NEED HELP

[Fizban]

dosbos has stopped working, windows 10 the issue? or 64 bit or something......? no clue, i tried uninstalling reinstalling everything as well as a couple hours of troubleshooting on the net, please help.

[Fizban]

dosbox
i meant

[Freysgodi]

I have a steam version, it runs on windows 10 x64 fine. Try downloading dosbox from its official site and running the game in it directly.

1. Download and install dosbox version 0.74
2. Locate game files. For steam they are in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Master of Orion 2. For gog i don't know.
3. In game directory locate ORION2.EXE, then drag-and-drop it on top of dosbox shortcut. The game should start.

Let me know which step failed if any.

[Fizban]

no orion2.exe in the master of orion folder. not sure , tried all the other ones.

[Freysgodi]

First, the folder name has to be "Master of Orion 2", and it contains Orion2.exe, Orion95.exe and 400+ other files, mostly lbxs. Make sure you are not in new moo4 folder, which is "Master of Orion".

Second, it may appear as just "Orion2" if you have file extensions hidden. I advise to have them shown for now. To show them open file manager, select "View" menu and check "file extensions" check box.

[Fizban]

dplay.dll is missing from your computer , also when i try orion2 application it says it does not exist.

[Fizban]

ok so now its running, but how do i change the resolution to close to fullscreen in dosbox? and then for multiplayer hmmm...... any help?

[Fizban]

Thank you so much for your help, i appreciate it lots =)

[Fizban]

actually im back to square 1, it does not work, i had it working for a second, ugh

[Freysgodi]

does it say "dosbox has stopped" or what?

[Fizban]

ok i can open it now, i have the sound but no picture, also its in like 480x 480 or something, im a bit confused, and sometimes ill have it running like that and go to maximize then all i get is the message

dosbox has stopped running

just confused why it wont work

[Fizban]

im thinking it has something to do with resolution settings or something?

[Freysgodi]

I doubt the resolution is a problem, but you can try and tweak it in [sdl] section of dosbox config. By default it is C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-0.74.conf . Native resolution for moo2 is 640x480. That said the default of windowresolution=original works for me.

[Fizban]

no idea what to do at this point, i have sound, but no video.

[Freysgodi]

Since you seem to have a problem with video, try different output modes. Open dosbox config with notepad and do the following:

a. In [sdl] section locate line starting with "output=". It can be "output=surface".
b. Change it to other output, for example change it to "output=opengl" or "output=ddraw", then close and save config.
c. Try to rerun the game.
d. If it does not work, repeat with another output. Possible output modes are: surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb, ddraw

If none of outputs work then I never met such a case, and you may have better luck asking on dosbox forum.

NOTE: Make sure you run the game by dragging-and-droping ORION2.EXE over dosbox shortcut. You don't just double click ORION2.EXE, you don't try ORION95.EXE, you don't try "all other files", etc. Judging by you previous posts you do all sorts of things simultaneously and it is unclear if you followed the instructions.

[Freysgodi]

Btw if it still fails, please provide your specs: windows version, arch (32 or 64), amount of RAM, and video card info.

Also if you have steam pack (all three old orions + a new one), then try running moo1. It works via dosbox so if it runs ok, then dosbox can run on your system and the problem is something else.