matt21bs

I'm trying to run master of orion on windows xp, but it's always coming up with the same error: "must have 1024 expanded memory (ems)". I've tried chaning the properties of the apps pif, the _default pif, config.nt and autoexec.nt files (adding emm=ram to config and REMing out the lines of the autoexec that start programs that just take up the umb), but nothing seems to be working. I did get the program to run using dosbox, but half the time it locks up on me and doesn't work. I know that there must be some sort of solution. Would it maybe involve emm386? please help

Thanks dosfreak for the thread. It sounds like I've got to do some serious digging and disabling for my game to work. I think I'm just gonna stick to the Dosbox (which you seem to idolize ) I made it easy on myself and wrote up a quick batch file to execute the commands so I don't have to do any cmd.exe prompt changes...I'm just a double click away, but I'm sure any user on this forum knows about that. Just thought I would throw it there to let anyone who was like me about 5 days ago know that you can do that. (I've learned almost everything that I know from trying to get this program to work. Everything I know about NTVDM, DOS, Win xp, and computers too) but that's just a little sid note. Anyways, thanks for the help, and I'll be back soon I promise, if not to post another problem, because I have many, than to offer what little advice I may...

Always start simple: Have you tried the win95 compatibility mode yet? Right click the app or the apps shortcut, and click the compatibility tab, and click "run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select which os you want: probably win95 since that is what it was designed for. let me know if this works, or if you need more help/already tried that

well, the thing about jon's site is this: there'e a somewhat critical typo. he says to "specify 1024 K of expanded memory (XMS)", but EXPANDED memory is EMS and EXTENDED memory is XMS, and the game calls for EMS. I know that the obvious solution is just to try them both, and I did that, but it still didn't work. So I don't know if my problem is just computer specific, or if I'm doing something wrong, but this game just will not play with NTVDM.

well, it prolly would help, but I don't have any of those things. NTFS partition and no spare hard drive. But I just don't understand why NTVDM is not running my program...there is no reason for it to not be working. http://www.jonsullivan.com/misc/moo_xp.htm This guy said he had to take these steps to get MOO to work, but I did exactly what he said and it was all to no avail: same error message (must have 1024 expanded memory)