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  • Tradewars 2002 on Linux = YES

    From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to All on Sat May 16 21:52:48 2020
    I posted a guide on how to get DOSEMU set up to run DOS games on Ubuntu 20.04 and the common consensus was that Tradewars 2002 would not run because it is
    a DPMI game. I have worked today to see if it can be done and I was able to get the game working natively under Linux on multiple simultaneous nodes.

    Here is how you get it working.

    TW Version 3.09 (latest bbs door version, I doubt the TWGS version will run). Follow My DosEMU setup guide: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    TURN THESE ON IN /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf

    $_dosmem = (640)
    $_xms = (4096)
    $_ems = (4096)
    $_ems_frame = (0xe400)
    $_ems_uma_pages = (4)
    $_ems_conv_pages = (24)
    $_dpmi = (0x5000)
    $_dpmi_base = (auto)
    $_ignore_djgpp_null_derefs = (0)
    $_mapping = "auto"

    Configure Nodes in TEDIT.EXE

    LAUNCH DOOR WITH THE BELOW COMMAND:
    stty cols 80 rows 25 && dosemu -I"serial { com %N virtual }" "/bbs/doors/TW2002/TW2002.BAT" %N /DOS

    The serial option { com %N virtual } changes the com port id for each node,
    if you don't have this option you will only be able to log onto one node at a time.

    Log in and enjoy,
    Mike

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From mastermind@21:1/101 to Nazferiti on Mon May 18 11:41:50 2020
    On 16 May 2020 at 09:52p, Nazferiti pondered and said...

    I posted a guide on how to get DOSEMU set up to run DOS games on Ubuntu 20.04

    Could you point to that guide, or where do I search???

    Thanks kindly..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/20 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to mastermind on Sun May 17 23:25:50 2020
    Could you point to that guide, or where do I search???

    Thanks kindly..

    Setting up Ubuntu Linux and DOSEMU: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    Setting up Tradewars:
    https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/

    Regards,
    Mike

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Nazferiti on Mon May 18 02:27:20 2020
    Setting up Tradewars: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/

    This was still a no-go for me. dosemu crashes when I try running bigbang, tedit, or the tradewars exe. Bummer. :(

    At least twgs works!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to ryan on Mon May 18 11:52:28 2020
    Setting up Tradewars: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/

    This was still a no-go for me. dosemu crashes when I try running bigbang, tedit, or the tradewars exe. Bummer. :(

    What version of DOSEMU are you running?

    What Distro/Version of Linux are you running?

    My game runs flawlessly, however I did not test bigbang because I copied over game files from an existing game that had been running a month.

    - Mike

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Nazferiti on Tue May 19 01:07:30 2020
    What version of DOSEMU are you running?

    Typing from my iPad so can't really check right now but whatever is installed via apt with Ubuntu 18.04.

    What Distro/Version of Linux are you running?

    See above :)

    My game runs flawlessly, however I did not test bigbang because I copied over game files from an existing game that had been running a month.

    Interesting. Ok, maybe tomorrow or this weekend or something I'll try running bigbang in dosbox, tedit in dosbox, etc., and then just try running tradewars itself in dosemu.

    I'm curious, there are two 3.09 editions of TW2002, one is DPMI one is not.
    Can you specify which version you used?

    Thanks!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to ryan on Tue May 19 08:55:10 2020
    What version of DOSEMU are you running?

    Typing from my iPad so can't really check right now but whatever is installed via apt with Ubuntu 18.04.

    My setup is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with DOSEMU 1.4.0.7 which I downloaded
    and installed from the dosemu.org website. There was no apt version
    available when I set mine up.

    I'm curious, there are two 3.09 editions of TW2002, one is DPMI one is not. Can you specify which version you used?

    I am running the DPMI version.

    - Mike

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Nazferiti on Tue May 19 09:05:16 2020
    My setup is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with DOSEMU 1.4.0.7 which I downloaded and installed from the dosemu.org website. There was no apt version available when I set mine up.

    Ok. I think that's the version in apt on 18.04. I may try spinning up another VM to test against your specific config and see how it goes.

    I am running the DPMI version.

    Thanks!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to ryan on Tue May 19 13:27:38 2020
    On 19 May 2020, ryan said the following...

    My setup is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with DOSEMU 1.4.0.7 which I downloaded and installed from the dosemu.org website. There was no a version available when I set mine up.

    Ok. I think that's the version in apt on 18.04. I may try spinning up another VM to test against your specific config and see how it goes.

    I am running the DPMI version.

    Thanks!


    I'm going to create a new install in a separate directory and install fresh
    to see if bigbang works. The answer might be that bigbang cant run and if
    all people need to do is copy over the game once it has been set up somewhere else it is a viable solution.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to ryan on Tue May 19 22:26:32 2020
    Ok. I think that's the version in apt on 18.04. I may try spinning up another VM to test against your specific config and see how it goes.

    I am running the DPMI version.

    I created a second game directory today and ran bigbang with a 20,000 sector univers and it went to completion and I was able to log into the game in
    local mode. Let me know how you make out with the virtual machine and 20.04 LTS

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)
  • From mastermind@21:1/101 to Nazferiti on Thu May 21 02:26:14 2020
    On 17 May 2020 at 11:25p, Nazferiti pondered and said...
    Setting up Ubuntu Linux and DOSEMU: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    Setting up Tradewars: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/


    Perfect, thanks for that writeup sir.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/20 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Nazferiti@21:3/107 to mastermind on Wed May 20 14:22:18 2020
    On 17 May 2020 at 11:25p, Nazferiti pondered and said...
    Setting up Ubuntu Linux and DOSEMU: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/ubuntu-20-04-64-bit-dosemu-setup/

    Setting up Tradewars: https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/


    Perfect, thanks for that writeup sir.

    No problem, if it saves somebody some unnecessary aggrivation it is worth
    it. I'll be nice to see some BBS's running Tradewars natively again. This
    of course does require the BBS to have a registered copy of 3.09 if you want
    to run on more than one node, and sadly EIS only wants to sell their TWGS
    these days. I was just lucky enough to register it in the 90's and still
    have my codes lying around. I just have to live with it showing the wrong
    bbs name for what I had registered back in the 90s. Such is life lol

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Arcadia BBS | Connecticut USA | bbs.arcadiabbs.com (21:3/107)