zandrag: Start game in DosBox. alt-enter for window mode (would have to do anyways to use Where are We).
Note the name / title of that window. Somewhere in Where are We is an option to configure what "window" title it tries to find. View -> Options. DOSBox tab. See if you can change the RegEx pattern to find whatever may be in the DosBox window title. Also make sure you are running a regular standard release version of DosBox. Don't think it plays well with SVN or third party versions if at all.
Hmm, mine is not working either. Researching it.
So, my Might and Magic 1 works fine with Where are We from the GoG shortcut in the games folder. But when using my own copy installed elsewhere with its own DOSBox it does not. Copying the MM1 GoG DOSBox to use for Wiz1 or own MM1 also did not seem to work. I will have to poke around at this sometime later. No guarantee when. Could be something in the conf files GoG uses compared to my own.
EDIT:
Ok, I compared GoG working MM1 conf files with personal not working MM1 conf files.
Things I did. Tested using both DOSBox 0.74-2.1 (GoG MM1 version) and DOSBOX 0.74 (my D-Fend Reloaded setup default) I got it to work by changing some things in the personal MM1. I suspect 0.74-3 will work.
Changed PC Speaker/Tandy/GUS/SB/mixer to all use 44100 sample rates. Turned OFF GUS support (was ON for some reason). Joystick was changed to AUTO (was off) and buttonwrap was set to TRUE (was FALSE).
I then tried WIZ1, and Where are we is working fine without having touched the Regular Expression in the DOSBox tab of its View->Options.
I have no idea why any of these settings would stop Where are We from working. Doubt it was the sample rates. Could be joystick being off or GUS being on changes memory structure of DOSBOX in some odd way.
S_Blade154: I have been searching for a long time to fix this issue and just found this thread. I tried your methods and still havent seemed to figure things out, I can't tell if its a RegEx issue (my directory looks like "WIZ1$| WIZDOS" which lines up with my DOSBOX shortcut window, and I changed the same settings you did, yet it still isnt reading the addresses. Where should I go from here? Thank you so much
This is the best, and most detailed, I can do for you.
My Where are We is latest version: 1.1.1.0, runs as Administrator
The RegEx is: "<5 spaces>WIZ1$|<5 spaces>WIZ1" (between quotes, not including quotes, 5 spaces is actual space key 5 times and not the phrase <5 spaces>). You can try changing both WIZ1 to WIZDOS?
DOSBox is: 0.74 (but have tried and working with 0.74-2.1 and 0.74-3, 32bit of course) downloaded release from dosbox.com, run thru DFend Reloaded, it is NOT run as Admin, and not run from Whre are We (but I have done that using the GoG MM1 which works).
DOSBox window title (ignoring multiple spaces between items): DOSBox 0.74, Cpu speed: 500 cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: WIZ1
My Wizardry 1 file is: WIZ1.COM 1,808 bytes (MD5: D8DE415449D96AB531C61EB9285908FC), from the retail The Ultimate Wizardry Archives CD compilation in US, no hacks edits or such on any files
Also includes WIZ1.DSK @327,680 bytes (MD5: AFA80D417FE06AD20BB35D11ECA4A727) and SAVE1.DSK @655,360 bytes (this file probably changes depending on saved data)
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit, 20H2, US language and keyboards etc settings. 64bit should not matter as both Where are We and DOSBOX are 32bit.
The DOSBox config for the game, generated by DFend:
# This DOSBox configuration file was automatically created by D-Fend Reloaded.
# Changes made to this file will NOT be transfered to D-Rend Reloaded profiles list.
# D-Fend Reloaded will delete this file from temp directory on program close.
# Command line used when starting DOSBox:
# -CONF "C:\Users\(windowsusernamehere)\AppData\Local\Temp\Wizardry I Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.conf" -NOCONSOLE
# Config file for profile "Wizardry I: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord"
[sdl]
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=true
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=openglnb
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
usescancodes=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=F:\D-Fend Reloaded\mapper.txt
[dosbox]
machine=svga_s3
captures=F:\D-Fend Reloaded\Capture\Wizardry I Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord\
memsize=16
[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=normal3x
[cpu]
core=auto
cputype=auto
cycles=fixed 500
cycleup=500
cycledown=20
[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=44100
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10
[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=
[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=44100
oplemu=default
[gus]
gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=1
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND
[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true
[dos]
xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=US
[joystick]
joysticktype=auto
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true
[serial]
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled
[autoexec]
@echo off
SET PATH=Z:\
keyb US 437
mount C "F:\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\"
echo.
C:
cd\
cd \RPG\WIZARD\WIZ1
Z:\config.com -securemode > nul
WIZ1.COM
exit