: Actually, if you own the GOG version of Betrayal at Krondor, you might have an easier time of it than you realize.
GOG packages the freeware / command line version of DOSBox in their releases. To get the game to run in windows, they create a shortcut on the desktop that runs a game configuration file, located in the root directory of the game, through DOSBox, located in the root directory of the pack / game folder.
i.e. : "C:\Games\GOG\Betrayal Pack\DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe" -conf dosboxBAK.conf -noconsole -c "exit"
With a Start in path of: "C:\Games\GOG\Betrayal Pack\Betrayal at Krondor\"
So, assuming you can unpack the windows executable to install the game(s), it should be a simple matter of feeding the Linux version of DOSBox the above mentioned configuration file. All parameters have been customized within to run the game.
In case you just have the original CD of the game and want to play it in Linux, or extracting the files form the GOG setup executable is impossible for you, simply download the Betrayal at Krondor Official Strategy Guide image in this post, and rename the extension to .rar. Extract and have fun with your new config file. (Finally, a Prima Guide that's WORTH something :P)
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-Ronin
Ronin, Thanks for the hints.
I've got many Gog Dosboxed games to run natively on my box, yet I'm having a hard time getting the music to work on my box.
The game does run in it's enhanced form, only there is no music to be heard, in spite of choosing the correct settings for an emulated Soundblaster:A=220 and I=7.
I have downloaded an abondonware version, which was a much smaller download, but more importantly, works straight after copying the files.
I see that Gog converted all in-game music into .ogg files,
My guess is that Gog uses a helper program to hook all the ingame music calls to that helper program that plays the ogg files. An .exe is no batch file, so I don't really know what the Gog customizations do, or I'd make a symbolic link to a similar linux program.