Have you considered using WinQuake? It's essentially the same as the DOS Quake engine, just on Windows.

So why don't you just set the Blaster environment variable?
The setup routine for the Vortex 2 should insert a line similar to the following in autoexec.bat:
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4
If this is missing you can do that yourself, possibly after adjusting the values.

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

Have you considered using WinQuake? It's essentially the same as the DOS Quake engine, just on Windows.

VQuake is also DOS 😜

idspispopd wrote:

So why don't you just set the Blaster environment variable? The setup routine for the Vortex 2 should insert a line similar to t […]
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So why don't you just set the Blaster environment variable?
The setup routine for the Vortex 2 should insert a line similar to the following in autoexec.bat:
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4
If this is missing you can do that yourself, possibly after adjusting the values.

Its already set.

MrEWhite wrote:

But on Quake when I start it up in DOS I get the error "The Blaster environment variable is not set, sound effects are disabled.

What does the sound setup for Quake look like?
Does it allow you to choose IRQ, DMA, etc., or is detection supposed to be "automatic"?

Could the game be having trouble detecting SET BLASTER settings because
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4
is different from more typical ISA Soundblaster card settings like
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 T6
or
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

skitters wrote:

What does the sound setup for Quake look like? Does it allow you to choose IRQ, DMA, etc., or is detection supposed to be "autom […]
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MrEWhite wrote:

But on Quake when I start it up in DOS I get the error "The Blaster environment variable is not set, sound effects are disabled.

What does the sound setup for Quake look like?
Does it allow you to choose IRQ, DMA, etc., or is detection supposed to be "automatic"?

Could the game be having trouble detecting SET BLASTER settings because
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4
is different from more typical ISA Soundblaster card settings like
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 T6
or
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

Its automatic, and my sound set up is " A220 I5 D3 T4" tried adding the H5 line in there, it did nothing.

Vortex2 drivers can't set the BLASTER variable properly. They produce something like this:

1SET BLASTER = A240 I5 D3 T4

(notice the superfluous spaces before and after the equal sign)

when it really should look like this:

1SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4

Adjust the line in autoexec.bat, reboot and it should work.

5u3 wrote:

Vortex2 drivers can't set the BLASTER variable properly. They produce something like this: […]
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Vortex2 drivers can't set the BLASTER variable properly. They produce something like this:

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1SET BLASTER = A240 I5 D3 T4

(notice the superfluous spaces before and after the equal sign)

when it really should look like this:

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1SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4

Adjust the line in autoexec.bat, reboot and it should work.

This fixed it, thanks!

Also another issue not related with the sound, running in 1280x1024 and I get in water it crashes with this error: http://i.imgur.com/fi0xxxC.jpg is there a way to fix it?
Also for resolutions higher than 640x480 when I have the menu open, the performance takes a huge hit. But in 1280x1024 the menu doesn't produce any slow down. Is the supposed to happen?

r_waterwarp 0

leileilol wrote:

r_waterwarp 0

But da water warp is beautiful ;-;
Fixed it by updating to Quake 1.08.

MrEWhite wrote:

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

Have you considered using WinQuake? It's essentially the same as the DOS Quake engine, just on Windows.

VQuake is also DOS 😜

I never mentioned anything about VQuake. 🤣

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

MrEWhite wrote:

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

Have you considered using WinQuake? It's essentially the same as the DOS Quake engine, just on Windows.

VQuake is also DOS 😜

I never mentioned anything about VQuake. 🤣

Sorry then 😜

5u3 wrote:

Vortex2 drivers can't set the BLASTER variable properly. They produce something like this: […]
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Vortex2 drivers can't set the BLASTER variable properly. They produce something like this:

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1SET BLASTER = A240 I5 D3 T4

(notice the superfluous spaces before and after the equal sign)

when it really should look like this:

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1SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 T4

Adjust the line in autoexec.bat, reboot and it should work.

To be fair to anyone who's encountered this problem, you'd expect the interpreter to ignore any unnecessary spaces (I know I'd expect it), so it's not surprising that MrEWhite didn't pick up on it.

It's example 884,343,217,324,004,221 of the law "Don't take anything for granted when trying to solve a PC related problem"!