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I don't suppose anyone has Linux experience with Tex Murphy?

I assume you are using ISOs, if so, try this:

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@echo off
pause

echo Mounting "Game Directory" as harddisk drive C.
mount c "~/.wine\drive_c\Program_Files\UAKM"

echo Mounting "CD/DVD Drive" as drive D.
mount d /-t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 1" as CD-ROM drive E.
imgmount e "~/.wine\drive_c\Program_Files\UAKM\UAKM1.iso" -t iso

echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 2" as CD-ROM drive F.
imgmount f "~/.wine\drive_c\Program_Files\UAKM\UAKM2.iso" -t iso

echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 3" as CD-ROM drive G.
imgmount g "~/.wine\drive_c\Program_Files\UAKM\UAKM3.iso" -t iso

echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 4" as CD-ROM drive H.
imgmount h "~/.wine\drive_c\Program_Files\UAKM\UAKM4.iso" -t iso

C:


Look for errors mounting the drives,
To play the game try typing...
cd \moon
tex197


I'm a little confused about "cd cdrom0" are you mounting the images in wine first?
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
I bet the problem is that the drives were mounting with "limited support". When The Pandora Directive drives mount they don't say that. I'll try your stuff, though. And, yes, I'm attempting the game installations under wine with the windows version of dosbox. For all I know that's the reason it moves sluggish. Once I get it worked out, though I'll attempt it completely in Linux dosbox since it appears it pretty much works the same way under either OS.
"The real world is bizarre enough for me." - Blue Öyster Cult
Last edited by SansGUI on May 07, 2008 • 2:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
I just threw up a quick video of my system running Under A Killing Moon in Ubuntu and DOSBox if anyone wants to get a rough idea of the video quality. Sorry I didn't include any audio. You'll also see a few of the effects I have on my desktop using Compiz-Fusion.


Anyhow here is a link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8ObheputE


The only changes to Conf File were to start the game to make a video:

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[cpu]
core = Dynamic
cycles = Auto

[autoexec]
@echo off
pause
echo Mounting "DosBox" as harddisk drive C.
mount C "~/.DOSBox-0.72/Games/"
echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 1" as CD-ROM drive E.
imgmount E "~/.DOSBox-0.72/ISOs/UAKM1.iso" -t iso
echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 2" as CD-ROM drive F.
imgmount F "~/.DOSBox-0.72/ISOs/UAKM2.iso" -t iso
echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 3" as CD-ROM drive G.
imgmount G "~/.DOSBox-0.72/ISOs/UAKM3.iso" -t iso
echo Mounting "Under A Killing Moon Disc 4" as CD-ROM drive H.
imgmount H "~/.DOSBox-0.72/ISOs/UAKM4.iso" -t iso
C:
cd \MOON
TEX197.EXE

I also wanted to mention that I could complete an installation of Tex Murphy Overseer, but I was never able to get it to play using Wine, CrossOver Games, or Cedega. Maybe over the next month I'll check out Qemu and VirtualBox.
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
Looks pretty good... What Exactly is Compiz-Fusion???
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


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It's an OpenSource Composite Window Manager Project that allows you to have some really fun eye candy. The snow and and the effects of the dosbox window when I moved it around are examples. Compiz and Compiz-Fusion are most recognized by the Rotating Desktop Cube though.
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
Yeah I saw that... What operating systems do you need for that???
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


Can You Run Your Game??? Click Here And Find Out...

*Note, Not All Games Have Been Tested & Therefore May Not Be Listed...
A Linux Distro like openSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu. It doesn't run on Windows or Mac.


There are alot of videos on youtube showing various effects
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... arch_type=
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
Explains why I've never heard of it... Thanks for the Education Lesson...
I haven't really been into computers in about 10 years... I use to build Servers about 10 years ago... Used Novell a lot back in those days, now I'd be lucky if I could operate Novell... lol
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


Can You Run Your Game??? Click Here And Find Out...

*Note, Not All Games Have Been Tested & Therefore May Not Be Listed...
I'm not sure I said anything useful except...It has really fun eye candy. :D

openSUSE is sponsored by Novell.
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
I have no idea what openSUSE is...
I just remember that we'd install Novell and then we'd install Callware usually... Then our clients would have a server ready to answer their phones with an automated response instead of needing a secretary...

Other times we would use Windows NT and network the whole office together... I felt kind of bad going around to everyone's computer and limiting what they could and couldn't do... Always felt like their bosses were being pricks if I had to limit this or limit that...
Now I'm the boss doing the limiting, go figure... lol

You explained what OSs it runs on... That was useful enough...


Well now that I feel bad that my employees can't play while they work, I'm going to go get a couple hours of sleep... lol
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


Can You Run Your Game??? Click Here And Find Out...

*Note, Not All Games Have Been Tested & Therefore May Not Be Listed...
Well, I'm doing phenomenal now. Both Under A Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive work. The only problem is with UAKM because it doesn't save my progress. It says my game is saved but then there's nothing to load.
That sounds weird... I haven't heard of that problem... Are you sure it has a Path to save to??? Maybe it is saving it to one place, but trying to load from another??? I don't know if that is a possibility or not with the Tex Games... I know some of my older games you could change the paths of the saving and loading and if they weren't the same you'd have no games to load because it wouldn't know where to look for the saved games...
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


Can You Run Your Game??? Click Here And Find Out...

*Note, Not All Games Have Been Tested & Therefore May Not Be Listed...
It sounds like a folder/file permission issue.

Make sure your user account has read/write permissions to the folders
"MOON", "GAMES", and "PLAYERS"
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".

SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
I got it taken care of, It's running smoothly now. Okay, Overseer, now it's your turn.
"The real world is bizarre enough for me." - Blue Öyster Cult
Why you gotta go and leave us hanging like that??? What was the problem??? lol
The Paved Straight Road, Won't Always Get You Farther Than The Winding Dirt Road...


Can You Run Your Game??? Click Here And Find Out...

*Note, Not All Games Have Been Tested & Therefore May Not Be Listed...