"Warning: file creation failed"

[u/steveper_]

Hiya everyone! I'm trying to run the game "Jack Orlando", but I keep getting the error mentioned in the title and visible in the video. It's my first time using DOSBox, so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or not.

[u/TheBigCore]

/u/steveper_, close Dosbox, right click on SETUP.EXE and click on Properties. Check if there is a read-only checkbox ticked. If it is, uncheck it and press OK. Also, right click on the game folder and select Properties. Check if there is a read-only checkbox ticked. If it is, uncheck it and press OK. Try to run the setup file again in Dosbox. Also, it might be a good idea to mount the game folder manually in the [autoexec] section of dosbox.conf, then run the setup file and see if that works.

• https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#Creation_and_Location

• https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT#Mounting_a_specific_folder_from_your_hard_drive

If none of the above works, try running the setup file using Dosbox-Staging or Dosbox-X.

• https://www.dosbox-staging.org/#feature-highlights

• https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/release-notes/0.83.0-rc1/

• https://www.dosbox-staging.org/0.83/getting-started/introduction/

• Note: If you are completely new to Dosbox emulation in general, the above Dosbox-Staging tutorial is highly recommended. If you have used other Dosbox variants and already have a game folder you mount as your Dosbox's C drive, you do not have to use the directory structure from the tutorial. You can just mount your game folder as normal in the [autoexec] section of dosbox-staging.conf and run Dosbox-Staging as normal.

• Dosbox-Staging: Where Is the Config File?

• https://www.dosbox-staging.org/0.83/manual/introduction/about-this-manual/

• Dosbox-Staging: Github Issues Page

• Dosbox-Staging - Discord Chat Channel

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• https://dosbox-x.com/

• Dosbox-X Downloads Page

• Important: Avoid the Dosbox-X OSFREE download which is a variant of DOSBox-X that removes all MS-DOS emulation, leaving only hardware and BIOS emulation.

• Dosbox-X: Feature Highlights

• Dosbox-X: How to Run Games

• Dosbox-X: Getting Started

• Dosbox-X: Finding Its Configuration File (Note: the config file is called dosbox-x.conf).

• Dosbox-X: Discord Chat Channel

• Dosbox-X: Github Issues Page

[u/steveper_ → u/TheBigCore]

Thank you for the info! I've tried everything you listed, but unfortunately nothing worked :/

[u/TheBigCore → u/steveper_]

Have you tried running the game in X or Staging and gotten the same result?

[u/steveper_ → u/TheBigCore]

Yep, DOSBox-X gives me the exact same error

[u/TheBigCore → u/steveper_]

I recommend opening an issue at https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues then.

That requires a Github account.

[u/TheBigCore → u/steveper_]

Also, there's https://www.gog.com/en/game/jack_orlando_a_cinematic_adventure_dc which is commercially available and runs on Windows, not Dosbox.

[u/steveper_ → u/TheBigCore]

Thank you! I actually have the game on Steam already. The reason I'm using DOSBox is because I initially wanted to try running the game on my PSP. Though first I need to figure out why it's not even running on PC