Re: Magic Carpet 2 - "ERROR: Not Enough Memory For Sounds"

Posted on 2005-08-11, 13:05

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Ahh.. this forum will be the end of me... but i love it so. OK, ill download VPC, see if i can get things working. For the record, I have a laptop, running: Windows XP Pro AC97 Chipset (RealTek) -which i disabled -All forms of legacy emulation will not work with this chipset(Microsoft) PCMCIA …

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - "ERROR: Not Enough Memory For Sounds"

Posted on 2005-08-11, 02:20

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ah yes, rather ignorant of me to not think of that =] So i was tinkering around today with some more VDMSound configs, trying to run MC2, and I finally disabled adlib emulation, changed the output device for the SB emulation from the DirectSound to Wave on my audigy2, and allocated about 64mb ram to …

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - "ERROR: Not Enough Memory For Sounds"

Posted on 2005-08-10, 15:01

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I have been researching previous threads regarding this game, there are multiple users with similar issues. Im not sure what would cause this, surely its worth looking into. Man, i wish someone with the knowledge and the will would create a windows based remake of the game. Descent 2 has an OpenGL …

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Magic Carpet 2 - "ERROR: Not Enough Memory For Sounds"

Posted on 2005-08-10, 01:51

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by Katz

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very strange indeed, after much work on this issue, i still need help getting it resolved. Game: Magic Carpet 2 Windows XP 1gig ram amd64 3400+ (just purchased) Audigy 2 Im trying to get VDMSound 2.1 to work, I disabled Adlib emulation after repeated errors regarding it failing to start, and it …

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-09, 17:48

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Ive been using .63, I will try the version you provided. BTW.. after I emailed RealTek with my question regarding SB16 emulation, theyre response was "Thankyou for the recommendation" and a canned email response, answering no questions =\

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-09, 13:10

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yes, i have gotten the old mechwarrior series to work, including ghost bear and mercenaries. I was researching my RealTek sound card here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/faqs/faqs1-1-1.aspx?faqcatid=2002091 and noticed this entry to a FAQ: "There are two major components for AC'97 sound cards: AC'97 …

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-09, 00:35

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UPDATE: when I select General MIDI (Roland MPU-401 Interface) in the setsound utility for the music driver, and run the program with VDMS, I get some crummy MIDI music... but its music none the less. I just cant get the digital audio to work, no matter which sound card i choose during the setsound …

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-09, 00:13

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by Katz

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man this is so frustrating... I made sure I had the most recent audio drivers, for the RealTek AC97 onboard sound. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, nada.. not even a measley bleep =\ no ideas anyone? desperate... =/ -Katz

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 20:57

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could the problem be with my autoexec.nt file? i dont know of anything else i could change. I have tried running the .exe for the game in all sorts of compatibility modes, and have even messed with the memory options (even tho as you stated, it uses DOS4GW).

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 20:26

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not sure, again I saw it posted on one of the forums. I REM'd it, still no dice.

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 18:42

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When launching the game under the VDMSound v.2.1, I get "An exception has occured in thread 2212(AdLib Playback) (No description Available) no clue how to fix this =\ help

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Re: VDMSound 2.1.0 PUBLIC BETA

Posted on 2005-08-08, 17:50

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Fixed the problem: Virtual memory was low, increased the minimum paging file size to 1.5x my ram, the max to 3x my ram. still tho, no luck with the sound emulation. odd...

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 17:47

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Fixed the problem: Virtual memory was low, increased the minimum paging file size to 1.5x my ram, the max to 3x my ram. still tho, no luck with the sound emulation.

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Re: VDMSound 2.1.0 PUBLIC BETA

Posted on 2005-08-08, 17:29

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check this out.. during the install, "Error opening file for writing: "\\iospecial.ini" I tried the installer on a different PC, worked great. laptop I am running WIndowsXP Athlon64 2600+ 1024mb ram Radeon9700 128 mobility i have rights.. im the admin on my laptop what would cause this? -Katz

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 17:11

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by Katz

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i get an error while installing: Error opening file for writing: "\\iospecial.ini" hit abore to abort ... yatta yatta yatta, if i skip the file it says 'program is for NT\2000\XP only but im running xp =\

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 17:04

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by Katz

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Thanks a lot =P so prompt to get back to me too, much obliged. youre the guy whose given me all the info and ideas to troubleshoot this thusfar, all your posts fit together for me perfectly.. i appreciate the personal help =] long live dos indeed

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 16:37

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by Katz

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its strange, it will provide big white captions where there is typically voice.. like it knows its not going to be able to provide audio.

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Re: Sound Emulation Repeatedly Failing for Magic Carpet 2

Posted on 2005-08-08, 16:34

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by Katz

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VDMS ver 2.0.4 i rem'd out the line, i found it on one of the forums here haha when i use XP's sound emulation, (just running the game) i get a quick blue message on top of the bullfrog logo saying "not enough memory for sounds". I have gotten just Sfx to work once, however i have not been able to …

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MAGIC CARPET 2 Sound emul. error + SOLUTION

Posted on 2005-08-08, 16:15

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by Katz

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::Greets:: I have been trying and trying to get Magic Carpet 2 to work on my laptop for some number of days now, its a great game and deserves the attention. my laptop emulates the video perfectly, however I can not get any sound or music to play. Attempted fixes : toyed with VDMS(latest ver), every …

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