Zork GI script for full install - need help

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The script is here
http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd

It's for running the CD version of Zork Grand Inquisitor
off the hard drive.
You can find the original link at the bottom of the page
describing running Zork GI DVD off the hard drive here
http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsU_Z/Guest/zorkgi.htm

(This is from Inferno's XP site)

The person I'm trying to help has a CD drive letter J:
and can't get this script to work.

Is anyone familiar with reading the scripting language?
Is there any line that she'd need to change other than
changing
set drive_letter=D
to
set drive_letter=J

 

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Jenny100 wrote:

> The script is here
> http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd
>
> It's for running the CD version of Zork Grand Inquisitor
> off the hard drive.
> You can find the original link at the bottom of the page
> describing running Zork GI DVD off the hard drive here
> http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsU_Z/Guest/zorkgi.htm
>
> (This is from Inferno's XP site)
>
> The person I'm trying to help has a CD drive letter J:
> and can't get this script to work.
>
> Is anyone familiar with reading the scripting language?
> Is there any line that she'd need to change other than
> changing
> set drive_letter=D
> to
> set drive_letter=J

I don't think you need to edit the script.

If the scrip is saved as zgixp.cmd, open a command window and run the
script with the "/?" switch.

"Start"-button
"Run..."-command
Cmd.exe - [OK]
C:\[Path-toscrip\]zgi.cmd /? [return]

The script was probably named "Grand_Inquisitor.cmd" originally

To make it work in your case you would run:
C:\[Path-toscrip\]zgi.cmd J [return]


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.... et al. wrote:
> Jenny100 wrote:
>
>> The script is here
>> http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd
>>
>> It's for running the CD version of Zork Grand Inquisitor
>> off the hard drive.
>> You can find the original link at the bottom of the page
>> describing running Zork GI DVD off the hard drive here
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsU_Z/Guest/zorkgi.htm
>>
>>
>> (This is from Inferno's XP site)
>>
>> The person I'm trying to help has a CD drive letter J:
>> and can't get this script to work.

What problems are indicated?

I got the following error:
File INQUIS.ZIX not present!!
Could Not Find C:\INQUIS_old_3.ZIX
Could Not Find C:\INQUIS_old_27.ZIX

To fix that i did edit the script, inserting the 'CD CD1\ZGI\'-line in
the script as shown in the sample below, and saved it as 'zgixpmod.cmd'.

<script-snippet>
:find
CD CD1\ZGI\
if exist INQUIS_old.ZIX (
</script-snippet>

1) I put the edited script (zgixpmod.cmd) in a folder ZGI on C:
2) Start : Run : "Cmd /K" : [OK]
3) CD C:\ZGI
4) zgixpmod J
(Where J is J in your case, or whatever your CD-letter is)

Now the script run ok, finds and edits 'INQUIS.ZIX'.

>> Is anyone familiar with reading the scripting language?
>> Is there any line that she'd need to change other than
>> changing
>> set drive_letter=D
>> to
>> set drive_letter=J

Well maybe you can edit it there if you want, or do what i described in
my last post. Whatever.

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.... et al. wrote:
> ... et al. wrote:
>
>> Jenny100 wrote:
>>
>>> The script is here
>>> http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd
>>>
>>> It's for running the CD version of Zork Grand Inquisitor
>>> off the hard drive.
>>> You can find the original link at the bottom of the page
>>> describing running Zork GI DVD off the hard drive here
>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsU_Z/Guest/zorkgi.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> (This is from Inferno's XP site)
>>>
>>> The person I'm trying to help has a CD drive letter J:
>>> and can't get this script to work.
>
>
> What problems are indicated?

This is what she said she got when she tried to run the script:

File not found - zgi
0 file(s) copied
File not found - ZASSETS1
0 file(s) copied

>
> I got the following error:
> File INQUIS.ZIX not present!!
> Could Not Find C:\INQUIS_old_3.ZIX
> Could Not Find C:\INQUIS_old_27.ZIX
>
> To fix that i did edit the script, inserting the 'CD CD1\ZGI\'-line in
> the script as shown in the sample below, and saved it as 'zgixpmod.cmd'.
>
> <script-snippet>
> :find
> CD CD1\ZGI\
> if exist INQUIS_old.ZIX (
> </script-snippet>
>
> 1) I put the edited script (zgixpmod.cmd) in a folder ZGI on C:
> 2) Start : Run : "Cmd /K" : [OK]
> 3) CD C:\ZGI
> 4) zgixpmod J
> (Where J is J in your case, or whatever your CD-letter is)
>
> Now the script run ok, finds and edits 'INQUIS.ZIX'.
>
>>> Is anyone familiar with reading the scripting language?
>>> Is there any line that she'd need to change other than
>>> changing
>>> set drive_letter=D
>>> to
>>> set drive_letter=J
>
>
> Well maybe you can edit it there if you want, or do what i described in
> my last post. Whatever.
>

I'll copy your suggestions over to her.
Thanks for the help.

