Hi - daggerfall questions:

1. I'd like to run a batch file to stop me having to type out the long list of instructions each time I want to play. How do I do that without Edit in dosbox?

2. I tried reconfiguring my controls to a more familiar set: WASD for movement, I for inventory, M for map, etc. I used X for weapon-swing since it was the only unused one. I started off on melee as an archer but midway through the opening dungeon ran out of arrows. I tried to switch to my axe, but though the reconfigured F brings it out of my pocket, I can't swing the axe. I'm pressing mouse-left, mouse-right, and X but nothing's happening. I'm standing uselessly, axe out, doing nothing while the bat kills me.

Any advice?

I cannot answer your first question, but I can answer your second:




As far as I know, weapon swing can only stay with the default mouse controls. I tried once to change the weapon swing key but it didn't give me any results.
It's also easier to have it set on the mouse, simply because you can move and turn around while swinging your weapon. If you change the swing key, you won't be able to do this.

1. Follow this path: Start > Programs > DOSBox 0.73 > Configuration > Edit configuration. Then go to the bottom of the notepad and insert the commands you usually put into DOSBox under the [autoexec]. It should start up each time you open DOSBox.

2. For the controls change controls betaplyr.dat to controls viewplyr.dat in the z.cfg file found in DAGGER. Then customize those to your liking (it will run WASD without having to always change it).

Good luck!

While your question has already been answered, if you ever want to make batch files that don't run automatically on startup, just use Notepad or some other simple word processor. There is absolutely no requirement that the batch file be made within DOSBox. Simply create your batch file as a plain text document in your preferred text editor, make sure the file extension is changed to .BAT, and copy the batch file into whichever folder you're using as your virtual DOSBox drive.

1. The easy way: just use a graphical frontend like D-Fend Reloaded and set up a profile, then make it a desktop icon.

2. Hold down right click while moving the mouse in the direction you want to swing.

Regarding number 1, I simply created a DOSBox shortcut on my desktop and changed the target to the following:

"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" C:\DOSBox\dosbox.exe -c "mount c c:\dosgames -freesize 1000" -c "mount d c:\dosgames\dfcd -t cdrom -label Daggerfall" -c "c:" -c "cd dagger" -c "dagger"

The location of your Daggerfall files might not be c:\dosgames; alter accordingly.

Useful! I didn't even know you could do commands like that from the shortcut. :goodjob:

Neither did I. Very clever.

Well, for one DOS game,maybe all this DOSBox hoo haa is ok,but trust me, if you are like me, with 40 DOS programs on his hard drives, you will get a front end like D-Fend reloaded or D.O.G. Once you have set a profile in a front end and tweaks edited with a few mouse clicks,it's all set forever! AllIhad to do when I found out about 'Fall.exe Z.cfg' was browse to Fall.exe and type z.cfg in the 'extension' box then double click on the profile name to start the game- no opening the daggerfall.conf and editing it then saving it then staring DOSbox,etc etc!

That's great!

make sure that your moveing your mouse the direction you want to swing as you hold the button down.

Or if you want a more "pure" DOS experience, you can create a file in Notepad (or any text editor that doesn't format the text, really... and make sure to switch to "all files" when saving so it doesn't append .txt at the end) that has all the commands you need to type to get Daggerfall started, save it in your /dosgames directory (or whatever you're mounting as your C drive) and once you've got Dosbox started up, just type the name of the file (minus the .bat) and it'll run it.

I put the mount comments in the autoexec part of DOSbox.conf:

mount c d:\games -freesize 1000c:

Then I made dagger.bat in my games folder:

cd daggerfall.exe z.cfgcd ..

The only reason I did it in so many steps and with it returning me out of the Daggerfall directory is I sometimes find myself fiddling in DOSbox or loading up other programs.

Any one of the solutions here should work nicely. I found the same thing with the weapon swing too. If you set it to anything other than the right button it gets cranky. Even the left button didn't work at all.

"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" C:\DOSBox\dosbox.exe -c "mount c c:\dosgames -freesize 1000" -c "mount d c:\dosgames\dfcd -t cdrom -label Daggerfall" -c "c:" -c "cd dagger" -c "dagger"

You just saved me endless irritation. Thanks!

doesn't that last bit need to be "fall z.cfg" instead of "dagger"?

Edit: Oh wait, I can't verify that because I did it differently:
I edited the dosbox config file like it says to on the UESP page and then made a shortcut of dosbox and replaced its Target field contents with this:
"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\dosbox.exe" -c "cd dagger" -c "fall z.cfg"

If I use just "dagger" at the end then it says I need the CD and doesn't work.

Also, in the Daggerfall folder you can find an "ico" (icon) file. I applied this to the shortcut and put the shortcut in my Dagger folder and on my Desktop. It looks spiffy :nerd:

That's awesome! Thank you!

And thank you all for your help. It might be that I was simply not swinging my sword, since I've never played a game where I needed to! (Yes, I've played Daggerfall before, but that was years ago!)