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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 19:19
by Roobar
Commander Keen314 wrote:ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! alright! i got the hang of this! but the file im using for netkeen is this https://pckf.rigeltechnical.com/viewtopic.php?p=43709#43709 makes it a HOLE lot more easy! :o
Unfortunately, this doesn't work on 64 bit 7...

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 21:07
by TerminILL
You're meant to run it in DOSBox. Running it outside DOSBox doesn't work on any operating system.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 0:45
by kuliwil
If you want something that runs outside of DOSBox, I really don't understand how YANG has been difficult for people.

YANG works beautifully for all difficulty levels.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:36
by GARGapplesauce
kuliwil wrote:If you want something that runs outside of DOSBox, I really don't understand how YANG has been difficult for people.

YANG works beautifully for all difficulty levels.
Well i just figured that if you can't... err... figure out how to set up netkeen that you probably couldn't be able to get YANG done correctly... but that's just me.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:58
by DHeadshot
TerminILL wrote:You're meant to run it in DOSBox. Running it outside DOSBox doesn't work on any operating system.
Technically it will work outside DosBox if your system is set up to be identical to what DosBox is emulating (IPX network, specific graphics card, etc...).

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:48
by kuliwil
DHeadshot wrote:
TerminILL wrote:You're meant to run it in DOSBox. Running it outside DOSBox doesn't work on any operating system.
Technically it will work outside DosBox if your system is set up to be identical to what DosBox is emulating (IPX network, specific graphics card, etc...).
Aaaand 16/32-bit.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:24
by TerminILL
DHeadshot: If you're referring to nklaunch, which was the program in question, then it wouldn't work as intended even on original hardware: it calls internal DOSBox commands. NetKeen could conceivably be run on original hardware, yes. You wouldn't need identical-to-DOSBox hardware, though - just similar.

Also, I feel that YANG unnecessarily complicates setup, although I can see that once it is setup it would minimise effort in getting matches going.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:34
by kuliwil
TerminILL wrote:although I can see that once it is setup it would minimise effort in getting matches going.
THIS.

I've got NETKeen set up on soooo many different people's computers using YANG and can play with them despite them not really knowing how to work DOS or DOSBox. Or even what the difference is.

Kinda like the back-end of a website: once you've got cpanel set up and your database working you're right to let your workforce use it. :)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 23:22
by GARGapplesauce
Right, and again, as I said in the video, It is helpful, I just don't want it to confuse those who may already have been confused. It's different if you set it up for them, but as I don't have that luxury, I'm not going to press my luck.