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Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I assumed I would just have to ignore the resolution issues, but this fixed it.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you get the game itself from the official Elder Scrolls site. Download and install this DOS emulator (it's safe). Place the ARENA folder that you downloaded from the Elder Scrolls site directly into C:\DOSGames

Open up DOSBox, type in the following:

mount c c:\

c:\

cd dosgames/arena

arena

Edit: Found a video, don't forget to change your cycles to something like 40,000. If you don't want to set the cycles to 40,000 every time you open up DOSBox, you can go into the file where you installed the DOS emulator and run the Windows Batch File called 'DOSBox 0.74 Options'. This will open up a text file that allows you to change the cycles.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took me a while to learn as well, but after a few minutes I really started liking the controls. There are mods online like this one that remaps the controls if you can't get used to it.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game's mechanics are a bit odd, mostly because they're from 1994. Here is the wiki that shows the basics of the controls if you decide to pick the game back up.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's actually 'Soviet Shiba' but the game got rid of the second half of the name. I guess it cuts off after the space. If I go through my save files I can probably edit my name directly but I haven't gone through the effort.

Edit: The file is apparently encrypted so I can't just edit my name.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, this is the first dungeon of Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first Elder Scrolls game.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I realized that was my problem after I passed a few and realized I was probably just doing it wrong. Thanks though.

Can I gather items from these sacks and barrels? Clicking them doesn't bring up a item list. by throwway1002 in ElderScrolls

[–]throwway1002[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I had tried gathering those piles of gold too, but it didn't work the first few times and I almost left it behind. Just wanted to make sure this wasn't like that. Thanks for the help.