I used JPC-rr years ago and found it to be too slow. Today I wanted to try it again and maybe even TAS some games.
I got JPC-rr r11.2 as described here. ("jpcrr-r11.2-precompiled.zip ")
I went through this guide. It says that 6 windows are supposed to come up but I only got 4. I assumed that the guide was outdated because I couldn't seem to find any error or bad behavior.
I imported FREEDOS, floppy.img and assembled it as the guide said.
I imported my game, game directory and assembled it as the guide said.
I wanted to run the game now and came across a problem. The guide says to type in "C:" but my game is in D: and neither "C:" or "D:" is accepted.
http://i.imgur.com/5cZgGRs.png
Joined: 10/6/2011
Posts: 1690
Location: RU · ID · AM
Have you tried other letters? Changing the drive by typing «D:» in DOS is the right way, the last command is a bit UNIX-like (but not correct anyway).
Also, looks like you are trying to play the game which is ouside the emulator, am I right? My experience with JPC-rr is very little, but as far as I get it, your game should be «inside», for example, connected through the CD-ROM driver of your DOS instance.
Checking the boot log for the messages from the CD-ROM driver will be my suggestion.
S3&A [Amy amy%] improvement (with Evil_3D & kaan55) — currently in SPZ2
my TAS channel · If I ever come into your dream, I’ll be riding an eggship :)
r11.2 is VERY old. Newest is r11.8-rc1.
Also, to get drive C:, you need to add at least one hard disk image (putting it to slot D avoids BIOS timeout).
Also, CD-ROM games are nasty to get working. The floppy image does not have CD drivers on it.
Joined: 10/6/2011
Posts: 1690
Location: RU · ID · AM
As far as I remember, I was using some different DOS distribution. I beleive that was Windows Me rescue floppy (as I needed DPMI), but I may be wrong. Anyway, it was like a year ago, and I’m feeling like I’m not interested in TASing DOS games anymore.
S3&A [Amy amy%] improvement (with Evil_3D & kaan55) — currently in SPZ2
my TAS channel · If I ever come into your dream, I’ll be riding an eggship :)
Changing the drive by typing «D:» in DOS is the right way, the last command is a bit UNIX-like (but not correct anyway).
I used "C:" and "D:" as that guide suggested. Then I used "mount d D:\Game\" as used in DosBox. Nothing worked.
your game should be «inside», for example, connected through the CD-ROM driver of your DOS instance.
(I deleted my reply because I saw that I was in the wrong)
I booted from the FREEDOS floppy and it "detects" the hard disk where my game is in. I don't know how to start the game though.
r11.2 is VERY old. Newest is r11.8-rc1.
I will get the new version. Please tell me where I can download it.
I got 11.7 precompiled from the Tasvideos JPC page and will try to get it to work with it.
EDIT:
I got the game to run finally. Now I understand all the steps for setting up and making the game image. My next step will be to learn how to TAS with JPCrr.
Where can I change savestate and frame advance hotkeys?
I also have to figure out how mouse support works.
If you go into the /datafiles/ folder you'll see a file just called extramenu. This is essentially the menu commands. From left to right there's the actual menu text, the hotkey, the JPC-rr command, and then whatever arguments that command requires. You can edit the file to your liking, in this case you want to change some of the existing hotkeys.
I haven't played around with mouse so I can't help you much there, although you can also edit the file to allow finer mouse movement.
Ok, it's been a while. I'm going to look to get JPC-rr running this time.
Where can I get r11.8-rc1 as java executable?
edit: I got r11.8-rc2 and got past the setup. But the game runs only at 1 FPS and I get a fatal error. The ridiculuous slowness of JPC-rr once again (just like some years ago) turns me away to be honest. I'm not looking to TAS a 1 hour game at 1 FPS.
Maybe someone besides me could try to run the game of my interest - Alqadim, the genie's curse. And see if you get the game to run and at more than 1 FPS. I for one am on the verge of giving up on the project.. JPC looks to be too slow and the game doesn't seem to run. I thought I remember that I have gotten this game to run in JPC many years ago though...
Maybe doing a TA (Time Attack) in Dosbox could be the closest doable alternative to what I'd want..
I regained interest again.
I have a freedos image and I have a harddisk image with my game on it. I was told I need to run sinstall.exe in the game folder (the sound installer) before the game can run. How am I supposed to do that in JPC?
I regained interest again.
I have a freedos image and I have a harddisk image with my game on it. I was told I need to run sinstall.exe in the game folder (the sound installer) before the game can run. How am I supposed to do that in JPC?
Just enter "sinstall" in the prompt like you would with "genie" and go through the setup within JPC.
