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I’ve copied this to over here from the Adventure Games forum as this is where it belongs.
At some time in the near(ish) future I’ll be having a go at this.
If anyone has an attempt before then please let us know how you get on.

Edited to add a link (legal!) for the free version of VMWare:

https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html

Jawa - 03 July 2022 09:10 AM

Jabod - 03 July 2022 08:18 AM

Jawa - 03 July 2022 08:15 AM

Jabod - 03 July 2022 08:09 AM

Jawa - 03 July 2022 07:04 AM

The VM can be distributed without the game files.

Would you be so gracious as to do this please?

Why? I use VMWare to play BD and Ripper, not PCEm.

In which case would you be so kind as to post how you’ve got it going within the thread in Hints & tech Support please. I expect a number of people will be rather grateful to be able to share your expertise.

Heh. I think you would be better off asking the person who distributed the PCEm version in the first place, since PCEm is free, and I really have no interest in distributing game installers on the net.

But sure, here’s the gist of it;

1. Purchase a copy of VMWare.

2. Purchase a copy of Windows 95 or Windows 98 and Windows 3.11/3.12.

3. Purchase a copy of Black Dahlia.

4. Install Windows 95 or Windows 98 in VMWare. Install Windows 3.11/3.12 in DOSBox.

5. Install Black Dahlia on Windows XP or newer OS using NoCD Patch v03.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_vqs7sqOMrcOE4zd2xYbXU2VUk/edit?usp=sharing

6. Install BD normally in the Windows 3.11/3.12 DOSBox OS and install the official BD patch v1.01.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_vqs7sqOMrcbXM5X1NJNHZuTXM/edit?usp=sharing

7. Copy the patched BD_WIN.exe and modified bd.ini files back to the install folder that was created using NoCD Patch v03. Backup the unpatched BD_WIN.exe and unmodified bd.ini files before doing so.

8. Use imagecfg.exe to set the processor affinity of BD_WIN.EXE to 1. Not always necessary, but I like to do it to make sure the game only uses 1 CPU core.

https://robpol86.com/imagecfg.html

9. Play BD.