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Heretic series sound problems on dosbox

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First post, by razielsoulshadow

Posted on 2008-12-07, 04:43

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I can't seem to get sound working on hexen or heretic. I've tried editing parts of the dosbox.conf and even searched the web for commands that might help, but so far nothing. I'm running vista, on a laptop but i can't get any sound at all. I do know that there isn't anything wrong with the programs themselves, as there is sound when they are being installed. If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 10, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-12-07, 04:52

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Did you run the setup program for Heretic?

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Reply 2 of 10, by razielsoulshadow

Posted on 2008-12-07, 05:15

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Thanks, it's mostly working now. I forgot to do setup again after I re-installed the game trying to get it to work before I found DOSBox. However, all of the sound effects come a full second after they should. Any ideas?

Reply 3 of 10, by wildweasel

Posted on 2008-12-07, 08:28

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Try messing with the blocksize in your dosbox.conf - specifically, lowering it a little. Don't lower it too much though or you'll start getting stutters.

Reply 4 of 10, by leileilol

Posted on 2008-12-07, 15:33

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also set the rates to 48000

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Reply 5 of 10, by Lofty

Posted on 2008-12-07, 20:02

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Might be better to use one of the Windows ports anyway. IIRC Doomsday will run Heretic and Hexen although I'm not sure if it works on Vista.

Reply 6 of 10, by wd

Posted on 2008-12-07, 20:23

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Though windows ports aren't too useful for non-windows people. Besides
that i've never had any problem with sound in heretic/hexen games.

Reply 7 of 10, by razielsoulshadow

Posted on 2008-12-07, 21:39

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Alright, it seems to be working now. Lowering the blocksize attribute fixed the lag. Thanks for all your help, everyone.

Reply 8 of 10, by Lofty

Posted on 2008-12-08, 17:35

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wd wrote:
Though windows ports aren't too useful for non-windows people. Besides
that i've never had any problem with sound in heretic/hexen games.

Of course not, but he said he was using Vista. 😀

Reply 9 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2008-12-08, 17:40

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Reply 10 of 10, by wd

Posted on 2008-12-08, 19:04

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Of course not, but he said he was using Vista.

The comment was of general nature if you re-read it.

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