Lemmings 2 Refuses to Allow You to Play More Than One Level of Each Tribe and Save Your ProgressSource of this information from the
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Dosbox-StagingAfter a fresh install of Lemmings 2, if you find yourself unable to play more than the first level of each tribe and unable to save your game, you have triggered Lemmings 2's copy protection. To be able to play the game normally, choose between one of these methods. All methods work both for regular Dosbox 0.74-3 and for Dosbox-Staging.
Edit Simon: Formatting, clarifying that it works regardless of Dosbox variant, add method with L2-FIX for completeness. See also: How to play L2 in Dosbox.
Method 1: Hex-edit L2.RKO1. Outside Dosbox, in your Lemmings 2 folder, open
L2.RKO in a hex editor.
2. Scroll between offsets 69E0 and 69F0, specifically the address range 0x69EF through 0x69F3, then find the hex byte sequence
74 0E C7 06 0B.
3. Replace
74 with
EB, then replace
0E with
23. You will now have the hexadecimal sequence
EB 23 C7 06 0B.
4. Save
L2.RKO in the hex editor.
5. Run Dosbox, navigate to your Lemmings 2 folder, and run the
L2.EXE as normal.
Method 2: Edit the Bios and Boot Values in L2.INI1. Outside Dosbox, in your Lemmings 2 folder, open
L2.INI in your text editor of choice.
2. Change the Bios and Boot values:
- If you have Dosbox-Staging, set Bios = 732 and Boot = 63.
- If you have Dosbox-X, set Bios = 732 and Boot = 63.
- If you have regular Dosbox 0.74-3, set Bios = 732 and Boot = 0.
3. Save
L2.INI and close the file.
4. Run Dosbox, navigate to your Lemmings 2 folder, and run
L2.EXE as normal.
Method 3: Get L2-FIX.COM1. Outside Dosbox, put
L2-FIX.COM in your Lemmings 2 folder, i.e., put it next to
L2.EXE.
2. Run Dosbox, navigate to your L2 folder, and run
L2-FIX.COM instead of the regular
L2.EXE.