First post, by HunterZ
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- l33t++
Just wanted to report that I got Impulse Tracker working fine under WinXP+VDMSound+update1+launchpad. The *only* problem I noticed was that the sound was noticably delayed behind the pattern display when playing a song. I was able to reduce this lag a bit by reducing the DMA polling period (reducing the buffer length didn't seem to have as much of an effect)
Oh, I also had to hit alt+enter to go full-screen because it tweaks the text-mode characters to make a pseudo-graphical interface.
Insufficient memory errors can be avoided by increasing EMS.
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UPDATE: (posted as an EDIT instead of a new post just for Snover! :p )
I walked someone else (with a faster computer) through setting up IT to run with Win2k+VDMSound+update1+LaunchPad, and it works for her too. I redid my configuration in the process of walking her through it and found out that having IT start full-screen (via the vesa option) causes the music to be choppy, but starting it in a window and then hitting alt+enter to go full-screen results in smooth sound. Weird huh?
Also, I tried reducing lag by using the Wave Mapper instead of DirectSound for SB emulation (and it seems to help), but when I quit IT, it freezes with a blank screen and a text-mode mouse cursor, so I have to flip back to Windows and kill it. Not sure what's going on there.