Gabriel Knight I & DOSBox

• Gabriel knight 1 Updates/Patches

• Gabriel knight 1 and XP

Windows version and XP

The Endroz installer might not be a viable solution for some. Setting up Gabriel Knight I in DOSBox may be the only way to play the game on many systems. This is relatively easy to do.

1. Make a folder on your harddrive for the game, say C:\Sierra\GK1. (Note: If you set it up in another location or with a different folder name, modify the path in these steps where appropriate.)
   
   
2. Copy these folders from the CD to the C:\Sierra\GK1 folder:

AUD
PATCHES
SEQ
SFX

3. Copy these files from the CD to the C:\Sierra\GK1 folder:
   

ALT.MAP
GK1.ICO
INSTALL.EXE
INSTALL.HLP
INSTALL.SCR
INSTALL.TXT
RESOURCE.000
RESOURCE.ALT
RESOURCE.CFG
RESOURCE.MAP
RESOURCE.SFX
SETUP.SOL
SIERRA.ERR
SIERRA.EXE
VERSION

and all *.DRV files.

4. Unzip the NewRisingSun GK1 patch to the "C:\Sierra\GK1\PATCHES" folder.
   
   
5. Open the RESOURCE.CFG in Notepad and edit to this:
   

videoDrv = VGA.DRV
soundDrv = GENMIDI.DRV
audioDrv = DACBLAST.DRV
audioIRQ = 7
joyDrv = NO
directory = .\
cmd = GKCD
mouseDrv = none
memoryDrv = none
minmemory = 1M
CD = NO
smartdrv = YES
mode = protected
audio=.\;.\sfx;.\patches;.\aud
sync=.\aud
movieDir=.\seq
patchDir=.\;.\patches
audiosize=43k

6. Open Notepad and paste this in it:
   

   [render]
   scaler= normal3x
   
   [cpu]
   core= normal
   cycles= 10000
   
   [autoexec]
   mount c C:\Sierra\GK1
   C:
   SIERRA.EXE
   exit

   and save it as "dosbox.conf" in the game's folder.

7. Create a DOSBox shortcut on your desktop, Start Menu or where ever you wish to start the game from and rename it to "Gabriel Knight 1" or what ever you want to. You can also change the icon to the one from the game.
   
   
8. Right click on the new shortcut and at the end of the DOSBox path in the "Target:" box, add -conf C:\Sierra\GK1\dosbox.conf. Depending on where you have DOSBox installed, the Target box should now say:
   

"C:\Program Files\DOSBox\dosbox.exe" -conf C:\Sierra\GK1\dosbox.conf

Improtant: If you have any spaces in the folder names for the game, be sure to enclose the path to your dosbox.conf file in quotations like the path to DOSBox above, or DOSBox will not find your custom configuration file. This can be avoided by not using any spaces in your folder names.

Congratulations! You have now setup Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers to run in DOSBox. To play the game, just double click on the shortcut you made. The game will automatically start in DOSBox.

Notes:

• You can also add -noconsole to the end of what is in the "Target box of the Shortcut if you want to suppress the console window.
• See the DOSBox README for other options for running the game in DOSBox.

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