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Crimewave sound issues

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First post, by dondrei

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Hi, I've been trying to run Crimewave (you can see some screenshots on Abandonia here) on DOSBox but there seems to be some kind of sound issue, it'll play for a short period with sound or music but then it freezes (DOSBox does, not the whole computer). I know it's the sound because if I skip the intro and go straight into the game it works again for a minute before freezing. One time the sound somehow got accidentally shut off (a bug I think), I played through a couple of levels but then after a cutscene the music came back on and sure enough after the usual amount of time it froze again.

I tried changing the IRQ but that didn't help.

Any ideas?

Reply 1 of 3, by eL_PuSHeR

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It is probably due to use of Realsound(tm). I have heard Realsound(tm) has problems playing outside ms-dos.

PS - Aside from having to skip the main intro, the game seems to work for me, but you may need to lower your cycles.

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Reply 2 of 3, by dondrei

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When it worked for you, was the sound working?

Reply 3 of 3, by eL_PuSHeR

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Yes, my settings were core=normal and cycles max 65%

Intel i7 5960X
Gigabye GA-X99-Gaming 5
8 GB DDR4 (2100)
8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)