Can't get it to work with MT-32 (blank screen in Hero's Quest) \ VOGONS

Can't get it to work with MT-32 (blank screen in Hero's Quest)

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First post, by ocdmonkey

Posted on 2022-02-21, 19:50

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I've been trying to get this to work for a while now, but I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. No matter what I do, when I launch Hero's Quest I just get a black screen with a mouse cursor, where it was working fine before I reconfigured it to expect an MT-32 using the install program. SoftMPU seems to say it's working perfectly fine based on its output on startup. I'm using this with a Sound Blaster 16 (I believe a CT2290).

Thanks in advance for any help!

Here's my autoexec.bat:

1@ECHO OFF
2:
3: DOS Stuff
4:
5
6PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS
7SET LMOUSE=C:\DRIVERS\MOUSE
8SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
9SET TMP=C:\TEMP
10SET DIRCMD=/P /A
11loadhigh C:\DOS\DOSKEY /INSERT
12loadhigh MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /v
13
14:
15: Mouse Drivers
16:
17
18C:\DRIVERS\MOUSE\CLOAKING.EXE
19C:\DRIVERS\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
20rem loadhigh c:\dos\mouse.com
21
22:
23: Soundblaster
24:
25
26SET SOUND=C:\DRIVERS\SB16
27SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
28SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
29C:\DRIVERS\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S
30C:\DRIVERS\SB16\SB16SET /P /Q
31
32loadhigh c:\drivers\softmpu /SB:220 /IRQ:5 /MPU:330
33
34PROMPT $p$g

And here's my config.sys:

1; Main DOS config
2
3DOS=HIGH,UMB
4FILES=40
5
6; Memory
7
8DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /v /TESTMEM:OFF
9DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
10
11; Soundblaster
12
13DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\SB16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5
14DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\SB16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
15
16; Misc Drivers
17
18DEVICEHIGH /L:1 = C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
19DEVICEHIGH /L:1 = C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,2)
20DEVICEHIGH = C:\DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14 /P:170,15 /P:1E8,12 /P:168,10
21STACKS=9,256

Reply 1 of 2, by jesolo

Posted on 2022-02-21, 22:30

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Hardware specifications? Your CPU might be too fast.

Reply 2 of 2, by ocdmonkey

Posted on 2022-02-22, 19:40

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Ok, I feel kinda dumb now. I forgot to change which computer it was plugged into. Once I had it plugged into the right one it was on that black screen for what felt like forever, but the midi message light was blinking and after a while it worked just fine. Only thing now is that the volume seems inconsistent? like, the intro music was super quiet but the death music was loud. I'm not sure if that's just how it was programmed or if I'm doing something wrong but just felt I'd mention it.

And, for the record, the CPU is an AMD 486, I forget the exact model.

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