Heeeeeeey *:D
I finally got MacTecman's Launcher to work *:D ! But there is one problem. It doesn't play the midi music on blood and cryptic passage. If I start several mods it plays (a pimped ?!) midimusic *:) ! But not with the original blood *:( ! I tested various Music cards via setup. Didn't work. I don't know where I can make changes to get the music work.
I'm not using the gog-version. I have an orginial copy of One Unit Whole Blood since 2000 *:D ! On my other PC I'm running blood via deathmasks VDM-Sound and .vlp way. It runs perfectly even on high resolutions with no lagging. Sadly McTecmans DOs-Box Version is laggy if I don't play it in 800x600 or better 640x480. the PC I'm running McTecmans Launcher on is a 3,5 GH AMD, 1024 MB Ram, GeForce 6800 GT. So it is normal, that it lags in higher resolutions, right ? I installed dosbox 0.74 from the start so I don't know how performance would have been with dosbox 0.73.
Due to this fact that I can only play it in lower resolutions on my second PC I'm planning to build up Blood via deathmask way here too. For a test I already unzipped the launcher files on the PC where Blood and all addons run perfectly (deathmask-way of getting it running). I can start most of the mods by pointing the .bat files on the .vlp launchfiles, so I can play them in high resolutions too. But not all of them work (these ones are working with the launcher, so I have to play them on the opther PC where I'm, yet only using the launcher).
Perhaps you can help me to get the midi-music work. otherwise I could use the pimped recreations of the midi files running besides in winamp. So this wouldn't be a dead serious problem. But perhaps its easy to fix, so I can listen to the original midis while playing. I guess I have to change some config files ?!
its a bit disappointing that I can't play the Luancher in high resolutions, if you are used to a sharp, good looking blood then its hard do deal with a not so sharp version. But as I said on the PC where I running the smooth asskicking blood it doesn't play all mods *:( ! So I think I get used to it, I'm using the launcher only for mods that don't work on the other PC or for the custom maps.
Another thing doesn't regards to the launcher but perhaps someone knows... When I play bloody pulp fiction (the low-installer version finally got it working without lags and sound issues *:D) on my pc where everything runs perfect... I don't get the midi music (so I'm using the pimped tracks running in winamp). I just copied the same folder to my netbook (there I can play blood also perfectly, with deathmask way to get it working) and did no changes at all. But it plays the midi music !!!! How can that be *:D ?! I have the same folder and the same deathmask/VDM/VLP settings on both PC and netbook!

It's the price you have to pay for using DOS emulation instead of VDM - the game simply runs slower. You can beef up the resolution but it runs so slowly it's unplayable.
If you want .midi music back, go to Games/CDMount and rename game.inst to something else. It's the file that loads those .ogg tracks you see in that folder and makes a "fake CD". If I rename the file, the midis kick back in.
If you need to see what commands each mod needs, all the .conf files in /Games/ should tell you how to load them. It's not hard to convert them into .bats if you know the file structure. :)

Hey thx for this quick reply *:D !
Well WHat I did so far, to avoid the fake cd-trackz play, is that I deleted the SOundfiles in den CDMount folder. But nothing else. So I'll try to rename the game.inst file into whatever. *:)
hm yes its sad but I wanted to buy a new PC when Doom 4 will be released, perhaps my PC has enough power to play it without lagging in dosbox then ? Because it depends on your pc power or am I wrong ? With the newest PC with ultimate power it should run smooth even in high resolutions ? Or is it general problem with high resolutions ?
hm well okay I never created a .bat file yet *g* I have to try. But why could it be, that some of the mods work through your launcher but not when I simply put the .bat file onto the .vlp shortcut ?? By doing this I got all build games to work, redneck rampage, shadow warrior etc. (of course all of them got their own .vlp then after first trys *:D) !
well I don't mind really because VDM/VLP solved nearly all problems. I'll make a setup on the PC where I yet only use the launcher too. ANd then I'll look, which mods can be played this way and which of them not. The ones that don't run with vdm will be played with the launcher *:) !

hm I tried it by renaming the .inst file but sadly it doesn't work *:( !
Any other ideas ? If I can't solve it its no real problem due to I can play the music files (midi or pimped midi files) in winamp aside.