Old thread.
The old forum discussion.
Hi guys.
I still need help.
I play a 1991 DOS game that has been modded a bit. Because of that, the setup/installer program doesn't function anymore.
Installation can be done with xcopy, but that is a bit crude and unselective. (windows and Linux users can use drag and drop combined with dosbox)
So only for DOS users there is 'need' for something better. It would be nice to have a complete game again with all parts functional as intended.
The setup part is already rewritten (in QB), so only the installation part is needed (in QB, because it's for DOS and DOS only).
It needs to be able to.
1 - install(copy) the game (set file list from file) from A, to B.
2 - recognize track files and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
3 - recognize car files (4 per car) and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
4 - list all files that are not game, track or car and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
5 - unpack zip files to any location.
6 - Backup (part eg game ,tracks or cars) of the installation.
7 - store deleted files in a recycle bin Dir.
I hope there are still some old school programmers active.
Regards
Daniel.
The old forum discussion.
Hi guys.
I still need help.
I play a 1991 DOS game that has been modded a bit. Because of that, the setup/installer program doesn't function anymore.
Installation can be done with xcopy, but that is a bit crude and unselective. (windows and Linux users can use drag and drop combined with dosbox)
So only for DOS users there is 'need' for something better. It would be nice to have a complete game again with all parts functional as intended.
The setup part is already rewritten (in QB), so only the installation part is needed (in QB, because it's for DOS and DOS only).
It needs to be able to.
1 - install(copy) the game (set file list from file) from A, to B.
2 - recognize track files and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
3 - recognize car files (4 per car) and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
4 - list all files that are not game, track or car and be able to list them (so one, a selection or all can be moved/copied/deleted from A to B)
5 - unpack zip files to any location.
6 - Backup (part eg game ,tracks or cars) of the installation.
7 - store deleted files in a recycle bin Dir.
I hope there are still some old school programmers active.
Regards
Daniel.