I have still problem with EMS memory.
After I run A.exe, message says "Not enough EMS...."

In memory tab, it is set to auto.

When I try to run mem.exe (with EMS set to auto in memory tab of mem.pif), it returns 0 EMS free.
If I try to load normal emm386.exe into memory,
message says "Emm386 not installed. Protected mode software already running."

It seems, that there is no way, how to enable EMS memory.

I guess, if it is not due to dualchannel RAM. Because, when I try to load emm386 under win98, with RAM switch, it returns some error, but when I try to load it with NOEMS switch, it works. I have dualchannel RAM. Cannot be that problem, why someone cannot enable EMS?

Thanks people for this thread, now i can fill my time between morrowind and oblivion,

Please sticky

Cheers

I did get Arena to work using this method - I made the changes to A.exe then load it with Arena.bat. no lag and full sound! Kind of fast though....
Did this work for Daggerfall? I still run Dagger with DosBox and it is laggy, even though the new CVS version of DosBox is way improved....

Minus key slows it down.


I tried it for Daggerfall once, as did several others, and it didn't seem to work for anyone.

I don't have a memory tab or a programs tab. That's as far as I got.

EDIT: I don't see where to download all the files with the game ready.

Right-click A.exe in the Arena folder to open the context menu.
Select 'Properties'. There you see tabs for memory, program etc.

http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/mypicplace/notheresnot.JPG

Look into the Arena folder. Since you're already playing the game, it must exist.
Inside this folder you'll find a file A.exe.

okay, i have heard other people mention this problem before but none of their responses made any sense in my situation. yes i have read all 7 pages and no, it still does not work. i have already disabled all sound and set the memory to auto, and followed all of the first posters instructions. before, i had the mouse not moving at the menu screens problems. i followed the instructions given. YAY! it works! or so i thought. . . . i can now het past the charecter creation screen, but right after that dream sequence thing with the blue lady, my screen just goes black. when i try using VDMS, the mouse still doesnt work. when i use the arena.bat, a black screen comes up and then just disapears. WHAT CAN I DO????

oh, and i have windows 2000. i hope thats not the problem.....

I don't see Edit. I also don't know how to enter the game except for using dosbox.

I have th enot eoughh EMS problem as well, I have tried EVERYTHIG sugested in this thread but still the problem pursists, please help me

I have the black screen problem as well. I hope some one can help withe this because I have done every thing i can to get this to work thinks.

same not enough ems

the link to the mouse thing dont work can somebody give a new link and DONT ignore this REPLY!!!!

Right, because being demanding is the best way to get what you want :rolleyes:

The link works just fine for me.

You guy are legends, this is probably THE most helpful post I have ever viewed.

For some reason though my screen just goes black when I start A.EXE or Arena.BAT. I've tried everything you have suggested, Please help me again!

Damn straight .

Check your sound settings - the Black Screen of Death is usually caused by incorrect values in sound setup.

Guys, just get D-Fend v2, and enable 20000 CPU cycles and autolock mouse. Simple as that.

Not always an option. My machine is too slow to run Arena in DOSBox at an even remotely acceptable rate (which is actually why I went through the trouble of setting up this thread).

Agreed...I've tried both methods and I found this method to be far better than any other (including DosBox) both in preformance and ease of use.

I did all of this but i still cant get sound to work

Have you tried launching the game from a batch file containing the sound settings? A bit like that:

@A -sa:220 -si:5 -sd:1 -ma:330 -mq:2 -md:1 -ssbpdig.adv -mgenmidi.adv

If that doesn't work, try to change "-si:5" to "-si:7". That's the sound emulation IRQ.

EDIT: Post deleted, because I'm an idiot, and I responded to a very old post. (For some reason I didn't notice the date stamps on the posts, or that there were more pages to the thread...) I apparently need more caffine, as I'm still asleep.

I've got everything to work except the sound, I have the music and the mouse works perfect. I've put this into the arena.bat file which got me the music but no sound,



Any ideas on the sound?

I did everything you said to, but I'm getting an error message saying

"C:\ARENA\A.EXE
C:\DOS|AUTOEXEC.BAT. the system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and micorsoft windows applications. Choose Close to terminate the application