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
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
Install DOSbox from your Software Installer
Create a folder called "dosgames" in your home folder
Open DFInstall.zip with the Archive Manager
Select DAGGER and DFCD
Click Extract
Navigate to your home and open dosgames
Click Extract
Close
Run DOSbox
Type:
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mount c ~/dosgames -freesize 1000Type:
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mount d ~/dosgames/DFCD -t cdrom -label daggerfaType:
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d:Type:
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installInstalling Daggerfall
Click the window to use the mouse or just use the keyboard
Click "Continue, I agree to the terms"
Click "Install the game to your hard drive"
Click "Change the install size"
Click "Huge installation"
Click "Yes, this installation size is fine"
Click "Yes, I want to install the game here"
Click "Go ahead and install the game"
Watch the "HUGE" game install
Setup Sound Card
Click Yes
Select "Auto Detect"
Press Enter
Select Detect
Press Enter
Select Test
Press Enter to hear audio
Select OK
Press Enter
Select OK
Press Enter
Press Enter again
Installation Complete
Click OK
Click OK again
Type:
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fall z.fcgtitle screen
Patching Daggerfall
Exit Daggerfall but don't exit DOSbox
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DAG213Press Y
Press Y
Launch Daggerfall again...
Daggerfall Shortcut
Navigate to your home folder
Hidden files need to be on
Open .dosbox
Copy dosbox-0.74.conf
Rename to daggerfall.conf
Open with Text Editor (gedit)
Scroll to the very bottom
Enter this text:
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mount c ~/dosgames
c:
cd DAGGER
fall z.cfgClick Save
Close daggerfall.conf
Right click Desktop (Mint)
Select "Create a new launcher here..."
Name: Daggerfall
Command: /usr/bin/dosbox -conf /home/username/.dosbox/daggerfall.conf
Click OK
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:
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