Ignition - Dosbox [Working!]

[denisuu]

@edmaul69 Too bad, it's such an awesome game :D hopefully the pi4 can run it

[mattrixk]

@denisuu I completely forgot that game existed. Thank you. I love the top-down/iso racing, and that is one of my favourites. I think I still have it at home somewhere... I'll have to have a look when I get home.

[LS650]

I played the crud out of that game years ago. It is indeed a fun racer!

[Spiky]

@denisuu I managed to make it work yesterday. There is no way to run it in DOSBox without mounting CD image. This is how to make it work:

Create *.iso from game files
Install the game via DOS_INST.EXE
Then you can create following script:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox -c "imgmount d /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/Ignition.iso -t iso" -c "mount c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/game" -c "c:" -c "IGN_DOS" -exit

where /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/Ignition.iso is your *.iso file and /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/game is location where you installed the game

Let me know if you have any problems. Also, don't forget to turn off smoke and other gfx effects to make the game run smoother.

[Spiky]

Just a little correction in my script. Use this version in order to make -exit command work properly:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/game/IGN_DOS.BAT -exit -c "imgmount d /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/Ignition/Ignition.iso -t iso"

[denisuu]

Oh that's awesome man!! I will try it when I'm home! :D

[Spiky]

@denisuu make sure to let me know how it runs. for me, some tracks and vehicles cause fps to drop down drastically, but I am not sure I want to risk and overclock my Pi3. luckily, my favourite track Moosejaw Falls runs well :)

one more detail. name the file with script like "Ignition.sh". that will make retropie recognize it and will add it to list of your games in menu

[edmaul69]

@Spiky the pi's are pretty safely designed for overclocking. The only thing that i believe voids the warranty is setting an overvoltage. But i have run as high as an overvoltage of 6 with no issues. If it it overclocked to high and it locks up you just put your sd card in your pc and edit the config.txt

[denisuu]

I have some stuff to do now. Once I get Ignition working I'll probably relive my second youth play all night and feel like a zombie at work tomorrow :p

[mattrixk]

@Spiky Are you able to control the game with a controller, or does it have to be a keyboard? Also, does it show up under the Ports menu, or PC/MSDOS/DosBox?

[edmaul69]

@mattrixk in any dosbox game, if you cant use a controller just use the dosbox keymap to assign the keys to a controller.

[mattrixk]

@edmaul69 Cool, that's something I'm going to have to look into. I haven't bothered messing with DosBox stuff because it just seemed quite complicated (especially compared to NES or something where you just put the roms in the correct folder and off you go).

[edmaul69]

@mattrixk once you decide to do it let me know. I can help show you several methods to set things up with .sh files. Even if you have want to use real floppies and cd's. Once you know how to set things up its not too difficult. I do a lot of copy and paste once i figured out everything. Dosbox runs pretty good as a whole. Quake is choppier than the port but the dooms run great. (I have both ports and dos versions. Of course ports are better with all the options they have, but im ocd so i have both of any port that has a dos version) even running windows 3.1 then running windows 3.1 games i didnt have a single game (out of 40+ games) with lag at all. And out of 70 dos games quake was a little slower but it actually might be normal with the setup it sees and Retro city rampage is slow at 60fps but runs great at 30fps. But other than that it was great.

[mattrixk]

Thanks for the offer @edmaul69. I'm not sure when I'll have the time to take you up on the offer. I have a few plans coming up. I want to install a fan and a power button first, then wire-up a hard drive and put it all into a case for easy portability. I know nothing about electronics and wiring, so it's going to be a lot of trial and error hopefully without too much property damage).

I also want to make a list of the Dos games and Ports I wouldn't mind getting working (Ignition and Streets of Rage at the top of the list, but there are probably plenty of others), but they all need to be able to use a controller rather than mouse and keyboard.

[LS650]

@Spiky said in [Dosbox] Ignition:

Create *.iso from game files

I'm not sure I understand this... can you exactly what you mean by 'create an ISO from the game files'..?

[edmaul69]

@LS650 you use a program likeMagicISO to make it. Its like a zip file. It is a single file that has several files in it. Iso files are an image of a disc.

[edmaul69]

@Spiky curious question why is your imgmount set to -t iso and not -t cdrom? There is no such setting as -t iso according to the dosbox manual. Im not sure if that has any effect on your issue you were having or not.

-t type
Type of the mounted directory. Supported are: dir (default), floppy, cdrom.

[Spiky]

@edmaul69 according to dosbox wiki (https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT) I see nothing wrong with my script, but I am not saying you can't be right too.

@mattrixk make sure you have plugged in both keyboard + mouse and joystick, then run DOSBox, press CTRL+F1 - that will start key mapping application. Use your mouse to press button on screen you wish to map, then press Add on screen and finally press button on your joystick to map it. It may sound confusing, but it's really easy and you have to do it only once. Check this if you have any problems: https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Mapper. Also little advice: most important keys besides arrow keys are SPACE, CTRL, SHIFT, ESC, ENTER and also don't forget about Y and N, as lot of games use those.

[edmaul69]

@Spiky according to the wiki you are correct.

[edmaul69]

@Spiky i can confirm making an iso indeed fixes the problem.