dr_st wrote on 2020-08-29, 20:14:I haven't played Voyeur, but MK Trilogy and Crusader are far from the simplest games. They can get picky about various sound and […]
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I haven't played Voyeur, but MK Trilogy and Crusader are far from the simplest games. They can get picky about various sound and video options. I am not familiar with this REMOVED collection. Are these CD-rips you're playing? Because both Crusader and MK Trilogy are CD games that are installed from the disk.
Some tips:
1. Post your startup files (CONFIG/AUTOEXEC)
2. Try simpler games first
Yeah, they are CD rips. I have all the files on the disc so if the game lets me, I can edit a config file and point it to that directory instead of the CD drive.
Here is what my config.sys looks like. Keep in mind I was following Phil's guide that I linked to up above.
[COMMON]
DOS=NOAUTO
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=30
LASTDRIVE=H
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
[menu]
menuitem=EMC, Expanded memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=XMC, Extended memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=CMC, Conventional Memory only + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=EM, Expanded memory + Mouse
menuitem=XM, Extended memory + Mouse
menuitem=CM, Conventional memory only + Mouse
menudefault=EMC,10
[EMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[XMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[CMC]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[EM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[XM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[CM]
Here is my autoexec.bat:
LH C:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R2
GoTo %config%
:EMC
:XMC
:CMC
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:OPTICAL
:EM
:XM
:CM
I am thinking this freezing has something to do with sound. I have an onboard Yamaha OPL3-SAx. I have tried using the SETYMF utility for Tiido's KickÄss Yamaha Based Sound Card and I am able to generate a test noise in DOS using it.
Here is how the sound is configured in BIOS:
WSS I/O = 530H
SBPRO I/O = 220H
Synth I/O = 388H
WSS & SBPRO & MPU401 IRQ LEVEL = 5
WSS (play) DMA = channel 1
WSS (REC) and SBPRO DMA = channel 0
CONTROL I/O ADDRESS = 370h
MPU401 = 330H