Bioforge - MS-DOS

bkumanchik

I can't seem to get Bioforge working, it's listed as a working title for MS-DOS but I cant get it to work. Has anyone had any luck getting it to work? if so how?

mitu

@bkumanchik What error do you get ? How did you set up the game under RetroPie ?

bkumanchik

@mitu I'm just trying to run it from the menu, I get "Cannot find file: C:\BIO\Script\Emessage.txt"

mitu

@bkumanchik I think the game expects a certain structure of folders present (C:\BIO and C:\BIOFORGE). How did you copy it to RetroPie - i.e. what's the folder structure you have ?

bkumanchik

Oh, I put the folder with both of those folders in the roms folder - I can try that and see if it works.

mitu

@bkumanchik Try this:

Copy the game data under \\retropie\roms\pc-data\bioforge. If the pc-data folder doesn't exit, you can create it. Under this folder, copy the game folders (BIOandBIOFORGE`).
Create a bioforge.conf file in \\retropie\roms\pc\, containing the following lines:

[autoexec]
@echo off
mount c: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-data/bioforge
c:
dir
cd bioforge
bioforge.exe
exit

Restart Emulationstation and you should have a BIOFORGE game entry under the PC system. Run it and see if it works.

bkumanchik

@mitu OK, I'll try this ASAP and let you know, thanks

bkumanchik

@bkumanchik no, still not working.

bkumanchik

@mitu no, still not working.

mitu

@bkumanchik Unfortunately I don't have the game, so I can't test it. Does it have a Demo available so I could try it ?

quicksilver

@bkumanchik can you post a picture(s) of the game files file structure? This will be helpful in creating a working .conf file to launch the game.

bkumanchik

@mitu yes, there is a demo

bkumanchik

@mitu https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/bioforge/

mitu

I found the demo, but it doesn't run - saying it needs a CD ROM. The installer crashes and it cannot be installed also.
As @quicksilver said, post a picture or some info about the directory structure.
If you got the game from GOG, then it should include a dosbox.conf file (or something that resembles that file name). You can try looking in the [autoexec] section from that file to see how Dosbox starts the game.
And lastly, if you remove the exit line from the .conf file I posted, you should be able to see the error thrown by the game - post it here.

bkumanchik

@mitu OK, thanks, I'll take a look at the conf file tonight.

bkumanchik

@mitu I found the .conf file.

[autoexec]
@echo off
mount C .
c:
cd BIOFORGE
cls
BIOFORGE.EXE
exit

simpleethat

Man, y'all are going to make me get back into all the PC games I used to play now too. I completely forgot about this game!

quicksilver

@bkumanchik what is the file path to the folder containing the game files?

Efriim

Here you are mate

[autoexec]
mount c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc
imgmount d -t cdrom /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/bioforge/cd/Bioforge.iso
c:
cd bioforge
bioforge.exe
exit

Hopefully that will work for you, I couldn't figure out how to get up out of bed. The last time I played this game ~15 years ago; I figured it out but didn't get very far at all.

bkumanchik

@quicksilver /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-data/BIOFORGE