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I've got some problems with DOS games

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First post, by NitroX infinity

Posted on 2014-05-10, 16:16

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I've got some problems with games in DOS.
(Boot > F8 > MS-DOS; Win98se installation)

1) Carmageddon < SOLVED
I've got the UK version (zombies with green blood) with the DOS and Win95 versions on the cd.
The problem with the DOS version is that the cutscenes won't play. The first frame shows, but then it stops. Skippable with the ESC button. Could it have to do with not having a soundcard installed?
*Solved; Carmageddon's sound setup selected the wrong chips.

2) Sento/Creep Clash.
The installer says it needs 8MiB of RAM. I've got 64MiB installed. Maybe there's something configured wrong or missing in my autoexec.bat/config.sys files?

My system;
Windows 98se
AOpen AX59Pro
Pentium 166 @100MHz
64MiB PC133 SDR-SDRAM
S3 Trio64V+ 2MiB PCI
120GiB HDD
52x CD-Drive
FDD.

My Config.sys;

1NUMLOCK=OFF
2BREAK=ON
3DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
4FILESHIGH=40
5FCBSHIGH=1,0
6BUFFERSHIGH=30,0
7LASTDRIVEHIGH=J
8STACKSHIGH=9,256
9COUNTRY=031,437,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS
10DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /V
11DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM /MIN=0 I=B000-B7FF /V
12DEVICEHIGH /L:2=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
13DEVICEHIGH /L:2=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\CD1.SYS /D:MSCD000
14DEVICEHIGH /L:2=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
15DEVICEHIGH /L:2=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
16SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\ /E:1024 /P

My Autoexec.bat;

1@ECHO OFF
2LH /L:2 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /E /S /L:D /V
3LH /L:0,2 /S C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SMARTDRV 2048 16 /V
4C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MODE CON RATE=32 DELAY=2
5C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MODE CON CP PREP=((437) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EGA.CPI)
6C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MODE CON CP SEL=437
7LH /L:2 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\KEYB DK,437,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\KEYBOARD.SYS
8LH /L:2 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MOUSE\AMOUSE
9LH /L:2 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY /INSERT
10PROMPT $p$g
11PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
12SET DIRCMD=/P /A
13SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
14SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

Got the majority of this from http://madsenworld.dk/con_auto/index-uk.htm

Does anyone have some ideas? I'm not at home in DOS and especially not in config.sys and autoexec.bat.

Last edited by NitroX infinity on 2014-05-11, 14:24. Edited 3 times in total.

Reply 1 of 5, by Sammy

Posted on 2014-05-10, 17:09

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Yes if you Don't have any Soundcard selected the Videos in Carmageddon will stop after some frames.

Reply 2 of 5, by NitroX infinity

Posted on 2014-05-10, 17:14

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Okay, good to know. Good thing I have some old soundcards laying around. I just hope they work 😁

Reply 3 of 5, by leileilol

Posted on 2014-05-10, 19:58

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It's not so unusual for inhouse video playback code to sync to sound buffers

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Reply 4 of 5, by Mau1wurf1977

Posted on 2014-05-10, 21:37

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Some games have issues with too much RAM. It's one reason why I use and recommend going with 16 MB for Socket 7 DOS gaming PCs. There are ways to limit memory through Software, but I would try with a small memory stick first.

Also the game might want XMS or EMS. The readme file might offer more clues.

Your config files look a bit messy. Did you use MEMMAKER or something like that?

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Reply 5 of 5, by NitroX infinity

Posted on 2014-05-10, 22:56

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No, I got it all from that link.

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