SoulSkorpion
Spaceman
Hokai. I'm trying to get Privateer, Privateer 2, Armada, Strike Commander and\or any other miscellaneous DOS games I have running under XP. So far, the most promising solution seems to be this. The problem is that, apparently, whatever this OS is it doesn't like NTFS and so can't find my hard disk. That would kinda preclude playing any installed game.
So, here's my idea. What if I install (let's say) Privateer on my hard disk, burn the whole PRIV folder onto a CD (including myjemm, just for luck), boot off the floppy, switch to a blank floppy once it's started up, play Privateer off the CD and save my game onto the floppy. Before I expend a blank CD, time and effort: is that viable? Is it possible to get Privateer to send saved game data to a different location to where the game's installed?
Maybe I'd have to install the game onto floppies then burn it from floppies to CD so that it thinks it's on floppy, therefore it can save onto floppy? Maybe fiddling around so that I identify my hard disk as the A: drive, then switch it back after installation? Or is there just a simple string in a config file?
So... is any of this going to work? I'd really like to play Privateer again
So, here's my idea. What if I install (let's say) Privateer on my hard disk, burn the whole PRIV folder onto a CD (including myjemm, just for luck), boot off the floppy, switch to a blank floppy once it's started up, play Privateer off the CD and save my game onto the floppy. Before I expend a blank CD, time and effort: is that viable? Is it possible to get Privateer to send saved game data to a different location to where the game's installed?
Maybe I'd have to install the game onto floppies then burn it from floppies to CD so that it thinks it's on floppy, therefore it can save onto floppy? Maybe fiddling around so that I identify my hard disk as the A: drive, then switch it back after installation? Or is there just a simple string in a config file?
So... is any of this going to work? I'd really like to play Privateer again