Are you using Address 330 and IRQ 2?

Hi, thanks for the reply. 😀

I tried selecting "IRQ 2" for GM in MOO1's setup program, and had the same problem as before (hanging on black after sound clicking.) It still was dimmed in the setup program's menu, too. MIDI was already set for Address 330 so I didn't need to change that.

Strange, seems to work fine here (although dimmed in setup like you said). Did you try updatingthe game?

Hi, thanks again.

Yes, 1.3 has been the version on my PC for quite some time now. I'm afraid updating isn't the answer.

Maybe your DOSBox sound settings differ from mine in some important way?

I have:
MPU-401: Intelligent
Device: Default
SB16, Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA1, HDMA 5.
Beeper, Disney Sound, Tandy, Gravis all disabled.

try uart mode.

Tried UART, no change. Strangely, I have the exact same problem with another game from the same developer, "Master of Magic," which I believe uses pretty nearly the same game engine as MOO.

Works fine on Gulikoza'a DOSBOX 0.72 and official build 0.72.
MPU401 set to uart or intelligent
Port: 330
IRQ: 2
Master of Orion version 1.3.

I am beginning to think that there may be some issue regarding communication between DOSBox and Timidity++. Can anyone else who is using Timidty++ for their Windows MIDI driver please tell me their Timidity++ settings? Thank you.

Nevermind that. I switched to MS GS SW Synth device, same problem as before.

All right,

if I let the program go long enough, the game does eventually proceed beyond the black screen and load. However there is no music of any kind unless I use the setup program to enable Adlib/SB FM-based music; if I select GM, nothing sounds, and the game takes a while to start as I said, but if I use FM music then everything proceeds normally.

Weird stuff...

Sorry to keep reposting, but I see no button to edit previous entries.

Just writing to say that I've now tried MIDI with various games in DOSBox, and all exhibit one issue or another, either failing to load or simply playing no music at all. This despite my settings in DOSBox having been changed to various configurations (on the MIDI tab of my Front-end) and despite my setting things up properly in each game's setup program (330, IRQ 2.)

For what it's worth, I seem to have a similar issue with Gravis Ultrasound games, despite my having download the folder with everything setup in it (from another post on this forum) and having pointed DOSBox to it.

Can you play these same games in Windows using VDMSound?

and please post the output when doing

mixer /listmidi

Hi again, thanks for your replies.

Yes, I can get MIDI playback when using VDMSound. Mixer /listmidi lists Timidity++ and Windows GS Synth.

Isn't there something about a midi-device number one has to set in dosbox.conf?

I don't know, frankly. I'm just doing everything through my frontend, D.O.G. I've set all the available settings. In any case, whichever Windows MIDI Device it chose, I should still get SOMETHING...shouldn't I?

Still wouldn't quite address my Gravis issues - but that's for another thread I guess.

It is always a good idea to READ the README:

/LISTMIDI Lists the available midi devices on your PC (Windows). To select a device other than the Windows default m […]
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/LISTMIDI
Lists the available midi devices on your PC (Windows). To select a
device other than the Windows default midi-mapper, add a line
'config=id' to the [midi] section in the configuration file, where
'id' is the number for the device as listed by LISTMIDI.

1[midi]
2# mpu401      -- Type of MPU-401 to emulate: none, uart or intelligent.
3# device      -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
4#                This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.
5# config      -- Special configuration options for the device. In Windows put
6#                the id of the device you want to use. See README for details.
7
8mpu401=intelligent
9device=default
10config=

I'm not certain if you are attempting to be rude in your reply, but in any case the information that you have provided is of no relevance to my issue.

I have gotten one GM game to work successfully with DOSBox and D.O.G. frontend, that game being Star Trek: Judgement Rites. It plays MIDI through Timidity++ just fine, with no delays, no silence, etc.

Also, the command /LISTMIDI results in no information being output in my DOSBox screen.