You're either using different mount commands each time, or you just haven't installed the game.

Sorry to bump such an old thread but I'm having Tenko's original problem in that I can't save, kind of.

After a fresh install, I am able to save and load the game the first time I play it. Once I leave DOSBox and start the game again though, my save game is missing and any attempt to save gives me "Error: Path Not Found". This despite the fact that I can see my saved game in the NOCTROP folder. Also, saving the first time only works if I run the game from the dos window that is left open after I install the game. If I close DOSBox after installing and then reopen it, I am unable to save.

Any ideas?

I made sure drive C was mounted as my local hard drive, and when I installed it I kept the directory name as short as possible - C:NOCT for example. It will then install fine, and should run with no problems

For the benefit of other people who probably have the same problem, could you describe the final solution?

Well, it works now. I can save too.

Thanks for your assistance Mr. Creosote

(Considering this is Noctropolis we're talking about, should you put on a cape and swoop away?)

Okay, sorry about causing you problems Here are the two situations I usually end up in.

1) I mount the ISO on a virtual drive: I:
2) I drag-and-drop install.exe into dosBOX. It says 'Illegal Command: Install.exe'.

1) I mount the CD drive correctly, and mount C: as my local Z drive (am I doing something wrong here?)
2) I run install. I type in C:NOCT as a directory folder.
3) It displays this message:



What's going on?

Make sure every folder in the install path is 8 characters or less.

Could you please tell me exactly what you've done since you downloaded the file step-by-step? That important, because I need to know when (in what situation) these error messages appear and so on.

I've mounted it in dosbox. It keeps telling me my install path is too long or invalid. This is getting frustrating...

Well, since the game is provided as a CD image, you'll either have to burn it on an actual CD or mount the image as a virtual one (on OS level, so for example, use Daemon Tools). Then, you have to mount this CD as CD in Dosbox (use the -t cdrom switch). Both has to be fulfilled, otherwise, it won't work. Then, start the game's installer from Dosbox and the rest should be obvious.

Edited by Mr Creosote at 13:25 on April, 20th 2005

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Am I going to have to burn it all to CD to make it work?

P.S Thanks for the analysis so far

Sounds as if you haven't installed the game, but just tried running it from CD. Which version of the game are you talking about by the way?

Okay, got the game working. It runs wonderfully, with full sound, video etc...until I try and save the game at which point it tells me 'ERROR: Path not found' and crashes back to dos. Do I have to create a directory for the saves? I'm running the game in DosBOX, Windows XP.