I used to play Tie Fighter (floppy version) with VDMSound - no problems at all, so try it.

I'll try it. I love DosBox though. We must get EVERYTHING to work in DosBox.

Thats strange - i have tie fighter too, and can play it under dosbox (im using 0.61). If u like - i posted my conf-file in the "sc & joystick"- topic - just above yours i have only one problem, : ive got a 1800+ and 9600 pro with 768 mb ram, and the game runs real slow when i play a mission (50% of normal speed @ 12000 cycles)

i mean : not above, but you will find it 😀 - its called "Problems with SC & Joystick"

I've tried it with VDM Sound and I get the same error. This leads me to believe my wonderful copy of Tie Fighter has finally deteriorated from being copied from hard drive to hard drive before being put to CD.

CENSORED by mirekluza: DO NOT EVER AGAIN ASK HERE FOR THE FULL GAME !!!

Woah... I only asked if you guys would mind if I asked for the full game. But I guess that answers my question.

My mission directory is empty. Is it meant to be? If so, does anybody know which file could be defective?

Problem is, there are alot of files, some as small as 14 bytes. Narrowing down which one is the problem could take a while. Can someone post how big each file is meant to be and all the file name? Just remember I have the floppy disk version with the expansion.

Nomad -> Did you use VDMSound before? I suggest using version 2.1.0beta. After installation and restarting system go into Tie directory. Right-click on setmuse.exe and click 'Run with VDMSound', default configuration was OK for me. In Tie setup I chose Express setup. It detected and tested my soundcard properly. After exiting setup right-click on tie.exe, click 'Run with VDMSound', choose default configuration, check 'Add shortcut to desktop'. Now you can run your game by clicking desktop shortcut or tie.vlp file situated in game's directory.
If this will not help then maybe really some of your files are corrupted.

"I've tried it with VDM Sound and I get the same error. This leads me to believe my wonderful copy of Tie Fighter has finally deteriorated from being copied from hard drive to hard drive before being put to CD."

Yes, I used VDM Sound 2.1.0beta and I get the same error. Thus, I conclude my copy must be corrupt.

I have discovered the reason Tie Fighter is not working for me is because I do not have the mission files. Somehow I lost them when I copied them to CD years and years ago.

Can someone email me mission files b1m1fm.Tie - b10****.Tie (don't know what it is called)? Basically everything in the mission folder.

Even the file names of what is in that folder would be useful.

here a list of the files i have n my tie-fighter directory (without the addons)

maybe it helps you a bit -> if you have the proper joystick configuration file for Strike Commander (joya.dat) - could you post it in my thread ???