I have a couple of responses to your post:

1. What exactly have you tried? There are many combinations of sound options you can choose from in both QFG4 and DOSBox, so it would be helpful for people to know what you have and haven't tried (of those combinations which make sense at least)

2. Isn't there a Windows version of QFG4? Maybe it doesn't run under modern Windows versions though...

I only own the first three games, so the only experience I have with QFG4 is running the Windows version under Win95 when I borrowed it from a friend once. I remember it liked to freeze a lot in one certain spot early in the game.

I hope everyone knows about the bugs in QFG4. I completed the game multiple times (In a row, to get my stats up for 5) yeeeaaars ago and there were two points in the game with a nasty bug - namely a crash when you walked past two points (One being the sludge pool after the Dark One's cave - where you slide down I think).
The game suggests you try things 'differently', which means you have to walk either slowly or a different path.

Just thought I'd mention that.

Originally posted by necrolust However, I WAS curious as to whether or not anyone was able to get sound in QfG4 working with the newest CVS version.

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Wait for a future release...

Originally posted by Magic I hope everyone knows about the bugs in QFG4.

Running it in DosBox fixes the majority (if not all) of the game-killing bugs

I can wait, I was curious though because I suspected problems with my DOS sound drivers. IS there any reason that there would be differences between CVS version .** and Debug CVS version .**SAME? That threw me off.

Magic, yup, played through it before with a new system. There are workarounds for all those Error 5*s, though it is a pain in the ass. As stated, however, DOSBox fixes those problems wonderfully. It was an issue of the game running too quickly.

Hunter, I'd answer your questions, but I guess it's irrelevant by now. Thanks for the help anyway.
On a related note, you might want to try the last two games, they are, in my opinion, the best in the series.

Thanks for the replies. I've apparently become obsessed with playing Quest for Glory. I'm not normally like this. I swear!

Glad you found some answers. QFG4 seemed cool (only got about 20-30% in I'm guessing), but I never got into QFG5 because its 3D characters with 2D backgrounds seemed to combine the worst of both worlds in the same way as other games I've played (and not been able to get into) like Return to Krondor and Resident Evil 3. Maybe someday I'll come back to it; I was really into the QFG series for a while, despite being much more of a sci-fi fan than a fantasy fan.

necrolust wrote:

I can wait, I was curious though because I suspected problems with my DOS sound drivers. IS there any reason that there would be differences between CVS version .** and Debug CVS version .**SAME? That threw me off.

There were differences between them. Games tended to run in the debug version only.
(This matter has been investigated and solved by Mirekluza)

> differences between CVS version .** and Debug CVS version.

I have not ever tested QFG4, my coment concerns only the following bug which led to difference between release and debug version of CVS:
Up to yesterday there used to be a bug in version compiled without debugger. There was one small piece of code which was forgotten in the part which was excluded from release (one LEAVECORE in the file prefix_none.h in "normal core" of DOSBOX).

This basically meant that some games did not work in version without debugger (Star Trail, Crystal Caves, Secret Agent and possibly others).

Mirek

EDIT: I wrote this message before reading QBIX's message fromabove. He is very quick 😀

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Pardon me for stupid questions, but it seems like Sierra games come with so many files I never have any idea which I'm supposed to run, especially when the CD contains both a DOS and a Windows version. I'm trying to run the DOS version of QFG4 through DOSBox. Do I have to install it through DOSBox? What do I run afterwards?

Just run Sierra.exe. You do not need to install through DOSBox. You only need to use the installer to modify your hardware settings, such as SoundBlaster or AdLib. music.