Originally posted by Tom Your right that working natively in Win 2K freezes on my system before I get to the music selection screen.
Ok. Not good. That seems to imply an OS-level incompatibility.
Are you able to get the mouse working correctly?
Yes, it's fine in XP.
What should I do? Go to a different version of DosBox? Try different settings with VDMS?
Well I'd prefer if another 2000 user could jump in and test this as well. I have no idea why it would seize up in 2K, but not XP. Changing VDMSound settings at this point is probably useless, as it appears to be an OS problem. BTW, do you have any other DOS programs that work with sound for you?
If not, try CHAMP MsPac-em from this post:
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It should run with VDMSound easily.
As for Kingmaker, at the moment, I recommend you download version 0.55 of DosBox and choose Adlib/Soundblaster, then "No Voice" at the beginning of the game.
I would not know how to begin to change settings in VDMS.
If you haven't already, install the GUI launchpad. It creates a special .VLP shortcut for each game that allows you to tweak VDMSound settings pretty easily.