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Disable sound in DOS?

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First post, by RintaDev

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I am playing games in FreeDOS (SimAnt) and whenever I launch the game I have to turn off sound and music again. Is there a way to avoid this like turning off the speaker altogether?

Reply 1 of 6, by LSS10999

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RintaDev wrote on 2023-07-27, 00:23:

I am playing games in FreeDOS (SimAnt) and whenever I launch the game I have to turn off sound and music again. Is there a way to avoid this like turning off the speaker altogether?

I'm not sure about the detail. Does the game play sound/music over PC speaker?

If the speaker is directly connected to the motherboard 4-pin header then I don't think it's simple. If you have an ISA sound card with a PC speaker input header, I think you can connect your motherboard's PC speaker output to the sound card, and control this through your sound card's mixer program.

Reply 2 of 6, by konc

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If you generally don't want the speaker you can unplug it from most motherboards.
Also search if the game has any command-line parameters to start without sound.

Reply 3 of 6, by matze79

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Sim ant has Option for disabling effects and music in its menu ?

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Reply 4 of 6, by Kalle

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Open simant.cfg with an editor and change "Sound Mode" to 0, that should silence it.

Reply 5 of 6, by Jo22

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SimAnt also supports Covox, so you can use an external parallel port dongle for SFX.. 😃
I just mention it, because I once made a video about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrYNfFUPz0

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 6 of 6, by RintaDev

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Kalle wrote on 2023-07-27, 19:00:

Open simant.cfg with an editor and change "Sound Mode" to 0, that should silence it.

This worked perfectly! Thanks!