Need help getting Dark Sun 2 to run

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Man I really missed this about old computer games. Every new game I've bought for my latest system runs prefectly. Baldurs Gate 2, infinately superior in graphics, runs like a dream. And I install Dark Sun 2 and I get the old message "Needs 601K conventional memory, only 597K available." Anyone that knows something about Win 98 can help in one of 2 ways. Well, first, I created a boot(or I could just use win98 startup disk) and that frees up the needed memory. However, I don't have a clue how to insert the path for the mouse driver into the autoexec.bat file. I have no clue of where to even find the mouse drivers with Win98. If someone could tell me something to insert in the file that would let me use my mouse without being in windows, I'd apreciate it. A second way to help is to tell me how I could free up the 601K memory with windows 98 running. As you can tell, I'm still(after all these years) somewhat computer illiterate and definately win98 illiterate. So any help would be apreciated(and don't assume I know anything, for if I did, I wouldn't be here, I'd be creating my party )

 

Well, I tried your suggestion, Blackthorne. However, it still flached a "needs 601K conventional" across the screen before it sent me back to windows. Perhaps if I could edit the way dos sets up to run the game. Apears I can edit the config and autoexec files for dos specifically for the game. Does you know how I could do this to free up the needed memory for the game? Or does anyone know how to put in a path for mouse drivers into the autoexec.bat file without being in the win98 explorer?

 

I think you should create yourself a boot disk. On this boot disk, create an autoexec.bat and a config.sys with only the minimums setting you need for this game. This way, I should free some memory under 640k (conventionnal). And also try to load all the stuff you need in the high memory section (between 640 and 1 MB). But I cant remember exactly how to do it. But i'm sure that with the boot disk you will be able to make this game work. And you will not fuck all your other settings. I remeber that I used to do boot disk with older games, and most of the game had a boot disk creator utility.

[This message has been edited by Wassup (edited January 05, 2001).]

 

Conventional memory used to be the only thing that mattered for games , and in the days of DOS 5 and before that DOS 3.31 your worth was judged on how close to 639K you came.

 

Remind me never to long for the good old days of gaming ever again(headache-pass some advil or vodka please!). But I have triumphed. I was fooling around undrer the game's Properties-Program section. (Incidently, I realize that fooling around with a computer if you don't know what you are doing is like storing the gasoline by the fireplace ) Anyway, I set the option to "prevent MS-DOS based games from detecting windows". This not only game me enough memory, but my mouse works in the game as well. I don't know how it worked, but it did. So if anyone has such a prob with a DOS based game and the dreaded conventional memory, try that. And thank you Blackthorne