Instructions for setting up
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
For Win2k/WinXP
Installation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena
1. Run the file “Arena106.exe”
2. This will open a new window, which will offer to extract Arena. The default destination is C:\. This is the best location to use. When you click the install button, it will create the folder C:\Arena and extract the files to that folder.
3. Next, run the installer for the DOSBox DOS Emulator. Proceed through its installation as prompted. Once DOSBox is installed, continue on.
4. Click Start, then Run. In the “Run” box, type “command” (without the quotes) and click OK. This will open a Command Prompt window.
5. At the command prompt, type “CD\ARENA” (again, without the quotes) and push Enter. If your command prompt is logged on to a drive other than C:, please type “C:” and push enter, then “CD\ARENA”, followed by Enter.
6. Once you have entered the Arena folder, type INSTALL and push Enter. This will launch the configuration program for Arena.
7. Select “Configure Game”.
8. Select “Select Sound Card”. A list will appear. Select “Sound Blaster or SB16 (or compatible)”
9. Select “Select Music Card” and do the same.
10. In yellow letters near the top of the screen, it should say:
“Sound Blaster or SB16 (or compatible) IO:220 IRQ:7 DMA:1” for both Sound and Music. If it does not, please enter the info in under both “Change Sound default” and Change music default.
11. Select Done, and then Exit. Once you are back at the command prompt, type “EXIT” and hit Enter to close the command prompt window.
12. Next, start the DOSbox Emulator. It should open it’s own window, logged into the Z:
13. At this prompt, type “MOUNT C C:\” and push enter. Then type “C:” and push Enter. Then “CD \ARENA”. Finally, “ARENA” to start the game.
14. When you end your game of Arena, and arrive back at the emulator’s command prompt, type “Exit” and hit Enter to close the emulator.
Additional:
DOSbox by default will start the game in a window. If you wish to play full screen, press the Alt key and Enter together to change modes. If you wish to have DOSbox always start in the full screen mode, you will need to edit the dosbox.conf file. Please see the DOSbox documentation.
If you are having difficulty with the sound, or Arena fails to start but instead hangs at a black screen, likely you’ll need to match up what the emulator’s sound settings are and Arena’s configuration.
To do this, start the DOSbox emulator. When the emulator window opens, look at the lines of text within the window. One will say similar to:
“Z:\>SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4”
The only line you want is the one which contains “SET BLASTER”. The others may be disregarded. The example given is the default, however if your line is different, please change Arena’s sound configuration to match. The line would be represented in Arena as:
I/O Address: 220
IRQ: 7
DMA: 1
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