Dark Forces does not allow you to use the SB16 without autodetecting the IRQ and DMA channels, there is no option to set these manually even if you manually selected an SB16 sound card. Moreover, during most of the time from 0.65 to 0.71 the autodetect would think the SB16 that DOSBox emulates by …

I have the same problems when manually setting the card as well. Even manually setting the card in 0.71 to SB16 continued to cause crashes, only letting the autodetect choose SB16 made things stable. Same thing with 0.72. Disabling the Gravis and letting the autodetect choose SB16 is the only thing …

Thought I'd update this with new info. The problem seems to be sound related. For all releases of DOSBox since 0.65, I'd never been able to get the auto-detect sound options to correctly identify the SB16. DF's setup utility always thought I had a Gravis Ultrasound. Having run out of options, I …

Mine's a legit copy from the original release. I still have the manual and everything. Wish I'd saved the box though, that would be a nice memento to have. Ah well.

Thanks ChickenLover, nice to know my install isn't the only one being quirky. That's the same problem I have. Thanks, too, for following up on this DosFreak. The Cheat Codes for the two levels I've had issues on are LADTENTION and LAFUELSTAT. I play on Hard difficulty, no active cheat codes ( …

Tried normal core instead of auto. Worse performance and unfortunately the problem persisted. By various sound combinations, I meant only that. Change what sound card DOSBox emulates (SB16, SBPro, SB2, Gravis Ultrasound) and the sound card Dark Forces uses to match. Also tried letting Dark Forces …

Ever since the release of DOSBox 0.65 Dark Forces has been incessantly crashing on two levels. DOSBox 0.63 continues to work fine, but it is far less efficient so I'd much rather get it working in 0.71. I've tried various sound combinations, reinstalling Dark Forces, and any other tweaks I know of, …

With the new (to me) release of DOSBox 0.65, I thought I'd go back and replay Dark Forces, my favorite DOS game ever. But when I hit Detention Center I got a DOSBox crash shortly into the level. The same thing happened in Fuel Station (several times). I went back to DOSBox 0.63 to test and had no …