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First post, by escarioth

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Ive been struggling with the warcraft serie for some time.
the game works in win95, no problem.

but if i try to run it in Ms-dos, it WONT detect anything about my sound card
wich is : CT2950 - Creative Sound Blaster 16 Value PnP
my config is :

AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6

CONFIG.SYS
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**there's nothing about my sound card in there, autoexec.bat only**

i would say that around 95% of my games running on my ms-dos dont have any problems.
warcraft 1 , warcraft II are the ones who wont accept.

ah, and also dungeon keeper. Same problem.

anyone had that problem once and found a solution ?
thanks 😀

Last edited by escarioth on 2017-08-07, 00:16. Edited 1 time in total.

even if they're old....those old dos games are still the best!!!

Reply 1 of 6, by Errius

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WC1 and WC2 run well on my DOS machine with a SB16. The lines I am using are:

[CONFIG.SYS]

DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]

SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S

I haven't tried Dungeon Keeper in DOS.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 3 of 6, by RJDog

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escarioth wrote:

CONFIG.SYS
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**there's nothing about my sound card in there, autoexec.bat only**

I would say that you almost certainly need the CTCM device driver line in your config.sys, as Errius has, and possibly the DIAGNOSE command in autoexec.bat as well. This sets up the PnP values. I am actually a little surprised other DOS programs work fine without it...

Reply 4 of 6, by dr_st

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RJDog wrote:

I would say that you almost certainly need the CTCM device driver line in your config.sys, as Errius has, and possibly the DIAGNOSE command in autoexec.bat as well. This sets up the PnP values. I am actually a little surprised other DOS programs work fine without it...

Yes, I'm surprised as well; however you don't necessarily need it in CONFIG.SYS. CTCM is an application that can be run from AUTOEXEC.BAT.

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Reply 5 of 6, by escarioth

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ok then 😀
ive read a bit about it.

ill try the setver trick since im running win95 just when i really need it.
thanks ill go try if its working

even if they're old....those old dos games are still the best!!!

Reply 6 of 6, by escarioth

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....damn.... 😈

ive been trying to figure out what was wrong for so long.
Warcraft ...warcraft 2...name it....its all working 😳

im so happy 😀 thank you very much to all of you.
i was wondering why it was only detecting a sound blaster compatible...still it was working...
now i can change the setup of all my games the right way ! 😀

at last, ill be able to sleep
(been thinking about this and how to find a way for DAYS @_@)

even if they're old....those old dos games are still the best!!!

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