CMSCalvert Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Hello Support, I'm getting the hang of LaunchBox and learning how to import/play all the games I have on my system. While I have run into some issues launching arcade games through MAME, that's not my issue today. I've been loading my old DOS games in, and while I have had success running them through the Dosbox and config in D-Fend Reloaded front-end, I have not had the same luck with Launchbox, particularly with the King's Quest series, and ESPECIALLY those that require a CD for audio/speech. I need help setting that up so that the game does NOT require a CD, and the audio files can be run from a directory set as a drive/CD instead. Like I said, I got it to work in D-Fend, but not LaunchBox. Please help. Thanks, Chris Calvert Quote
faeran Posted April 11, 2022 Posted April 11, 2022 What are the steps you have tried so far? Screenshots would definitely help as well. Personally, I find the easiest way to run this game is through ScummVM. The way I would do it is: Extract the contents of the CD into a folder (I'm assuming you have either the physical media or an image of it) In LaunchBox, go to Tools > Import > Manually add a game Click on the ScummVM section and click on "Use ScummVM to play this game" (If you can't do this, click on the Emulation section and uncheck "Use an emulator to play this game") Game Data Folder Path - choose browse and navigate to where you placed your King's Quest 6 files What game is it - in this dropdown choose King's Quest VI Go to the Metadata section and type in King's Quest VI, and click on Search for Metadata, choose the correct entry. Optionally you can go into the Images section and download some images for the game Press OK and you should be able to run the game. Quote
CMSCalvert Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 On 4/11/2022 at 11:03 AM, faeran said: What are the steps you have tried so far? Screenshots would definitely help as well. Personally, I find the easiest way to run this game is through ScummVM. The way I would do it is: Extract the contents of the CD into a folder (I'm assuming you have either the physical media or an image of it) In LaunchBox, go to Tools > Import > Manually add a game Click on the ScummVM section and click on "Use ScummVM to play this game" (If you can't do this, click on the Emulation section and uncheck "Use an emulator to play this game") Game Data Folder Path - choose browse and navigate to where you placed your King's Quest 6 files What game is it - in this dropdown choose King's Quest VI Go to the Metadata section and type in King's Quest VI, and click on Search for Metadata, choose the correct entry. Optionally you can go into the Images section and download some images for the game Press OK and you should be able to run the game. Thank you. I will try these steps and get back to you. I've been using dosbox to run the dos games, but if I can make exceptions to use Scumm instead (which I believe I only use for Monkey Island games), I'll see what works. I will get back to you when I've done more testing. Quote
CMSCalvert Posted April 13, 2022 Author Posted April 13, 2022 Turns out that using Scumm instead of Dosbox worked for a few of my later KQ games. It's about a good as it's going to get. I'll do some experiments with other games, then likely post a NEW question for the rest. Thank you for your help. Quote
zombob Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 The older King's Quest titles have remakes that work much simpler and don't need dosbox at all, that is what I use. Quote
CMSCalvert Posted April 19, 2022 Author Posted April 19, 2022 True. AGD Interactive, or some other company remade KQ 1-3, which I have. Nobody has fully remade KQ4. Right now I'm trying to get Monkey Island 1 and 2 to get set up through Launchbox, but even when using the Scumm config, I get a warning about it not launching with the proper directories set up with the ripped music, out of launchbox. I already set up Scumm OUTSIDE of launchbox to run Monkey Island games with the ripped music, but not from launchbox itself. Am I missing config section for the data directory? Quote
Jerry Gibson Posted May 13, 2022 Posted May 13, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 6:08 PM, CMSCalvert said: True. AGD Interactive, or some other company remade KQ 1-3, which I have. Nobody has fully remade KQ4. Right now I'm trying to get Monkey Island 1 and 2 to get set up through Launchbox, but even when using the Scumm config, I get a warning about it not launching with the proper directories set up with the ripped music, out of launchbox. I already set up Scumm OUTSIDE of launchbox to run Monkey Island games with the ripped music, but not from launchbox itself. Am I missing config section for the data directory? There is a "retold" version of KQ4 that is at least point and click. Being done in AGS it runs better in ScummVM to me. https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2533-king-s-quest-iv-the-perils-of-rosella-retold/ Quote
CMSCalvert Posted May 15, 2022 Author Posted May 15, 2022 Not bad! The sound on this game is good, but the graphics are still the same as before. I may actually play this when I get into re-doing the KQ series from VGA 1-3 onward. Thanks for the recommendation. Hope they do a full remake someday. Quote
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