Betrayal at Krondor & XP

• Betrayal at Krondor Patches/Updates

The easiest way to run Betrayal at Krondor in XP is to use VDMS or DOSBox. The following is for people that are running the game without VDMS or DOSBox.

After you install Betrayal at Krondor, set your sound to general midi, then set your DOS environment to run Betrayal at Krondor.

1. Copy both CONFIG.NT AND AUTOEXEC.NT to your Betrayal at Krondor directory from your Windows\System32 directory (if you have trouble finding these files use the search for files and folders tool in your start menu)
   
   
2. Open the CONFIG.NT file from your Betrayal at Krondor directory in Notepad. (if you get a message that states windows can not open the file you will get a question and 2 options. Select the option "Select program from a list" and click OK. select "Notepad" and click OK.)
   
   
3. Add the following line to the CONFIG.NT file and save your changes.
   
   EMM=RAM
   
   
4. Open the AUTOEXEC.NT file in your BaK directory in Notepad and rem out or delete this line in your AUTOEXEC.NT file and save it:
   
   lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx
   
   
5. Right-click on the krondor.exe file in your Betrayal at Krondor directory and choose properties. Go to the Program tab and click on the Advanced... button. Change both paths to point to your altered CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT files in your Betrayal at Krondor directory.
   
   autoexec filename: drive:\ dir\autoexec.nt
   (example: e:\ krondor\AUTOEXEC.NT)
   
   Config filename: drive:\ dir\config.nt
   (example: e:\ krondor\CONFIG.NT)
   
   Click the OK button. (Note: For ease of use you may want to check the 'Close on exit' option in the program tab of your KRONDOR.EXE Properties window.)
   
   
6. Set all the memory pull down options to auto, (on the memory tab of your KRONDOR.EXE properties Window) and close your KRONDOR.EXE Properties window by clicking the OK button at the bottom of the page.

You should now be able to run Krondor.exe by double-clicking the program icon in your Betrayal at Krondor directory.

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