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Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Sep 4, 2015.

  • by booman, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:17 PM
  • booman

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    Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is the second installment of a long series of Role Playing First Person Shooters by Bethseda Softworks. Released in 1996, Daggerfall boasted a lot of features new to FPS games:
    • Open World - 62K Square Miles
    • 750,000 Interactice NPC's
    • Looting System
    • Inventory/Equipment System
    • Spell Creation
    • Political System
    • Melee and Ranged combat
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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Free DOS version of Daggerfall

    Tips & Specs:

    Mint 17 64-bit
    DOSbox 0.74

    Download Daggerfall

    Go to: http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/
    Click "download the full game"
    Agree to the license
    Save DFInstall.zip to your desktop
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    Install DOSbox from your Software Installer
    Create a folder called "dosgames" in your home folder
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    Open DFInstall.zip with the Archive Manager
    Select DAGGER and DFCD
    Click Extract
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    Navigate to your home and open dosgames
    Click Extract
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    Close

    Run DOSbox

    Type:
    Code:
    mount c ~/dosgames -freesize 1000
    Press Enter
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    Type:
    Code:
    mount d ~/dosgames/DFCD -t cdrom -label daggerfa
    Press Enter
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    Type:
    Code:
    d:
    Press Enter

    Type:
    Code:
    install
    Press Enter
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    Installing Daggerfall

    Click the window to use the mouse or just use the keyboard
    Click "Continue, I agree to the terms"
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    Click "Install the game to your hard drive"
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    Click "Change the install size"
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    Click "Huge installation"
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    Click "Yes, this installation size is fine"
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    Click "Yes, I want to install the game here"
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    Click "Go ahead and install the game"
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    Watch the "HUGE" game install ;)
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    Setup Sound Card

    Click Yes
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    Select "Auto Detect"
    Press Enter
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    Select Detect
    Press Enter
    Select Test
    Press Enter to hear audio
    Select OK
    Press Enter
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    Select OK
    Press Enter
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    Press Enter again
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    Installation Complete
    Click OK
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    Click OK again
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    Type:
    Code:
    fall z.fcg
    Press Enter
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    title screen
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    Patching Daggerfall

    Exit Daggerfall but don't exit DOSbox
    Type:
    Code:
    DAG213
    Press Enter
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    Press Y
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    Press Y
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    Launch Daggerfall again...

    Daggerfall Shortcut

    Navigate to your home folder
    Hidden files need to be on
    Open .dosbox
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    Copy dosbox-0.74.conf
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    Rename to daggerfall.conf
    Open with Text Editor (gedit)
    Scroll to the very bottom
    Enter this text:
    Code:
    mount c ~/dosgames
    c:
    cd DAGGER
    fall z.cfg
    
    Click Save
    Close daggerfall.conf
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    Right click Desktop (Mint)
    Select "Create a new launcher here..."
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    Name: Daggerfall
    Command: /usr/bin/dosbox -conf /home/username/.dosbox/daggerfall.conf
    Click OK
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    Note: Use your login in place of username
    Note: Open the DAGGER.ICO in GIMP and export as dagger.png, then select it for your icon

    Optimization

    Open daggerfall.conf

    Experiment with these settings to get the best experience:
    fullscreen=false
    fulldouble=false
    fullresolution=1600x1200
    windowresolution=1600x1200
    output=opengl
    autolock=true
    sensitivity=100
    waitonerror=true
    priority=higher,normal
    mapperfile=mapper-0.74.map
    usescancodes=true

    frameskip=0
    aspect=true
    scaler=normal2x

    Conclusion:
    Daggerfall vanilla ran perfectly in DOSbox. To be honest the installation took me at least 10 tries to get it right. DOS installing is very confusing on a modern day computer. I also experimented with the conf setting so I could get Daggerfall to match my widescreen resolution. I'm looking forward to Daggerfall XL making installation and graphical improvements when its released.
    Note: When launching Daggerfall the first time, you might need to use Ctrl+F10 to allow mouse control.

    Gameplay video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Aug 29, 2016

Comments

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Sep 4, 2015.

  1. booman
    Is this when you initially try to run the game in DOSbox?
    Make sure you are in the correct directory when running it...
    Did you extract the game properly?
    Also make sure to mount the D:\ drive according to the guide...
    I know it is a LOT of steps, so it can be confusing.
    It took me a few times starting from the beginning to figure it out.
  2. aksum
    Thanks, I repeat the steps, and this time worked. I think that I missed character in one of the code lines.
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  3. booman
    Well done!
    I had the same problem...
    Re-living the DOS days isn't always fun and chips ;)
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  4. Jareth
    I want to install this game, though the instructions don't work for my system, not actually.
    I'm on Debian 9 Stretch.

    I type:
    sudo mount c ~/DOSGames -freesize 1000
    & it returns:
    mount: invalid option -- 'e'

    :(

    Maybe I'll figure it out, or get a little help from somebody.
    I'm looking forward to looking at it.
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  5. booman
    Yeah, this guide has like 1000 steps!
    Its been a while but DOSBox should work as it always has. The problem I had with Daggerfall is getting the game to recognize the CD ROM.

    make sure you create the folder dosgames and make sure DOSBox command line starts in the dosgames as root folder. Also always use lowercase. Caps aren't very friendly in DOS environments
  6. Jareth
    I figured out that Debian Stretch is missing libpng12-0, which is necessary for running the game via the PlayOnLinux install.

    I think that the PlayOnLinux install automates your instructions for the DOSBox install, though that's just a supposition.

    Trying to figure out what to do, because I want this game.
  7. booman
    Oh, wait a second, are you playing the GOG version?
    If yes, then it comes with windows version of DOSBox which should run in PlayOnLinux or Lutris.

    Otherwise, this guide is for the Bethesda version which included the original DOS version of Daggerfall.
  8. Kirito_1777
    Man ur a real geek, Thanx alot for this, i always wanted to play on DOS Daggerfall, and now u made it possible for Linux, ur the BEST!!!
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  9. booman
    Thank you! I can't believe how many different ways we can play Daggerfall these days! All thanks to developers who are gamers! If you haven't seen it, check out Daggerfall Unity. Its like a reboot of the original game, but the graphics and controls are better.

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