Daggerfall Free Download : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:38 pm

I downloaded arena to my vista computer I was able to play the game but it was super laggy I couldnt beleive it because its such an old game. Took me 10 seconds to walk 4 steps.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:07 am

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I haven't used the latest version of DOSbox yet, but are you unpacking DaggerFall in a directory with spaces in its name? Remember DOSbox is a DOS emulator and works just like a DOS environment, and IIRC, DOS doesn't like spaces in directory names. Don't install/unpack DOSbox into the default Program Files or "User" folders. These directories have spaces in them. All games I load with the Box I put in a folder called "games" right smack in the middle of my C drive. That way there's no confusion or resistance. Then inside that folder, each game gets its own folder with a name no longer than 8 characters. Try that if you haven't already.

That may have been my problem, I did put the spaces in! Thanks so much, I'll try what you said!

Ok, that didn't work, it says no such directory. Do I have to create a directory to put it in, and if so, how ??

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:32 pm

I downloaded arena to my vista computer I was able to play the game but it was super laggy I couldnt beleive it because its such an old game. Took me 10 seconds to walk 4 steps.

According to the DOSBox instructions you can hit Alt F12 for turbo speed, and control F12 to make the DOSBox cycle quicker, which should stop the lagging.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:48 am

According to the DOSBox instructions you can hit Alt F12 for turbo speed, and control F12 to make the DOSBox cycle quicker, which should stop the lagging.

You can also edit the dosbox.conf, under CPU change cycles=auto to cycles=max.

Though, with my latest tweaking of the conf....this may be the cause of my frequent crashing now. I'm still testing this, so "as-is", no warranty, express or implied.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:49 pm

Hey guys

I have
C:\dosbox
as my mounted drive. The install files are located in:
C:\dosbox\games\dfins~1
I can launch the install.exe in dosbox but it says I do not have enough disk space...but I have over 70Gb!

...any ideas?

Cheers

Mentic

p.s.....did anybody elses download take 6h at a really SLOW connection?

:P

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:28 pm

Man I fell fowl of one of my own pet peves

SEARCH!!!!!!!!!

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1012957

Found the answer there

No worries...sorry for the time wasting (mine and yours

)

Mentic

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:19 pm

Hey everyone, there is a topic out called "Alternative Daggerfall install instructions" - the guy is AWESOME !! His instructions were perfect, and he really knows what he is doing. I just got Daggerfall working finally !! Yeah !!

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:36 pm

I know someone who won't be getting any :snoring: tonight.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:33 pm

I know someone who won't be getting any :snoring: tonight.

Lol, I just got killed by the first rat I came across. Can't figure out how to swing my weapon, lol.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:43 am

Lol, I just got killed by the first rat I came across. Can't figure out how to swing my weapon, lol.

Hold the right mouse button and do one of the following for different swings.

Forward: Stab
Left/right: Slashes left/right
back: slashes downward
Diagonal: Diagonal slashes

I also suggest you configure the button mapping and change the view to the second option (the one on the right) to make the game more like a FPS configuration (easier to play the game that way).

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:40 pm

Lol, I just got killed by the first rat I came across. Can't figure out how to swing my weapon, lol.

Press Esc to access the control. Change them to your liking.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:18 pm

My roomate just got it running on his Vista box. There's no issues with getting it running in the first place, but when he's playing in fullscreen mode, the colors occasionally get really screwed up. Has anyone else had this problem?

EDIT: This only happens when changing static elements, like the map when you're picking the province you're from, or the starfield during the questioning, or the borders around the intro video. Otherwise, it works fine.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:51 am

You can also edit the dosbox.conf, under CPU change cycles=auto to cycles=max.

I would not recommend this. I would suggest to start running the game AFTER changing cpudown in the config to 500, then starting the game. Then you hit F12 until the game is smooth, and for the love of god remember to set core to dynamic in the config.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:12 am

I have no trouble installing Daggerfall with Vista. But, when I go to do the sound configuration part my keyboard doesn't work. Any idea what it could be?

Thanks

Edit/ I found the issue. The issue was with the latest version of DOSbox. For some reason it wouldn't detect my keyboard. But, when I tried using the last version it worked.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:35 pm

Hold the right mouse button and do one of the following for different swings.

Forward: Stab
Left/right: Slashes left/right
back: slashes downward
Diagonal: Diagonal slashes

I also suggest you configure the button mapping and change the view to the second option (the one on the right) to make the game more like a FPS configuration (easier to play the game that way).

Thanks, and thanks to Mr. Oblivion! I will get back on ASAP and try these out !!