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How to Play Fallout 1 on Android with Dosbox Turbo

How to Play Fallout 1 on Android with Dosbox Turbo:

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How to Play Fallout 1 on Android with DosBox Turbo(Video)

System Requirements

Recommended:

CPU: Quad-Core/Octa-Core device 1.6Ghz

RAM: 2GB-3GB

Storage: 16GB

Minimum:

CPU: Dual-core 1.5Ghz

RAM: 1GB (My default setup uses 256MB)

Storage: 8GB

How to play Fallout 1 on Android:

1)a]You will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull-down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu. Go to “DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config” check “3DFX Glide Support” and “Manual Mode”. You must restart the app before these changes will take effect.

DosBox Turbo Play Store (Paid)

Or

aFreeBox Play Store(Free but Slower)

Or

Magic DosBox Play Store (Free but no Turbo)

b]Important Change Not in the Video:

-Dosbox Turbos default directory path to the dosbox.conf file changed sometime after I made the video.

-Due to these changes, you will need to modify the directory path back to the old default.

-Do this by selecting "Config Location" right under where you clicked “3DFX Glide Support” and “Manual Mode” in the previous step.

-Full location @ settings/Advanced DosBox Config/Config Location

-Modify the "Config Location" path by removing the red text between /dosbox.conf and the /<path to storage>/

-View the below examples and modify the path to your own dosbox.conf

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Default dosbox.conf location modification example:

Before:

/<path to storage>/android/data/com.fishstix.dosbox/files/dosbox.conf

After:

/<path to storage>/dosbox.conf

How it looked on my Note 2:

Before:

/storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.fishstix.dosbox/files/dosbox.conf

After:

/storage/emulated/0/dosbox.conf

2)You will need to have a copy of Fallout 1 the game, I got mine from GOG here. GOG makes the best version available but you can also use older CD/DVD copy of the game.

-Locate your copy of the Fallout 1

Fallout 1 directory Locations:

By default the GOG version of the game should be located at C:\GOG Games\Fallout

By default the CD or DVD version of the game should be located at C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout

3)DOS is no longer included with newer versions of Fallout 1(GOG). You will need to add support for it by doing the following:

-Download the Fallout 1 Official v1.1 DOS Patch here

-Extract the DOS patch files directly into your Fallout 1 game folder

-Download and extract the following DOS files into your Fallout 1 game folder, dos4gw.exe here, hmidet.386 and hmidrv.386 here

Or

-Get it as part of Fallout Fixt mod here

When selecting the type of install, there is an option to include the DOS exe

4)Download and extract the Fallout 1 configs files .zip here

-Locate the fallout 1 config folder, here you will find two different Fallout 1 configs to choose from. Copy and paste the "fallout.cfg" config file from the "Config With video & music sounds" into your Fallout 1 game folder.

-(Optional) If you have a slower device or experience sound/performance issues use the file from "Config Without Video & music sounds" instead. Copy and paste the "fallout.cfg" file into your Fallout 1 game folder.

-(Optional) Fallout 1 NPC Mod

-This patch allows you to edit your NPC follows weapons and inventory just like in Fallout 2

-Download and extract the "Data" folder here into your Fallout 1 game directory

5)Locate the "dosbox.conf" file also in the Fallout 1 configs package.

-This file will launch the game automatically with a modified auto exe line.

-Transfer both the "dosbox.conf" and the Fallout 1 game folder to your Android device.

-They will need to be located in your devices internal storage by default.

-Now you are ready to launch the DosBox Turbo app from your Android device and begin your adventure into the Wasteland.

Note: If you forgot to enable manual mode and then exit the app in step 1 the "dosbox.conf" will be overwritten and Fallout 1 won't load. If this happens recopy the "dosbox.conf" file to the device after redoing step 1.

Note: If you're installing this from android you may require a file manager program to move and extract the files, I recommend X-plore File Manager here

Get the Hackers Keyboard with useful Arrow <^> keys:

-Get the free Hackers Keyboard here

-It has a better layout for playing games and includes directional keys.

-Click to see the pic.

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How to use Virtual On Screen Buttons:

-In the DosBox settings menu check “Overlay Buttons”.

-Open “Button/Controller Maps” and choose “Add button Mapping”.

-A new label will appear, click it “Map custom Button (x)”

-At the top select 1 of 4 custom buttons to map

-Now select “Dos key mapping” and assign a key to the button.

-Once done select ok and repeat this for all 4 buttons.

-A good setup for playing fallout would be:

-Btn A=space, Btn B=b, Btn C=I, Btn D=s

-space=end turn, b=change hands, i=inventory, s=skill index,

-There is a Fast Forward button at the very bottom of the “Dos key mapping” menu, scroll down all the way.

-Map this key and you can hold it down to increase the cycles.

-This helps to speed up long load times, but note it will distort any audio that is playing.

-Click to see the pic.

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How to play Games Fullscreen (No Black Bars):

-To play games fullscreen you'll need to disable the default Aspect Ratio setting

-This will stretch images to fill your display and remove the black bars from the sides of the screen

-Go to DosBox Settings/Keep Aspect Ratio remove the checkmark

-Click for large pic

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(Optional)Fallout Fixt Mod 0.81alpha July 5th 2015:

"Fallout Fixt exists to enhance, expand and improve upon the Fallout 1 experience. This includes fixing bugs, restoring features, modifying balance, adding new features, and many fixes to text/dialog. In addition to that, all other available mods and patches are rolled into Fixt (see below), meaning that Fallout Fixt is the only thing needed for "the best" Fallout 1 experience. As of the most recent version, this mod fixes roughly 150 bugs still present in the unofficial patches and adds roughly 170 features. In addition, there are hundreds if not thousands of text&dialog fixes."

-Fallout Fixt Mod NMA here

-Fallout Fixt Mod Moddb here

(Optional)How to use the new default paths for DosBox Turbo files:

What happened:

-The location for the "dosbox.conf" and the mounted storage changed after I made the video

-You can use the new default locations by reviewing the below info

Default DosBox Turbo configuration file:

/<path to storage>/Android/data/com.fishstix.dosbox/files/dosbox.conf

Note: Find your "dosbox.conf" in the above default location. You can replace it with the one included in my package

Default Dos game space that is mounted as C:

/<path to storage>/Download/

Note: Place your .img files or Dos games into the "download" folder in your devices internal storage

Default location for the manager app conf:

/<path to storage>/Android/data/com.fishstix.dosboxlauncher/files/dosbox/<game name>.conf

Note: A handy tool for making and storing multiple "dosbox.conf" files.

Troubleshooting Fallout 1

-If Dosbox turbo crashes at launch and you get the a message like

"Directory /storage/sdcard/ doesnt exist.

Drive C does not exist!"

or

"unable to change to: fallout.

Illegal command: fallout."

Then you will need to open up the dosbox.conf file and change the mounted storage path

Default dosbox.conf modification example:

Before:

mount c: /storage/<path to storage>/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

How it looked on my Note 2:

mount c: /storage/emulated/0/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

Other possible examples

mount c: /storage/sdcard0/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

mount c: /storage/sdcard1/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

mount c: /storage/sdcard/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

mount c: /storage/extSdCard/

c:

cd fallout

fallout

-If Fallout 1 launches but crashes from the main menu once you try to start or load a game, then, take a good look at the instructions and make sure you didn't miss anything in step 4. Step 4 requires you to add a fallout 1 custom config to the Fallout 1 folder. This corrects the path for the game data and could be the reason why you're unable to get past the start screen.