How do I get Arena to work?

[Twotoner22]

I downloaded it and I have DOSBox. But I don't know what to do from there.

[Lloyd DeVirr]

Neither do i, is some help available from any of you guys?

[Gerronimo]

try to write:
intro <ENTER>

if doesnt help, then try:
mount c c:\ <ENTER>
c: <ENTER>

if you dont know the commands in dos box here are some that i suposu you will need:
dir
cd..
cd nemeofdirectory (here you write the nema of directory you want to enter)

start the game with writing:
a <ENTER>

i dont know if this help, i dont know if you wanted that what i write, but i cant help you other way i think

gl

edit: ok i forgot; to change disk partition write only c: or d: or somtingh like that and <enter>

[scintoth]

this may sound a bit dumb but how do i open dosbox emulator?

[Gerronimo]

sorrz for laughing but lol

you must download some and instal it if you have no.
(i tried to post here a lin to dosbox download site but it was not posible, try google )

after instaling dosbox or if you know/have another dos emulator just run it with doubleclicking at run file

again sory i tried my best

gl and hf

[Drakolov]

man i had no ida what to do but i figured it out myself
just type
mount c c:\arena\
then
c:arena

[Gerronimo]

you are great.
gratz ))

[gamerdakota]

I think the instructions are on The Elder Scrolls website,although they are a bit vague.

[hoss_streebeck]

It took me a while to figure out DOS Box too, so I feel everyone’s pain. Hopefully I can shed some light on the situation, forgive me for being verbose.

DOS Box creates a virtual computer on your real computer. To get it to work, you also have to make a virtual hard drive for it and if you play cd games, a virtual cd drive as well. This is accomplished using the MOUNT command. It looks basically like this:

MOUNT (virtual drive name) (real drive name)

After DOS Box starts you type in the MOUNT commands and then hit enter. Once you figure it out, you can also put the lines at the end of your config file so they will run automatically every time you start.

To make the virtual hard drive, you have to pick a location for it it use. In my case, I use the games folder on my real drive. So it looks like this:

Z:\> MOUNT C C:\GAMES (Enter)

What I’m doing is telling it to make the games folder on my real drive the C drive on the virtual computer.

I use my 2nd cd drive (e) for the virtual cd so my command looks like this:

Z:\> MOUNT D E:\ -T CDROM (Enter)

This tells it to make the e drive on my real computer the D drive on the virtual one. The tag -T CDROM tells it it’s a cd so it can do whatever it needs to do.

After you get those two lines in, you’re ready to rock. Arena is in a folder called ARENA in my games directory. So to start it you do this:

Z:\> C: (Enter) <-- switch to the C drive (I also have this line at the end of my config file)

C:\> CD ARENA (Enter) <-- change to the ARENA folder

C:\ARENA> ARENA (Enter) <-- run the game

One last note: In order for Arena to run smoothly, you also have to increase the virtual computer’s speed. I put that in another reply so I won’t repeat here. Hope this helps.

[Codex]

Welcome to the forums, hoss This is some very good info you got here. Could you make a new topic and write all of this in it, as well as how to increase the virtual computer’s speed? Then I'll sticky it.

[Shadowsforu]

On my web site I have Full instructions on how to make it work

s15.invisionfree.com/The_Elder_Pages
it's under the Arena thread...

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