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Help with DosBox and Test Drive II

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First post, by GtiRacing

Posted on 2007-07-08, 17:48

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Hi I recently downloaded Test Drive III. As it needs a floppy, and i don't have one, im using DOSBox with the game, but the Sound is UGLY! I've tryed everything related to frameskip and cpu cycles but no solution. I've also modified sblaster as False, Tandy as False, Disney as False and PC Speaker as True in DOSBox.conf but my Speakers still emulating the sound, not the PC Speaker as i wanted. If anybody knows how can i get good sound with my speakers or ps speaker please help me!!!

Thanks!

NOTE: THE GAME DOESN?T WORK WITH VDMSOUND

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Reply 1 of 9, by MiniMax

Posted on 2007-07-08, 18:46

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I don't think DOSBox will use your real speaker, unless you somehow manage to convince Windows(?) that the PC-speaker is your default sound device.

Reply 2 of 9, by red_avatar

Posted on 2007-07-08, 19:46

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I thought the PC speaker emulation was pretty accurate? Actually less metallic than the real thing so it grates less.

Reply 3 of 9, by 5u3

Posted on 2007-07-08, 19:57

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Did you select PC speaker sound in the setup program that comes with the game?

Reply 4 of 9, by leileilol

Posted on 2007-07-08, 20:02

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red_avatar wrote:
I thought the PC speaker emulation was pretty accurate?

Nope. Play Commander Keen 1-3 if you want to hear how inaccurate the pc speaker sounds.

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Reply 5 of 9, by GtiRacing

Posted on 2007-07-08, 20:54

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No setup progeam comes with the game. The game executable is td2ega! OH AND IM SORRY THE PROBLEM IS WITH TEST DRIVE II THE DUEL!!!

Reply 6 of 9, by rcblanke

Posted on 2007-07-08, 21:16

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Confirmed, the same issue as for TD1 and Grand Prix: The Cycles. The engine noise does not sound as I remember it to.

Reply 7 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2007-07-08, 23:37

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Confirmed as well for Test Drive. The engine sound effect sounds weird.

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Reply 8 of 9, by rcblanke

Posted on 2007-07-16, 08:47

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12007-07-15 18:36  c2woody
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3	* src/hardware/pcspeaker.cpp: fix some pcspeaker mode
4	  (high-frequency reloading); fixes Test Drive/Grand Prix Cycles
5	  and similar

Awesome, thank you wd!!

Reply 9 of 9, by abyss

Posted on 2007-07-20, 13:12

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The pc speaker sounds are slightly off. I played jazz 1 on dosbox on the 500 mhz computer and for fun tried it on a 100 mhz computer with windows 95 and the program running on windows mode with pc speaker sounds and it sounds a bit different.

I personally prefer the dosbox pc speaker. You should use it on doom 1.
You can download a shareware version of the game. It sounds great with pc speaker.

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