First post, by Soul Reaver
First of all, I've posted this problem on another forum already but they weren't able to help me. But this one seems more directly geared towards what I need to know, so I'll ask here.
Anyway... I'm really stumped, not to mention rather disappointed.
I've been trying to play some of the old classic games I have, including Doom 2, Ultima Underworld and Hexen... and I've discovered something rather worrying.
For some reason, none of these old DOS games will play music, even though the sound works fine!
I'm playing them in a Windows 98 environment without actually restarting in DOS mode or anything (I don't think my sound card has any DOS drivers anyway).
My sound card is a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
The music in these games is always somewhat midi-ish, but this card plays midi music fine on webpages or over WinAmp - it just won't play it in the games!
However, the sound effects, such as speech, gun blasts, sword swings etc all work flawlessly. I can't work out why the digital effects work but the music doesn't. I've tried numerous different cards and settings in the sound-setup programs of these games, but all have the same problem.
To make this even stranger, I KNOW this card can work - it worked in the past. It's stopped working since I've formatted my HD though and reinstalled everything. I can't figure out what might be different now to make it stop working.
If anyone has any idea why this isn't working, please let me know - I really want to play Ultima Underworld again!
Thanks...
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