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For Magic all I did was add file paths at the bottom of the ‘expert commands’ config for the images I was using in DBT and it started up right away. At that point I thought it might function the same way and it would be unnecessary for me to create a new win9x image like the 3 part tutorial for MDB outlines (the one I obtained through RolanDeschain79’s guide essentially came preloaded/preinstalled); and I already had the hdd image with Fallout 2 on it.
I’ve dabbled with these apps before over the last year and some for the sake of Fallout 2, as well as Exagear with little to show for it. Only recently when I decided I really wanted to play Fo2 on the go did I commit to making it work. Exagear is both super pricey and wouldn’t launch the few dozen times I tried it. DBT is sort of clunky and I’m not convinced it works correctly but it’s…”playable”.
Magic blew me away when it started up windows, it’s very nice and very fast. However the game just closes after the same loading screen each time. Pardon my ignorance, I’m new to this specifically. I just didn’t want to follow the tutorial if it didn’t end up working with Restoration and on that note I wasn’t sure what drivers and the like I would need to install on the windows image for it to work.
I think Larrynho has gotten it working on win98 but then again, he/she probably knows what he/she is doing.
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This is the guide I used for installing Fallout 2 with the restoration project for Dosbox Turbo. It involves some light modding of the files for compatibility.
I was under the impression that others had gotten Fallout 2 with the Restoration Project running under Magic Dosbox via windows 98. It’s interesting that the game launches, going so far as the first loading screen and then closes without error back to desktop. It’s very smooth running in the interim as well, much more than DBT. I thought maybe I crucially misunderstood some element of the interface or config and inadvertently created an issue. I haven’t touched the mgc files yet either as I thought they might be unnecessary.
If it’s not possible then I’m not sure what I’ll do. I’ve been chipping away at this for a very long time and produced a mess of files so I think I’ll take a break and reevaluate my options, perhaps take a closer look at that 3 part tutorial. Provided win95 plays well with the restoration project, then it’ll be worth trying.
Hello fellow chosen ones, thanks for the replies (and the information Larrynho).
I tried SVN core but instead of launching into the initial loading screen for the game I just get an error “program requires win 95 with directx 3.0a or later or win NT version 4.0 with SP 3 or greater..”
The win9x img apparently is win98 and features/or supports dx9.0c,3dfx & SB16 and it still boots all the way into the game on Dosbox Turbo. Without SVN core in Magic it seems to manage the initial loading screen and then closes silently where the intro would start.I haven’t really touched layouts or profiles, as I’m not certain how they work yet. I’ve also done my Fallout 2 installs on my PC and then injected them via winimage into an HDD image – then brought them over to Magic Dosbox, as I did for Dosbox Turbo. I’ve tried a few different reinstalls also.
I thought I saw a post on the xda-dev forum in a Dosbox Turbo thread that said you could just bring images over from one to the other and change file paths, so that’s what prompted me. I’ve browsed over the MDB tutorial a few times (in modest confusion) and am willing to follow through with that as well, I just haven’t, I’m not sure it includes how to install the restoration project either for example.
Is the vesa driver for the display adapter?
