Re: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream no video

Posted on 2009-12-22, 17:14

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by ripsaw8080

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The game is either mis-detecting the S3 chipset, or not using it in a way that is compatible with DOSBox. However, machine=svga_et4000 or machine=svga_paradise works OK. If using machine=svga_s3, the game works if you force the use of VESA by adding a command-line parameter of "vesa". The issue is …

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Re: Why is dosbox creating "extra visual details"?

Posted on 2009-12-22, 07:27

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by ripsaw8080

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I've read that some gfx corruption can occur in the game unless you use machine=vesa_oldvbe, but that might refer to something more severe than the trail artifacts you're asking about. Are you sure the artifacts don't occur on real hardware? Perhaps system performance is a factor: the game might …

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Re: Why is dosbox creating "extra visual details"?

Posted on 2009-12-21, 11:36

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by ripsaw8080

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Have you patched Ripper to v1.05? If you haven't already done so, try running the game like: RIPPER /V /V3

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Re: a Question about commands in Dosbox

Posted on 2009-12-21, 02:18

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by ripsaw8080

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Machine type can't be changed on-the-fly, it's locked into what is in the config at startup. However, you can change the setting inside DOSBox, and write it to a config file if you choose.

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Re: 7th Guest Dos

Posted on 2009-12-18, 21:08

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by ripsaw8080

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There is a known issue with the installer for T7G that should be addressed in the next version, as Qbix pointed out. In 0.73 you can do a "loadfix -f" command before running the installer, which should prevent it from getting stuck.

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Re: Disk Serial

Posted on 2009-12-18, 19:00

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by ripsaw8080

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If you mean the volume serial number for mounted drives in DOSBox, try 0000-1234; but no guarantees since it isn't fully supported.

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Re: Wooden Ships and Iron Men Won't start

Posted on 2009-12-12, 07:54

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by ripsaw8080

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Appears to work OK with machine=svga_et4000 and machine=svga_paradise in the DOSBox conf file. With machine=svga_s3, run the game like "wsim /v" to force VESA. Might be interesting to know if it's correctly detecting and then using the S3 chipset.

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Re: "Talking Parrot" program - help?

Posted on 2009-12-11, 07:03

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by ripsaw8080

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Things don't usually go bad by themselves. Try this: rename your .conf file so DOSBox will use a default config, and you'll also have a backup of the current settings. If the default config works (it should because I don't have the problem you describe) then maybe you can try to determine what …

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Re: "Talking Parrot" program - help?

Posted on 2009-12-10, 10:07

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by ripsaw8080

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BTW, the pitch of the sound in the program changes with more or less cycles. Around 375 cycles seems to give normal pitch.

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Re: "Talking Parrot" program - help?

Posted on 2009-12-10, 08:58

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by ripsaw8080

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It's not that it expects background noise, it expects the SB to respond with the sound level, but DOSBox currently ignores the request. The hacked driver, and the proposed patch, simulate silence or no mic plugged in. Because the silence level is always below the program's lowest threshold, it will …

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Re: "Talking Parrot" program - help?

Posted on 2009-12-10, 08:06

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by ripsaw8080

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Based on the version of the program here , I hacked the driver file to make the program think it's hearing nothing. It won't respond to sound, but the parrot will randomly say things, and you can press keys to make it talk. If the DOSBox devs will consider it, one of the DSP commands can be …

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Re: DOSBox v0.73 Paradise Support

Posted on 2009-12-08, 05:30

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by ripsaw8080

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For DOS you don't really need anything fancier than good ol' DEBUG.EXE to dump a BIOS image, unless you're looking for something a little more user-friendly. Start up the DOS debugger and enter these lines, pressing ENTER after each one: r cs c000 r cx 8000 n video.rom w 0 q That will work for *most …

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Re: DOSBox v0.73 Paradise Support

Posted on 2009-12-07, 07:37

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by ripsaw8080

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You can download Qbix's 0.73 debug build for Windows here. The LDGFXROM command in the debug build loads video BIOS images.

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Re: DOSBox v0.73 Paradise Support

Posted on 2009-12-06, 17:50

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by ripsaw8080

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I tried Tracon II 2.01 with the P800 mode (that version doesn't have a 1024x768 mode for Paradise) and get the same result. Looks like a "flood fill" operation on the plane silhouette is not staying inside the border. Edit: the problem happens because the game calls INT 10/AH=0Dh to get the color of …

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Re: sanz mouse

Posted on 2009-12-05, 17:57

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by ripsaw8080

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Re: Mouse problem

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Re: Getting middle mouse button to work in Seirra games

Posted on 2009-12-01, 16:59

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by ripsaw8080

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Clicking the scroll wheel on my mouse is recognized as the 3rd button in DOSBox. I tried King's Quest 5, and the 3rd button does cause the mouse pointer to revert to the walking icon. What OS are you having the problem with? Maybe there is an SDL issue on your platform...

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Re: Constant FM sound effects

Posted on 2009-11-23, 21:29

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by ripsaw8080

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Only the devs know for sure, but I think the delay is to keep it from excessively turning on and off, which would be inefficient and there is sometimes a popping sound that occurs at on/off. 30 seconds was probably chosen for being long enough, but not too long. The PC speaker emulation uses a 10 …

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Re: Constant FM sound effects

Posted on 2009-11-23, 19:48

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by ripsaw8080

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I was reminded of this issue from a recent thread ; and since the OPL code has changed quite a bit since 0.72, I thought I'd make an updated patch for current source (also works with 0.73 release source). The idea remains the same: only shut off the FM sound generation after 30 seconds if none of …

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Re: Old Application problem

Posted on 2009-11-23, 14:10

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by ripsaw8080

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It might be using the command interpreter path to find the boot files. Try copying COMMAND.COM from the Z: drive to your mounted C: drive (where you put the dummy AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files), and then before running your app execute a command of: SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM

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Re: The case of the crazy mouse!

Posted on 2009-11-21, 19:35

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by ripsaw8080

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A joystick is probably good for flying, but maybe not so good for menu navigation. You can test it by setting joysticktype=none to see if the problem stops. However, you probably want to use a joystick, so make sure that its trim is as centered as possible, and that it's not too jittery in the …

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