Re: KQ5 love to crash
Posted on 2020-07-01, 18:41
I used the gosierra patch to fix KQ5. Seems to have done the trick.
Re: KQ5 love to crash
Posted on 2020-06-30, 16:06
My friend fixed KQ6, which was having identical issues, using this: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2016/12/d … ames-kings.html I am fairly sure I'll be able to fix KQ5 the same way. -ben
Re: KQ5 love to crash
Posted on 2020-06-29, 22:59
I don't think it's likely that each of the 4 machines has an IRQ conflict that only impacts KQ5/KQ6. I did try IRQ 5/7 though on one of the machines with the same results on both.
Re: KQ5 love to crash
Posted on 2020-06-29, 22:01
Absolutely no hardware re-used between systems, all using different sound cards. I tried KQ6 CD instead of what is on the Roberta Williams anthology and had the same issue. Really weird. I think it will work fine if I don't do soundblaster, and I'd say it's a system speed issue except the 486 also …
KQ5 love to crash
Posted on 2020-06-24, 20:11
My friend and I have tried running KQ5 on quite a few different computers from 486->P3, and no matter what system we use the game hard crashes after some time and it seems related to the wav audio. In discussing/troubleshooting we found out that both of us are trying to use the Roberta Williams …
Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE32: From best to worst
Posted on 2020-06-09, 22:29
I have a CT2290 and it definitely clicks during playback of sound in lucasarts/sierra games. Is there any fix for this or is this just how it is?
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-06-09, 19:20
So I setup a Pentium 133 with hardmpu and a CT2290 and I am getting some kind of conflict. Some games run fine, but others just lock up. The hardmpu utility times out waiting for ACK. (OOPS. It's actually timing out waiting for DRR? OOPS. Nevermind it's both? Usually ACK though) Jones, Sam and Max, …
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-06-07, 19:41
Update: I don't think the kQ6 locking up issue has anything to do with the hardmpu. I tried playing it for a while with just the soundblaster configured and it crashed in the same way. I think KQ5/6 just hates running on a faster machine.
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-31, 18:28
I add myself to this discussion for a reason. Some time ago I had created a post where I wondered why in vogons there was no section like a market but made in the manner of vogons, it means very beautiful and refined computers as each of us has. THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE! I wrote this post now …
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 23:21
Ah ok, I'll check when it arrives. I think it's very possible it has neither, but I'll check and report back. However, if this is going to be a DOS only computer and the most advanced game I am going to run is Doom 2, do I care about this?
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 22:45
I bought an IBM PC Series 340 Pentium 133. -ben
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 16:39
I just bought it...
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 15:56
Question... the bios screenshot from seller shows cache size of 0... is that referring to cpu cache or something else? I thought all p133 had cpu cache... This community is so great. Filename 47F682D2-97DA-49DA-8DDA-57554C88C32E.png File size 176.28 KiB Views 1848 views
Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 22:54
This is excellent feedback thank you!
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 21:10
I tried KQ6 for a while with just the Roland configured, no soundblaster, and it seemed fine. I ordered a legit soundblaster... so when that comes I'll test and see if issue with both SB and Roland active at the same time goes away.
Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 21:08
I have a P2 266 that I use for old sierra and lucasarts dos games, and honestly it works great. However... I find myself scouring ebay for pentium 100/133 now... am I crazy? Is there any legitimate reason I should do this besides loving the way an IBM case looks? My P2-266 is downclocked to 150, …
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 17:33
So, I played all of King's Quest 4 with no issues, and that game ONLY uses the MT-32, it does not use the SB. All of the games I am having trouble with use both the MT-32 and the SB. I wonder if the thing to try is just to buy a different soundblaster, maybe a real one. The sound profile of the …
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 16:40
Hardmpu is reporting 330, Aztech mpu401 is reporting 300. But honestly, I am not sure how much I trust the aztech.
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 15:53
I could find no settings to disable/enable anything related to APM/APCI unfortunately, but I did find settings to reserve IRQs for ISA slots, and I went ahead and reserved all of them for ISA, no idea if this helps at all. I also disabled every power related option I could find, but they were all …
Re: HardMPU, anyone?
Posted on 2020-05-26, 11:58
I have a HARDMPU and it mostly works great. I played through all of KQ4 and it worked flawlessly. However, I am having issues with freezing in KQ5/6. Sam and Max also hates my guts unless I slow the computer down to molasses speed at which point the game runs like garbage. I am not sure any of this …
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