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  • #1 written by Robin
    about 2 years ago

    Dear Kevin,

    it looks like you once have written a script for getting “Zork: The Grand Inquisitor” to run under Windows XP. It used to be hosted on http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd but isn’t there any more.

    If you are indeed the author of this script, could you maybe put it up again or just mail it to me? It’s that I keep getting this “Insert CD” error.

    Kind regards,

    Robin

  • #2 written by ahelpfulfriend
    about 2 years ago

    save text between === to zgi.cmd
    =================================
    @echo off
    rem
    rem 24.08.02 Angus Oliver angus_oliver@yahoo.com
    rem

    rem **** initialise variables *****

    set drive_letter=D

    rem **********************************************************
    rem **** sort parameters ******
    rem **********************************************************

    if not “%1″==”/?” goto :cd_drive

    :help
    rem **** help ******
    echo.
    echo Copies relevant files from Zork Grand Inquisitor
    echo CDs to hard drive, and enables content to be
    echo accessed instead of CD. Fixes XP problem :)
    echo.
    echo Usage: Grand_Inquisitor [CD drive label]
    echo.
    echo [CD drive label] To specify CD with a different label than D:\.
    echo. Eg. Grand_Inquisitor G
    echo.
    echo.
    goto :EOF

    :cd_drive
    if not “%1″==”" set drive_letter=%1

    rem **********************************************************
    rem **** create directories ******
    rem **********************************************************

    set CD1=%~dp0CD1
    set CD1_ZGI=%~dp0CD1\ZGI\
    set CD1_ZASSETS1=%~dp0CD1\ZASSETS1\
    set CD2=%~dp0CD2
    set CD2_ZASSETS2=%~dp0CD2\ZASSETS2\

    md “%CD1_ZGI%”
    md “%CD1_ZASSETS1%”
    md “%CD2_ZASSETS2%”

    rem **********************************************************
    rem **** copy files ******
    rem **********************************************************

    echo.
    echo Please Insert Disc 1 into CD drive %drive_letter%:\ and press spacebar…
    pause
    echo.
    echo This takes a few minutes…
    echo.

    xcopy %drive_letter%:\zgi “%CD1_ZGI%” /K /Y /E
    xcopy %drive_letter%:\ZASSETS1 “%CD1_ZASSETS1%” /K /Y /E

    echo.
    echo Please Insert Disc 2 into CD drive %drive_letter%:\ and press spacebar…
    pause
    echo.
    echo This takes a few minutes…
    echo.

    xcopy %drive_letter%:\ZASSETS2 “%CD2_ZASSETS2%” /K /Y /E

    rem **********************************************************
    rem **** find inquis.zix ******
    rem **********************************************************
    :find

    if exist INQUIS_old.ZIX (
    echo.
    echo This process has been run before!
    echo No need to run again..
    echo.
    echo Terminating…
    goto :EOL
    )

    if exist INQUIS.ZIX (
    copy INQUIS.ZIX INQUIS_old.ZIX
    more +3 INQUIS_old.ZIX > INQUIS_old_3.ZIX
    more +24 INQUIS_old_3.ZIX > INQUIS_old_27.ZIX
    del /F /Q INQUIS.ZIX
    ) else (
    echo File INQUIS.ZIX not present!!
    %beep_command%
    goto :EOL
    )

    for /F “eol=- tokens=1,2,3*” %%I in (INQUIS_old.ZIX) do (

    if %%J == %%K (
    echo %%I %%K %%L >> INQUIS.ZIX
    )
    )

    echo 0 %CD1% zgi_1 ‘Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 1 >> INQUIS.ZIX
    echo 1 %CD2% zgi_2 ‘Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 2 >> INQUIS.ZIX

    echo —————————- >> INQUIS.ZIX

    for /F “tokens=1,2* delims=\ ” %%I in (INQUIS_old_3.ZIX) do (
    if %%I == DIR: (
    echo %%I %%J\%%K >> INQUIS.ZIX
    ) else (
    if %%I == CD0: (
    if %%J == zgi (
    echo DIR: .\%CD1%%%J\%%K >> INQUIS.ZIX
    ) else (
    if %%J == zassets1 (
    echo DIR: .\%CD1%%%J\%%K >> INQUIS.ZIX
    )
    )
    ) else (
    if %%I == CD1: (
    echo DIR: .\%CD2%%%J\%%K >> INQUIS.ZIX
    )
    )
    )
    )

    type INQUIS_old_27.ZIX >> INQUIS.ZIX

    :EOL

    del /Q INQUIS_old_3.ZIX
    del /Q INQUIS_old_27.ZIX

    set debug=
    set drive_letter=
    set beep_command=
    ======================================

  • #3 written by linky
    about 2 years ago
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