First post, by Colchek
I've been wrangling with this problem since I found DosBox, and I'm hoping someone out there might hold the key to fixing it. 😀
The scenario:
Every single Sierra game I've played (which includes the other SCI games like Space Quest IV & V, Police Quest III, Police Quest I remake, etc) runs perfectly. Fast, smooth, and no sound problems at all. Except for Quest For Glory III. In this game, it runs fast, it's smooth, music plays fine, but there are no sound effects whatsoever. As a test, I tried it with VDMSound, and although the gameplay there was extremely choppy, the sound effects did play. Since DosBox runs it a lot better, I'd like to get it working here if at all possible.
Here is what I have tried to fix it:
First version of DosBox I had was .61. I tried .62 when it came out, then .63. Neither helped. For kicks I tried .58, same thing. In the DosBox config file, I've tried upping the memory, setting it to a higher cycle count when it starts (14000 runs best on my PC), tried different settings of Soundblasters, disabled EMS and XMS, then tried with one on and the other off, tried different CPU cores, and tried disabling other sound emulations.
I've also tried an alternate copy of the game, same situation.
Needless to say, I'm at a loss here. What bugs me the most is that the other games from around the same time period run perfectly. For reference, my PC's specs are a P4 3Ghz HT, 1 GB RAM, Ati Radeon 9800 128MB, and onboard 5.1 sound. (Had to cut a corner somewhere to get it in under budget. 😁 )
Any ideas?