Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2022-04-22, 08:00

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Have you tried running it in FreeDOS? I haven't as I don't have FreeDOS bootable anymore. I do have FreeDOS installation on my drive and am using programs and tools from there. When I was referring to running in Windows vs in DOS, I meant Windows 98 SE OEM booting into graphics shell vs stopping at …

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Re: Sound issues with Westwood Studios games on a G41 machine

Posted on 2022-03-03, 07:06

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May I ask if anyone has any luck with resolving this? I tried experimenting with using drivers from other Westwood games but that did not help (did not "just work" in the first place). Which other games do you recommens trying? I was using dmkit 310 for testing on the same machine successfully and …

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Re: Dreamblaster S2 - MT32 mode

Posted on 2022-02-25, 19:26

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So you should try a game that is known to use only the default instruments: I realize the list isn't of your making, but the owner really ought to remove Legend of Kyrandia, which sends an entire bank of 64 custom timbres. Most of these are indeed related to sound-effects, but that usage is pretty …

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Re: Sound issues with Westwood Studios games on a G41 machine

Posted on 2022-02-25, 19:25

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After a few months I have tried Kyrandia 1 with SB Audigy 1 on a similar machine and am getting the same result. By this time, I am starting to hope that a combination of a different version of audio driver (e.g. from a later Westeood game) and runnning with a debugger may point towards a fix for …

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Re: COD (Doom DOS port)

Posted on 2022-01-06, 13:20

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Pardon the bump, but could this thread be renamed please. COD is a thing, and I dont want to cause any confusion with the Doom source port for DOS named Tartar which builds on COD legacy that this thread describes. Edit: Thanks for the update.

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Re: COD (Doom DOS port)

Posted on 2021-12-22, 05:35

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The port only incorporates platform specific code from MBF and then specifically from Gerwin's MBF 2.0.4. It is an Eternity Engine 3.29 fork.

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Re: COD (Doom DOS port)

Posted on 2021-12-21, 09:29

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Hey, @DosFreak Just a heads up this port has been given a name to distinguish it from COD proper by Joel Murdoch, and underline the fact that it treats itself as a generic purpose source port. The name is Tartar and description is now available in documents bundled with source code: https://gitlab. …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-11-09, 13:51

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Hi, @gerwin I was experimenting with building an early (historic) DOS beta version of EE against your modified liballegro, and then went on to replace platform-specific code for video and audio with your VESA code and allegro sound routines. Was amazed to find that a rather straightforward exercise …

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2021-09-12, 18:26

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Hi all. Wanted to share my experience with GoG distros of Interplay classic Star Trek games (both are green on the spreadsheet). 25th Anniversary I was able to install and run without burning an image, using SHSUCDHD instead. To install to non-C drive I had to follow default installer options and …

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2021-08-23, 14:12

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Hello. Sharing my experience with titles from my GoG library that I haven't noticed in the linked spreadsheet. DOS games only. - X-Wing and Tie Fighter just worked. I think need EMS. - X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM and Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM worked after mounting the image. Tie I have actually …

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Re: Win9x + VDMSound **ALPHA**

Posted on 2021-08-18, 11:53

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Well, I was trying VDMSound for MIDI specifically to route game's GM into one of Windows 98 MIDI devices using an updated build from this thread (packaged by @Deemster I think). It has not worked for me, neither with SB Audigy 1 VxD nor with Vortex 1. Issues you are describing sound different, so …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-08-17, 15:58

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Stopping by to say thank you to @gerwin and @crvs for the updated port. I have been trying out various DOS ports fromSMMU to Doom Legacy to more exotic stuff like Steve's Boom or Caves of Despair Eternity Engine build. With the ICH7 machines I have been running original games worked very nice, but …

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Re: DUNE II : Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support ?

Posted on 2021-08-17, 15:39

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@vorob, when you write "lost all but sound" - do you mean you are getting speech in the intro when not trying to configure GM or MT-32? If you are not getting speech at all no matter what you select in the settings, bear in mind that Dune II needs XMS for digitized effects, so you may want to see if …

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Re: Contraptions by Sierra/Dynamix

Posted on 2021-08-17, 15:34

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Actually this one: https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/return-of-the-incredible-machine-contraptions Well, maybe I shouldn't have used Windows 98 to run it in the first place but my perception was it was a pretty ancient Windows game. Once I get Windows 10 installed on the PC will try and see if …

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Contraptions by Sierra/Dynamix

Posted on 2021-08-16, 20:34

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Contraptions is a Windows 9x era remake of the Incredible Machine and I have just recently pulled a 2000s re-release of the subj from a box of CDs in my storage room in hopes that my retro-gaming machine that runs Windows 98 could allow playing it with my kid. Unfortunately the game would keep …

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Tie Fighter CD (original) GoG release in DOS with General MIDI

Posted on 2021-08-16, 20:21

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Was trying subj out on a reasonably powerful PC with MPU-401/SBPro configuration in real DOS and Windows 98SE (i.e. not via DosBOX). The immediate result I got was game seemingly hanging after DOS4GW banner. However this was not the first Star Wars game I was having similar issues. The other one was …

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Sound issues with Westwood Studios games on a G41 machine

Posted on 2021-08-13, 10:39

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I am in the process of finalizing my G41 build for DOS (pure DOS and Win98) retro gaming, and have recetly been going through testing how games in my collection run. I am particularly fond of early to mid 90s Westwood Studios games, and to my rather unpleasant surprise these are the ones giving me …

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Re: Yamaha YMF744 on G41/ICH7 - is this possible?

Posted on 2021-08-09, 21:30

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Hello. I am running a G41/ICH7 machine with a YMF744B-R card and would like to ask for advice and help on Westwood Studios games. While FM and MIDI work fine, I am unable to get digitized samples work correctly at all. I can hear sound and speech, but it gets cut off (Lands of Lore Talkie) and …

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Re: Using Yamaha the YMF744 under DOS without legacy/ISA addressing

Posted on 2021-04-17, 22:22

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Removed my previous post, as the questions I guess I could have answered on my own by rereading the thread with attention. @stainlesscat does your research translate to (in layman's terms) that for MBs with modern chipsets legacy IO ports are in fact emulated by dedicated controller that allows hw …

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Re: ADLjack 1.0.0 release, OPL3 and OPN2 synthesizer

Posted on 2020-07-13, 09:54

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Dear @jpcima - could you please explain which version allows -v option to set volume on Windows and if -a on Windows allows to specify loopMIDI from the start? I had no luck with -h option neither in cmd.exe no via start adlrt -h from cmd, so not sure about these and other options...

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