Time to get a new soundcard? :p

in the cvs the soundcard stuff has changed a lot.
it might help to regenerate the configfile and take a look at it
(sb16 opl3 dma 16 bit etc etc)

I noticed my self that sometimes the sound stops playing.

it doesn't seems to be a config related problem: i've already regenerated configfile and tried every opl emulations and still don't works 😢 .
Simply when I start with cycles=3000 (or less) it works, while it doesn't works at 3500 or above.
It seems rather than a too much busy cpu prevents the acknowledgment (wolf3d hasn't a setup, but an autodetect at startup) could be this a new bug?

icemann: I've just bought a new pc, so...

probably a bug 😀
Only how to fix it 😀

Seems it doesn't like too fast machines, the routine it uses to wait for 80 microseconds for the adlib timer to occur is flawed that it screws up while the machine is too fast. Wonder how this goes on a real machine though since it should probably happen there too. The routine it uses to wait 80 microseconds takes 240 or so dosbox cycles, so that should work up until about setting dosbox to 3000 cycles 😀

well.. wolf3d detects my viaudio onboard in dos with duron 1400 😉

btw- i would like to ask which oplmode goes with which sbtype, cause with dosbox20040322.zip i have to specify adlibmode with sb1 for wolf32. If I leave it auto, sb is not detected by wolf. (all other sbtypes works ok with oplmode=auto)

wolf3d detects my awe64 in dos too (duron 1400)

Thanks Harekiet!
So what could I change in the sources to solve the problem?

Edit: problem solved with new cvs.

"if the cpu cycles are higher than ~3000 the sound card isn't recognized at startup of game"

it still happens with "titus the fox" (works correctly on a real machine with real dos)

Same thing occurs with Jones in the Fast lane when the number of cycles goes over ~8000.

Interesting thread. I was wondering why Titus the fox was resorting to awful internal speaker. Not that i am going to play it ever, though. 😁