Reply 240 of 406, by Bondi
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KormaX wrote on 2023-02-20, 17:43:Bondi wrote on 2023-02-20, 16:56:Blood works fine on my laptop. As well as other build games. I load just a XMS memory manager (himemx.exe or himem.sys) and disa […]
KormaX wrote on 2023-02-20, 16:30:This is a very powerful project. I tested the previous test version with many games and a few other programs and the results are […]
This is a very powerful project. I tested the previous test version with many games and a few other programs and the results are the same as the other DOS'ers said: the project is very promising, does something nothing actually did before (as far as I know). Some games that find the sound card a funny way, doesn't find your interface, a problem also present in many existing resident drivers for many sound cards. I don't know if it can be fixed. Here are my experiences:
Prehistorik: If it doesn't crash, it works.
Prehistorik 2: Doesn't seem to find it. Also it crushes or freezes or runs with an uncontrollable way. Basically does as it likes.
Warcraft 2: The installer finds it and 'Your sound card works perfectly', but the game crushes.
Volfied: behaves as if no sound card were present.
Monkey Island: Doesn't see it.
Monkey Island 2: Doesn't see the sound blaster, but sees the AdLib.
Blood: The installer doesn't see the card. If I forcefully add a config file with the correct setup, the game cries that the card is not present.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Works.
Flashback: Works.
Superfrog: Freezes.
AdLib Tracker 2: Freezes
Snes9x: Freezes
ZSNES: Freezes
WWF Wrestlemania: The installer installs the card perfectly, but the game crushes with cryptic error messages in order to summon Cthulhu, without the option to take back control until reboot. If I load the executable with DOS32A, you can take the control back as I remember.Also, could you please compile the proper version of JEMM386 together with JEMMEX as an alternative? I would like to try it with other XMS providers, also, once your project reaches maturity, it would be useful if it could be loaded on runtime (with LOADSYS, for example) and JEMM386 only refuses to load if an EMS server is present, while JEMMEX refuses to load even if an XMS server is present.
Regards:
KormaXBlood works fine on my laptop. As well as other build games. I load just a XMS memory manager (himemx.exe or himem.sys) and disable real mode support (/RM0 switch). I think it worked with qemm too.
Warcraft 2 behaves similarly.
Also tried Screamer - cards detects fine, and the intro starts with sound, but then crashes.I don't get it. If JEMMEX finds an XMS driver, it refuses to load. The newest, pre-release version of JEMMEX is required for SBEMU to work as QPIEMU.DLL is a JEMM386 module. How can you combine JEMMEX with an external XMS server (I use XMGR + UMBPCI, bythe way). Also, I did not know there is an /RM0 switch for SBEMU, but I'm gonna try it immediately.
I didn't use JEMM386 at all.