Sound Problems in 2 Games: Mag! and Arnie Goes 4 Gold \ VOGONS

Sound Problems in 2 Games: Mag! and Arnie Goes 4 Gold

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First post, by Strainer

Posted on 2010-10-12, 14:22

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I'm currently working on 2 different, classic DOS Games. So far, everything worked out fine, the games start up as normal and are playable just fine.

There is only one problem: Music and Sound.

Mag! from Greenwood Entertainment:

The problem with this game is that I can't seem to get Midi-Sound working. I tried various settings but can't seem to get the game to recognize the midi-card.

I tried to edit the sndsetup.ini myself, but couldn't get it to work, the file looks like this:

1[PROGRAM]
2Title       =  MAG! Sound-Setup
3Copyright   =  (C) Copyright 1996 - Greenwood Entertainment Software GmbH
4ConfigFile  =  hmiset.cfg
5DigitalTest =  test.wav
6MIDITest    =  test.hmi
7MIDIMelodic =  melodic.bnk
8MIDIDrum    =  drum.bnk
9Stereo      =  No
1016Bit       =  No
11
12[SYSTEM]
13Devices     =  1
14DigitalPFX  =  DIGITAL
15MIDIPFX     =  MIDI
16
17#  < ID String > = < name >, < ID >, < Port >, < IRQ >, < DMA >, < MIDI Index >
18[DIGITAL]
19Device000   =  Keine Digitale Karte    , -1    , 0    ,  0, 0, 0, No, No
20Device001   =  Sound Blaster           , 0xe000, 0x220,  5, 1, 1, No, No
21Device002   =  Sound Blaster Pro       , 0xe001, 0x220,  5, 1, 1, No, Yes
22Device003   =  Sound Blaster 16        , 0xe015, 0x220,  5, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
23Device004   =  Sound Blaster AWE32     , 0xe015, 0x220,  5, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
24Device005   =  Ensoniq SoundScape      , 0xe01d, 0x330, -1, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
25Device006   =  Microsoft Sound System  , 0xe00b, 0x530, -1, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
26Device007   =  Pro Audio Spectrum 16   , 0xe003, 0x388, 7, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
27Device008   =  Gravis UltraSound       , 0xe023, 0x220, 11, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
28Device009   =  Gravis UltraSound Max   , 0xe027, 0x220, 11, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
29Device010   =  ESS AudioDrive          , 0xe019, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, No, No
30Device011   =  Roland RAP-10           , 0xe021, 0x330,  9, 5, 1, No, No
31Device012   =  Toptek Golden 16        , 0xe00b, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
32Device013   =  Thunderboard            , 0xe000, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, No, No
33Device014   =  Adlib Gold              , 0xe009, 0x388, -1, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
34Device015   =  NewMedia .WAVJammer     , 0xe02b, -1, -1, -1, 1, Yes, Yes
35Device016   =  I/O Magic Tempo         , 0xe02f, 0x38c, 11, -1, 1, Yes, Yes
36Device017   =  ARIA Chipset            , 0xe000, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, No, No
37Device018   =  Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16  , 0xe000, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
38Device019   =  Reveal FX/32            , 0xe01d, 0x330, -1, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
39
40
41[DETECTION]
42DeviceOrder =  7, 8, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16
43
44#  < name >, < ID >, < MIDI Type >
45[MIDI]
46Device000   =  Keine MIDI Karte        , -1    , 0
47
48# < Default >, < Port >, ....
49[MIDISETTINGS]
50Device000   =  1, -1

The second game, Arnie Goes 4 Gold is a promotional game for an Austrian Bank from 1994.

I wasn't able to find a way to edit the soundsettings for this game, tried different settings of soundblaster but the game wouldn't play a single note (neither MIDI nor Digital).

I hope some of you experts can help me here, as games without any sound or music just aren't the same.

Greets

Strainer

Last edited by Strainer on 2010-10-12, 16:37. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 3, by Myloch

Posted on 2010-10-12, 16:31

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Did u used correct dma irq... from config file?

Last edited by Myloch on 2010-10-12, 16:40. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 2 of 3, by Strainer

Posted on 2010-10-12, 16:38

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Thanks, all references removed.

Reply 3 of 3, by Jorpho

Posted on 2010-10-12, 19:33

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The DOSBox Sound Blaster IRQ is 7.

Change the appropriate lines in the configuration file to something like

1Device001   =  Sound Blaster           , 0xe000, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, No, No
2Device002   =  Sound Blaster Pro       , 0xe001, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, No, Yes
3Device003   =  Sound Blaster 16        , 0xe015, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, Yes, Yes
4Device004   =  Sound Blaster AWE32     , 0xe015, 0x220,  7, 1, 1, Yes, Yes

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