Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-09-25, 16:19

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by Gmlb256

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The issue with DOS/32A happens exactly when I start moving around. I managed to display the console output that I get with DOS32AWE into a text file by using the following command. Yes I have edited the 3 batch files and is not that complicated. TNDEMO.BAT > OUTPUT.TXT And this is what OUTPUT.TXT …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode,VI

Posted on 2021-09-25, 16:04

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by Gmlb256

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Edit: Terra Nova has custom samples (FF.SBK) when you select "Sound Blaster AWE32" for music, so DOS32AWE would not be probably needed in this case. Replaced FF.SBK by renaming another SBK soundfont and it worked fine without DOS32AWE. It will take some time to load larger soundfonts such as …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-25, 15:40

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Anyway, I just made a new release . I now completely reuse existing (unused) state variables, making the data segment as pristine as possible. As a result, the savegame issue is fixed for the Activision releases. (I hope -- I don't have a nice batch of savegames with possible special cases.) I also …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-25, 13:45

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I saw there's about a 2k difference, is it possible to put the code into a TSR? Then you would not have to touch the executables at all. Just run the 'mytsr.com' and then the main program wolf3d.exe or spear.exe. Speaking of putting code into a TSR, there is one that implements hardware mixing for …

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-25, 01:20

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You're welcome!

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode,VI

Posted on 2021-09-25, 01:11

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by Gmlb256

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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri works perfectly! Since this game runs and consists of multiple executable files bound with DOS4/GW you must edit all BAT files that do start them and run DOS32AWE in the beginning of all lines in corresponding batch files that run executable files. For example you …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode,VI

Posted on 2021-09-25, 00:12

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georgel wrote on 2021-09-24, 19:41: Is GLIDE2X.OVL part of the original Assault game installation , or is it a third party library? It's a third party library from 3Dfx for Voodoo cards. Extreme Assault includes that file for the Voodoo Graphics, but on patch 1.2.3 it gets removed from the game …

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Re: Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for the nth time I imagine

Posted on 2021-09-24, 22:18

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Would it do the same with 9,128? From what I can find , it seems to be the 'default' for DOS <=6.22 (DOS 7+ seems to default it to 0,0) STACKS=9,128 works fine with that game, but not with STACKSHIGH=9,128. It froze/rebooted just right after killing the first enemy, no wonder why this game was …

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Re: Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for the nth time I imagine

Posted on 2021-09-24, 21:09

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by Gmlb256

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weedeewee wrote on 2021-09-24, 21:04: might as well change STACKS= to STACKSHIGH= I personally always set those to 0,0 and never had problems with it. but YMMV. Stay away from STACKSHIGH, I tried that times ago and it causes issues with Bio Menace. 😀 At least with STACKSHIGH=9,256 though.

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-24, 20:46

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For now I'm tempted to just change the savegame filename to prevent people from reusing their saves across versions. I currently don't know what the consensus is about savegame binary formats -- should I even attempt being compatible with vanilla for this (I feel like I should), or do other mod …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-24, 19:55

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First things first: 'I think it does not really matter' I enjoy the hell out of it :) But if you want to go down that road, you might as well do it right. It is still 42k too big in its unpacked form and in order to mimic the original release well: search for the 'COMPAQ' string search for 0x5 0x00 …

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Re: Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for the nth time I imagine

Posted on 2021-09-24, 19:10

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by Gmlb256

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The current modifications you did on CONFIG.SYS are good enough for now. 👍

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Re: Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for the nth time I imagine

Posted on 2021-09-24, 16:31

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by Gmlb256

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Yes, but for DOS1 there's still stuff that will be put on conventional memory due to lack of UMB (no issues adding FILESHIGH, etc on [HIMEMDOS] though). I also suggest adding adding STACKS=9,256 to [COMMON] in addition for better stability, not STACKSHIGH due to compatibility issues. Added! But …

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Re: MIDIto - relocate hardcoded port 330h to somewhere else

Posted on 2021-09-24, 16:21

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Thanks for the QEMM support! Edit: MIDIto refuses to install with QEMM 97 (v9.00). The verbose says it's "too old" which isn't.

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Re: Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for the nth time I imagine

Posted on 2021-09-24, 16:17

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Also, it might be worth using FILESHIGH, BUFFERSHIGH, LASTDRIVEHIGH over the non-high entries to free up a bit more conventional memory for anything including HIMEM. I think it takes me from ~600k to ~620k when booting with DOS1. I moved the non-high versions from [COMMON] to [DOS3] since it's the …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-09-24, 15:36

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That's easier said then done. The symbols/overlay must be stripped first and the header must be patched to reflect the new size., then LZEXE is possible. I think that he knows that the debug symbols must be stripped prior for release with Borland C++ and the new release of wolfdosmpu already has a …

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Re: The late 1997 - early 1998 build I never had. Until now?

Posted on 2021-09-24, 15:31

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Good point I probably won't need top end ryzen ooomph for years. I am projecting 2026 as about when it will be unpossible to avoid going to Win11 or equivalent to get the modern internet experience. I’ve hated Windows for so long (let’s say Vista was my point of no return) that I cannot imagine …

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Re: Don't forget to disable your onboard sound when installing a sound card

Posted on 2021-09-24, 14:17

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by Gmlb256

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Which onboard sound device was that? Does it get initialized without any DOS drivers? This can be due to resources conflicts between the onboard sound device and the installed sound card.

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode,VI

Posted on 2021-09-24, 12:53

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by Gmlb256

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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri works perfectly! Since this game runs and consists of multiple executable files bound with DOS4/GW you must edit all BAT files that do start them and run DOS32AWE in the beginning of all lines in corresponding batch files that run executable files. For example you …

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Re: Which Sound Blasters need -5V to operate correctly?

Posted on 2021-09-24, 12:36

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by Gmlb256

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On eBay there used to be one guy selling cable adapters with a converter to supply -5v. They were more convenient than the Voltage Blaster because it doesn't take an ISA slot. The following link has an slightly larger (two of them being PAS16 cards) list of cards which requires -5v: https://www. …

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