Posted November 07, 2021
Note: Unfortunately, Corridor 7 does not currently have any source ports and does not run in ECWolf or LZWolf. Dosbox or its forks (Dosbox Staging, Dosbox-X, etc) are the only way to run Corridor 7 right now.
1) Using a command line program called Inno-Extract, extract the two files Corridor7.cue and Corridor7.bin from your Corridor 7 GOG offline installer with the following commands:
inno-extract -I corridor7.cue \path\to\corridor7-GOG-offline-installer-here
inno-extract -I corridor7.bin \path\to\corridor7-GOG-offline-installer-here
The -I switch only extracts the file specified after it and not everything contained in the GOG offline installer.
Inno-Extract Download Links for Windows and Linux
Inno-Extract Man Page
2) Once you have extracted the CUE - BIN file pair, imgmount Corridor7.cue in Dosbox:
imgmount d "\path\to\Corridor7.cue" -t iso
Also make sure that both Corridor7.cue and Corridor7.bin are in the same directory when the cue file is imgmounted.
3) Change to your D drive and run install.bat.
4) At the Install screen that appears, go down to Change Install Type and select Full Install (6 megs).
Leave Installing to Drive and Installing to Path at their defaults.
5) Press F10 to install the game. Keep Corridor7.cue imgmounted as well.
6) After the game is successfully installed, change drive and directory to c:\corr7cd and run setup.exe.
7) In Setup, open Music Configuration and select CD Music. Also configure your sound and controls to your liking.
8) Press F10 to save all changes you make in this Setup program. You will now find yourself back at the DOS prompt.
9) Back in DOS in the same folder as the game's setup.exe, run CORR7.BAT, _instead of_ CORR7CD.EXE by itself.
Important: Do not run CORR7CD.EXE by itself, or the CD Audio will not play at all. In addition, the in-game HUD will look wrong.
10) At Corridor 7's main menu, go to Adjust Audio --> CD Music Volume and adjust to your liking.
(Courtesy of the Corridor 7 file "README.1ST")
CD Controls will then be available from the "Adjust Audio"
menu off the games Main Menu screen. They operate like
standard "PLAY" "SKIP" and "STOP" buttons on a CD player.
The CD controls can also be accessed by "Hot Keys" from
inside the game (these come in handy if your sound cards
mixing functions aren't supported - you do not have access
to the "Adjust Audio" menu). They are as follows:
ALT-P : Play.
ALT-F : Skip (advances to the next track).
ALT-S : Stop.
Be aware that the CD music only starts once you are playing the game. You will not hear the CD music in the main menu unless you return to the main menu by pressing escape while you are in-game.
Lastly, on future playthroughs of Corridor 7 and before you start playing the game, make sure that the game's CUE File is properly imgmounted as the D drive. If you do not do this beforehand, when CORR7.BAT is run, the game will check if the CD is in the D drive. If the game does not detect the disc, it will then display the error message Corridor 7 CD Not Found in Drive or MSCDEX Not Installed.
A batch file that imgmounts Corridor7.cue then runs CORR7.BAT is the easiest way to prevent the above situation from happening. For example:
z:
imgmount d "path\to\Corridor7.cue" -t iso
c:
cd CORR7CD
CORR7.BAT
Links for Dosbox and Its Forks:
https://www.dosbox.com/
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/
https://dosbox-x.com/
1) Using a command line program called Inno-Extract, extract the two files Corridor7.cue and Corridor7.bin from your Corridor 7 GOG offline installer with the following commands:
inno-extract -I corridor7.cue \path\to\corridor7-GOG-offline-installer-here
inno-extract -I corridor7.bin \path\to\corridor7-GOG-offline-installer-here
Inno-Extract Download Links for Windows and Linux
Inno-Extract Man Page
2) Once you have extracted the CUE - BIN file pair, imgmount Corridor7.cue in Dosbox:
imgmount d "\path\to\Corridor7.cue" -t iso
3) Change to your D drive and run install.bat.
4) At the Install screen that appears, go down to Change Install Type and select Full Install (6 megs).
Leave Installing to Drive and Installing to Path at their defaults.
5) Press F10 to install the game. Keep Corridor7.cue imgmounted as well.
6) After the game is successfully installed, change drive and directory to c:\corr7cd and run setup.exe.
7) In Setup, open Music Configuration and select CD Music. Also configure your sound and controls to your liking.
8) Press F10 to save all changes you make in this Setup program. You will now find yourself back at the DOS prompt.
9) Back in DOS in the same folder as the game's setup.exe, run CORR7.BAT, _instead of_ CORR7CD.EXE by itself.
Important: Do not run CORR7CD.EXE by itself, or the CD Audio will not play at all. In addition, the in-game HUD will look wrong.
10) At Corridor 7's main menu, go to Adjust Audio --> CD Music Volume and adjust to your liking.
(Courtesy of the Corridor 7 file "README.1ST")
CD Controls will then be available from the "Adjust Audio"
menu off the games Main Menu screen. They operate like
standard "PLAY" "SKIP" and "STOP" buttons on a CD player.
The CD controls can also be accessed by "Hot Keys" from
inside the game (these come in handy if your sound cards
mixing functions aren't supported - you do not have access
to the "Adjust Audio" menu). They are as follows:
ALT-P : Play.
ALT-F : Skip (advances to the next track).
ALT-S : Stop.
Lastly, on future playthroughs of Corridor 7 and before you start playing the game, make sure that the game's CUE File is properly imgmounted as the D drive. If you do not do this beforehand, when CORR7.BAT is run, the game will check if the CD is in the D drive. If the game does not detect the disc, it will then display the error message Corridor 7 CD Not Found in Drive or MSCDEX Not Installed.
A batch file that imgmounts Corridor7.cue then runs CORR7.BAT is the easiest way to prevent the above situation from happening. For example:
z:
imgmount d "path\to\Corridor7.cue" -t iso
c:
cd CORR7CD
CORR7.BAT
https://www.dosbox.com/
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/
https://dosbox-x.com/
Post edited November 08, 2021 by TheBigCore