Do a bit searching and reading forums. Both the game and DOS32A were discussed many times before.

Mirek

I did a search of the forum. Nothing specifically related to Dark Sun with regards to D-Fend. Nor is there anything that tells what file to update with DOS32A. It doesnt have seperate Dos4GW nor do most SSI games. Its always embedded somewhere else. For instance in Ravenloft it is Code.1 and Code.2. But these files are not used in Dark Sun 2.

I have seen how to get this program to run in pure DosBox I was just wondering if it can be set up in D-Fend that way.

Umm yes well D-fend is only a front-end. It does the exact same thing as dosbox. All the options are equal to the same lines in the config. Nothing special.

Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager have no protected-mode executables (at least mine), so DOS4GW and DOS32A are out of the equation here.

Ok I got it working pretty good except for the Intro. The sound is completely messed up there. Any advice on getting the Intro to work properly. Right now the sound and the music is messed up.

Im sooo close now. 😀

There is a SOUND.BAT file for configure sound settings. Did you use it? If so, try selecting different settings. While I was running it I got a Gravis Ultrasound error of some sort, by the way...

Yep. Ive tried about every option from SB16 to regular. I can get the game itself to run fine but the Intro makes horrible noises and cuts out.

I have the cdrom version of this game, too. It uses cd audio for the music, but tracks 2 and 3 (used in the intro) are completly messed up (just noise), even if played in a normal cd player. May be it's a production error.

Has anyone ever got the intro to work properly?

Or was the intro even messed up when the game came out?
If anybody knows how to fix it please let me know. Ive never seen it before.
Strange the rest of the game seems to work well.

I am not sure now which one of Ravenloft 1/2, Dark Sun 1/2 games was it, but I remember that for one game I had to use -ioctl switch when mounting CD (otherwise the sound and intro were not synchronized).
Maybe it was DS 2, I do not remember...

Mirek

how can I use -ioctl option with D-fend?

No idea, I do not use it... It is just one parameter when mounting CD ROM... See documentation. It is not that difficult to do it directly...

Mirek

Is there any way to tell it to read from the hard drive rather than from the cdrom? I have noticed that this has helped in the past with other games.

I think that CD audio is used - so no, just copying files is not enough... (Only if you use CD image - I usually use externally Daemon Tools to create a virtual CD ROM, I am not sure how it is with IMGMOUNT and CD Audio).
Anyway - did you try ioctl?

Mirek

Well for CD Audio you'll have to use IMGMOUNT with an image created in CUE format using CDRWIN or Alcohol. The .CUE file references the DATA/AUDIO positions in the .BIN image file.

yes I did try -iotcl. Didnt work unfortunately. 🙁

I have the CD version from the Masterpiece Collection.

My issue was that after the intro plays at the starting menu the game plays LOUD static. Just like the static from an untuned radio. This occurs even when mounting using -ioctrl. In fact the game wouldn't load without -ioctrl.

Beyond that static the music (which is on the CD in tracks) plays fine in the game, along with the voices. When I use Windows Media Player to play the 1st 2 tracks of the CD, I get the exact same static also.

I just gave up and came to the conclusion that is was a production error with the Masterpiece Collection version. Research shows my hunch is correct:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.p … dba76b9dcaa0dbb

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.p … 9b05c91c4e90a81

You will have to find an original unbundled copy of the game to fix this issue. Perhaps one could find a way just the redestribute the two audio tracks, so others can "patch" their game by burning a new CD (replacing the 2 bad tracks).

Unfortunately, I have an original copy unbundled. I guess this was a problem even when the game was release. I get static and cutouts. I cant believe SSI let something this big get past them.