Jeez, it has been so long that I don't remember exactly where, but VDMS Launchpad had a checkbox to emulate low level access to the CD-ROM drive. If you are using the Launchpad, just look through the settings. Given that this is really more of a VDMS issue, perhaps it should be moved to the VDMS forum.

Are you talking about SapuCDEX or whatever it was called? 😀

DOS glide games can't initialize properly in WinXp NTVDM. You must use the DOS/Win9x environment. Or you can use something to translate glide2x.ovl calls to glide2x.dll. DOSBox or Glidos do the trick.
So - your attempts are hopeless.

Here it is.

collector wrote:

Here it is.

Oh, okay, that's just normal MSCDEX (under Windows XP) then.

It might be enough if he is using VDMS.

Hmm, i tried that option and sadly it didn't work.

I also tried doing removing that checkbox option and instead adding SAPUCDEX to the autoexec option as listed here but it didn't help either:
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/Emulators … d/SAPUCDEX.html

However it seems that SAPUCDEX is a program in itself - so maybe i need to download it? Or is it included in VDMsound?

Update:
So i found SAPUCDEX here: SAPUCDEX by SaPu
It wouldn't work if i put it in the game directory, but putting it in the VDMSound directory worked.
(However i then get other issues - even gta24 gives the issues that no SVGA modes are working (probabably similar issue to system shock where it would work on my 9600 pro fine but requires dgvesa on my x1950 and i can't remember how to configure that atm haha) - but at least the CD issue is solved!)

So, alternatively, how can i get nglide to work with dosbox (or a different glide wrapper). Or can dgvoodoo be used without dosbox?

Thanks! 😀

notindeed wrote:

how can i get nglide to work with dosbox (or a different glide wrapper).

Install the DOSBox with Gulikoza patch. As the example - this version. Set [glide]/glide="true".
Delete glide2x.dll/glide2x_64.dll from the DOSBox directory.
Install nGlide/other glide wrapper.
Run a glide game in DOSBox.

Try ykhwong's.

Thanks that works!

However there are some issues with it:

When the cd audio track is changing or starting / stopping within game (getting in / out of a car etc) then the game freezes!.

Also i cannot alt-tab or exit fullscreen and other windows also periodically flicker through the screen.

Thanks!

You could try making a BIN/CUE image of your CD and mount it as the CD.

Hmm i will try that if i can find any software.

The thing is, the cd playback works fine in the windows version, which doesn't make a lot of sense.

Okay, that stops the cd stuttering! It's strange how playing the music directly from the cd works fine in the windows version.

Thanks!