 

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Jenny100 wrote:
> ... et al. wrote:
>
>> ... et al. wrote:
>>
>>> Jenny100 wrote:
>>>
>>>> The script is here
>>>> http://www.km3k.com/downloads/zgixp.cmd
>>>>
>>>> It's for running the CD version of Zork Grand Inquisitor
>>>> off the hard drive.
>>>> You can find the original link at the bottom of the page
>>>> describing running Zork GI DVD off the hard drive here
>>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsU_Z/Guest/zorkgi.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (This is from Inferno's XP site)
>>>>
>>>> The person I'm trying to help has a CD drive letter J:
>>>> and can't get this script to work.
>>
>>
>>
>> What problems are indicated?
>
>
> This is what she said she got when she tried to run the script:

Please Insert Disc 1 into CD drive J:\ and press spacebar...
Press any key to continue . . .

This takes a few minutes...

> File not found - zgi
> 0 file(s) copied
> File not found - ZASSETS1
> 0 file(s) copied

OK that is something completely different from my error. And something
you can easily reproduce by putting any CD in the drive but the correct
one before pressing the spacebar. Tell her to make sure she didn't put
in CD2 by misstake. Also have her verify that if she opens CD1 there are
the folders 'J:\ZGI\' and 'J:\ZASSETS1\'.


However, after i had run the script succesfully, when i looked at the
edited file (INQUIS.ZIX) it doesn't look right.

here is a sample-line:
DIR: .\C:\ZGI\CD1zassets1\griffqst
when it should look like:
DIR: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\griffqst

So do the filecopying yourself, or let the script do it for you. Either
way, you probably still have to edit INQUIS.ZIX yourself afterward.
It is line 2 & 3 and lines 11-27 that you'll have to change so the paths
are correct.

<corrected 'INQUIS.ZIX'-filebeginning>
007728
0 C:\ZGI\CD1 zgi_1 'Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 1
1 C:\ZGI\CD2 zgi_2 'Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 2
----------------------------
DIR: .
DIR: .\cursor.zfs
DIR: .\scripts.zfs
DIR: .\subtitle.zfs
DIR: .\death.zfs
DIR: .\zgi_mx
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zgi\zgi_mx
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zgi\zgi_mx\minmax
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\global
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\portfooz
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\jail
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\monast1
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\underg1
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\lucyqst
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\griffqst
CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\castle
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\global
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\monast2
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\underg2
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\dmlair
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\grueqst
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\guetech
CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\hades
----------------------------
</corrected 'INQUIS.ZIX'-filebeginning>

Finally make a shortcut to "C:\ZGI\CD1\ZGI\ZGIWIN.EXE" and run that.
Hopefully the game will now run, it seems to be working ok for me now,
after i did the above.

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.... et al. wrote:
>> File not found - zgi
>> 0 file(s) copied
>> File not found - ZASSETS1
>> 0 file(s) copied
>
>
> OK that is something completely different from my error. And something
> you can easily reproduce by putting any CD in the drive but the correct
> one before pressing the spacebar. Tell her to make sure she didn't put
> in CD2 by misstake. Also have her verify that if she opens CD1 there are
> the folders 'J:\ZGI\' and 'J:\ZASSETS1\'.


I think she may be having troubles with her CD drive.
She is also having troubles with Egypt 2. When she
changes to CD2 during the install of that game, the
computer isn't detecting CD2.


> However, after i had run the script succesfully, when i looked at the
> edited file (INQUIS.ZIX) it doesn't look right.
>
> here is a sample-line:
> DIR: .\C:\ZGI\CD1zassets1\griffqst
> when it should look like:
> DIR: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\griffqst
>
> So do the filecopying yourself, or let the script do it for you. Either
> way, you probably still have to edit INQUIS.ZIX yourself afterward.
> It is line 2 & 3 and lines 11-27 that you'll have to change so the paths
> are correct.

OK. Thanks for the help.

> <corrected 'INQUIS.ZIX'-filebeginning>
> 007728
> 0 C:\ZGI\CD1 zgi_1 'Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 1
> 1 C:\ZGI\CD2 zgi_2 'Zork Grand Inquisitor Disk 2
> ----------------------------
> DIR: .
> DIR: .\cursor.zfs
> DIR: .\scripts.zfs
> DIR: .\subtitle.zfs
> DIR: .\death.zfs
> DIR: .\zgi_mx
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zgi\zgi_mx
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zgi\zgi_mx\minmax
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\global
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\portfooz
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\jail
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\monast1
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\underg1
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\lucyqst
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\griffqst
> CD0: C:\ZGI\CD1\zassets1\castle
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\global
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\monast2
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\underg2
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\dmlair
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\grueqst
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\guetech
> CD1: C:\ZGI\CD2\zassets2\hades
> ----------------------------
> </corrected 'INQUIS.ZIX'-filebeginning>
>
> Finally make a shortcut to "C:\ZGI\CD1\ZGI\ZGIWIN.EXE" and run that.
> Hopefully the game will now run, it seems to be working ok for me now,
> after i did the above.
>