thanks a zillion for that input. Will try that next time i play. thanks

With cycles=auto, i can play Prince2 but Raptor crashes after the opening screen.

Mine is original. I have upgraded it to version 1.2. I could play raptor now since i edited dosbox.conf. [cpu] cycles=2500 But with full detail and sounds on, the game's a bit sluggish. I have no idea of "cycles". What is the minimum and max or optimal. How to optimize game play. Suggestions please. …

I didnt know how VDMS worked. thks for the info Chaos. POP2's sounds, music is awesome in VDMS. Anyway thanks for all the answers. 😀

game display freezes when played with VDMSound 2.1

No, didnt install it from within dosbox. I had a self-extracting file which i installed to the c: drive. i mounted c: and executed the exe from within dosbox. The game crashed without showing the initial Apogee screen. I could not read the error messages as they are too faint to be read. Thanks

I did. I tried everything in VDMSound. It worked in Doxbox when i tweaked the cpu cycles so i tried doing it in VDMSound but didnt work. Thanks for your reply.

RAPTOR: Call of the Shadows -- In Windows XP could not be played with DosBox 0.72 but was running very well with VDMSound 2.1. Tweaking different configurations didnt help.

VDMSound 2.1 Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & the Flame: v1.1 -- In Windows XP game display freeze when played with VDMSound 2.1 at opening of cave scene, with Soundblaster and Midi sound on. Tried different configurations invain. -- But using DOSBox 0.72, editing Dosbox.conf at [cpu], cycles=max …