Problems running MOO

[Catwalk]

I know that an endless amount of posts have been made on this subject, but none adress my problem. I only have computer access from college, and the drive space available to me there is on a network drive. DoxBOX doesn't work on those, nor does Compatibility mode. I can't use a boot-disk or CD either. Is there any solution that I have overlooked?

EDIT: VDMSound appears to be working, but the screen is exceptionally jumpy. Does anyone have detailed knowledge about VDMSound?

[Factoid]

Hi Catwalk,

I used to use VDMSound some years ago but gave it away in favour of DOSBox, so I'm rusty.

Some notes I found (sorry, no real configs left) -

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leave vdms at default (7 1 0x220)
set properties of vdmsound\dosdrv.exe to give 2MB EMS
(also gave 640 MB conventional, 1024 B environment, protected, XMS auto)

run dosdrv.exe, then moo\install.bat

reconfigure hardware options
music+sound effects
soundblaster (orig) address 220
digitized speech NONE (if enabled crashes game at play screen)
MS compatible mouse
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You won't be able to set the 2MB EMS etc on Dosdrv.exe if you can't get to compatibility mode. Most of the bits I mention there aren't needed anyway.

For me it was ALWAYS the case that getting Moo1 sound to run was much harder than anything else, perhaps a result of ASUS mobo sound chipset emulations. Turning OFF sound in Install.exe made Moo1 much more stable but kind of missed the point, it is VDM"Sound" after all...

There are a number of sites out there with hints and tips on VDMSound configuration, Google is your friend. Sorry I can't help more, I never had jumpy screen type problems and certainly never had anything like a network drive setup.

The VDMSound home page has a FAQ, troubleshooting guide and links to useful VDMSound resources.

Best of luck!

Cheers,
Factoid.

[Catwalk]

Thanks, I'll try to fiddle with all the knobs.

However, now the game has started demanding that I run INSTALL, and when I do that, INSTALL demands that I install the game from a floppy drive... What's up with that?