Re: AdLib's 'sound.com' vs Creative's 'sb-sound.com' driver or dosbox issue ?

Posted on Yesterday, 17:16

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by ripsaw8080

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Another one for the SOUND.COM list: https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/wild-streets Not only do you not get music if the driver isn't loaded, but also no sound effects because they're done with FM. If the silence wasn't bad enough, the game just skips the Titus developer/publisher screen when it's …

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Re: AdLib's 'sound.com' vs Creative's 'sb-sound.com' driver or dosbox issue ?

Posted on 2020-09-16, 16:49

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by ripsaw8080

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The README file included with SB-SOUND.COM mentions "The Game of Harmony", and in that game the speed is the same with either driver. If it was a DOSBox issue, I'd expect consistent results. I guess the driver is not as compatible as Creative hoped, and in the case of RD2 it is noticeable. Perhaps …

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Re: Cannot stop a Turbo Basic program on DosBox

Posted on 2020-09-12, 12:57

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by ripsaw8080

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For interpreted BASICs you can probably use the Ctrl+ScrollLock combo, but for compiled BASICs there may not be such a default stop mechanism and the program needs to be coded to terminate when it sees that certain keys are pressed.

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Re: Anyone manage to play Roland MT-32 music in Albion under DosBox?

Posted on 2020-09-12, 12:51

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by ripsaw8080

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How are you changing the settings in DOSBox to switch from MT-32 to the GM synth built into Windows? In official source it's a matter of changing the midiconfig= setting to the right ID as shown by the MIXER /LISTMIDI command; but unofficial builds may differ.

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Re: Anyone manage to play Roland MT-32 music in Albion under DosBox?

Posted on 2020-09-12, 05:09

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by ripsaw8080

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MT-32-c … _computer_games In this case, check the section titled "Games that falsely claim MT-32 compatibility".

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Re: Might and Magic Book One: Secret of the InnerSanctum

Posted on 2020-09-06, 16:38

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M&M1 has a bug with its EGA display mode where it allocates a memory block that is too small for the data written into it, thus overwriting the following MCB header, and SVN catches it when the program terminates where 0.74 does not. In real DOS you get a message like "Memory allocation error, …

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Re: Little freezing bug in DOSBox SVN build

Posted on 2020-09-05, 04:23

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by ripsaw8080

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Differing rates causes internal resampling, but the freezes and buzzing sounds you mentioned seem more severe than expected results. What cycles setting are you using for the games? What OS and processor are you using to run DOSBox SVN?

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Re: Zool2 no sound, SVN at revision 4358

Posted on 2020-09-02, 20:57

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The game's sound is working for me in SVN with default settings.

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Re: Little freezing bug in DOSBox SVN build

Posted on 2020-09-02, 02:37

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It may be an issue specific to the particular game, so which one is it?

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Re: Ok, help with DOS4GW error?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 18:16

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That message is displayed when DOS4GW.EXE is run directly, which in most cases you should not do. Using Warcraft as an example, you'd run WAR.EXE and not DOS4GW.EXE to start the game. If you are not running DOS4GW.EXE directly then please give an example of a specific game you are trying to run and …

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Re: Rules of Engagement 2 IGS

Posted on 2020-08-20, 05:26

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the original patch notes for v1.08 indicate that the only thing that patch did was allow Rules of Engagement 2 to work with Breach 3. Given your description of RTLinker above I imagine they needed that code to get RoE2 and B3 linked back up. A linker does not refer to linking the games together. …

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Re: Rambo III colors are off

Posted on 2020-08-13, 11:20

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by ripsaw8080

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The colors you see are exactly what the game sets them to. Maybe the developers had glare on their monitors... The attached program will modify the game in memory to shift the colors toward black. The program is a TSR rather than a loader because it appears there is more than one way to start the …

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Re: Empire: Wargame of the Century (Interstil) F10=crash

Posted on 2020-08-10, 18:30

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Try entering this command in DOSBox before running the game: LOADFIX -25 BTW, 1000-2000 cycles is more "period correct" for a 1988 game, so try less than what you're using if other problems appear.

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Re: Win32s compatibility issues?

Posted on 2020-08-08, 22:03

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by ripsaw8080

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The infamous "DOS error 21" can often be prevented with the cputype=pentium_slow setting. Otherwise, a build of current source may work better.

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Re: How to match CPU cycles to games' intended speeds?

Posted on 2020-08-07, 17:49

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The automatic speed limiter (gameplay speed, not framerate) in Quake does not work correctly in 0.74(-3), but is fixed in SVN. "vid_wait 1" is an effective workaround, but it can limit the framerate.

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Re: "Jim Power - The Lost Dimension" cycle settings

Posted on 2020-07-31, 12:41

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by ripsaw8080

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The game's SB sound works with IRQ 5 or 7 in DOSBox.

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Re: "Jim Power - The Lost Dimension" cycle settings

Posted on 2020-07-31, 11:20

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The IRQ is the first byte in JIM.CFG, but the last byte is a modulo checksum which should be adjusted if you make changes. The game will not load the settings if the checksum is not correct. However, if the game didn't detect the IRQ when JIM.CFG is recreated then editing the config data will …

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Re: "Jim Power - The Lost Dimension" cycle settings

Posted on 2020-07-31, 08:25

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You can try deleting JIM.CFG (back it up first if you want) and letting the game recreate it.

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Re: "Jim Power - The Lost Dimension" cycle settings

Posted on 2020-07-31, 04:47

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by ripsaw8080

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Sound output stopping after a short bit of playing is typical of a misconfigured IRQ. Try configuring your SB for IRQ 5, as Jim Power seems to prefer that.

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Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)

Posted on 2020-07-31, 04:41

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It appears that it messes up when the IBM/PC multiple exceeds 99.99, as you will notice the lines that mess up have a blank there. Please keep in mind that cycles=max is not a constant speed; DOSBox is trying to calculate the needed cycles over time, so it will give varying results.

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