Launchers for other games??

[D2Legend]

i have started going through all my old games and would like to learn how to make desktop icons that launch them. they run fine in DOSBox but i get tired of having to mount them every time. is there any way you could teach me how to make desktop icons that launch the games through DOSBox?? thanks again.

[Collector]

Add the mount commands to the autoexec section of the conf file for the game and add it to a DOSBox shortcut with the "-conf" switch:

http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/Emu ... rtcut.html

[D2Legend]

wow thanks!!! i fumbled my way through it. there is still alot i don't understand, but i managed to get might and magic 4 & 5 - world of xeen running in 1920x1080 from the shortcut!!
now i got alot of work cut out for me!! lol

[envisge0ne]

Have you considered using a front-end like ProgGammaX? I prefer to have a list of all the Dos games and just click on the one I want to play. To me that's easier than a bunch of icons. But I also have over 75 Dos games. So creating shortcuts for all of them would be a bit of a headache

[D2Legend]

hmmm i didn't even know i could do anything like that. does it come up like the loader for scumm??

[Collector]

http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/

[D2Legend]

omg i love it, u guys r great!!! i can't wait to get this set up!! thanks for the info!!

edit: hmmm is there any kind of database that u can download to put the game info in for u?? and do u have any suggestions on which one is best to use??

[Collector]

You just use the GUI of the frontend to add games and it builds the database for you. DBGL has one package that includes a number of freeware/shareware games already added.