First post, by UndeadHalfOrc
This game came in a compilation I bought in the 90's when I bought, of all things, a real soundblaster.
All of my other old games work fine with dosbox, except this one.
I'm using Dosbox 0.72, here is the relevant soundblaster section of my config file:
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050
And this game has no user friendly configuration utility - you're supposed to start the game with the argument BLASTER, but it doesn't work. And it doesn't let me specify the IRQ ( I tried changing the IRQ in the dosbox.conf from 5 to 7 and forth, no luck)
The Adlib music sounds fine, but there are no sound effects or voice.
Thanks in advance!
Here is the relevant section in the readme file that came with the game:
Startup Parameters
When you start Yeager Air Combat, the program automatically
detects the best graphics mode for your computer and starts the
game in that mode. However, if you want to start the game in a
different graphics mode, you can do so by adding a few extra
characters (called arguments) to the start command.
EXAMPLE: Let's say you want to load the game with EGA graphics
mode and use a joystick. You'd type YEAGER EGA JOYSTICK and press
Enter.
The order of the extra arguments doesn't matter as long as
there's a space between each argument.
These are the arguments you can use:
EGA Loads game with EGA graphics.
MCGA Loads game with MCGA graphics (Same graphics as VGA,
but slower. Maintains compatibility with PS/2 25
and 30).
VGA Loads game with VGA graphics.
SLOWCARD When you are in MCGA or VGA mode, if the game freezes
on startup, or if you get sound but the wrong colors
or no colors at all, try this parameter. It slows down
the interface between the computer and the video card.
FASTCARD Deactivates Slowcard.
JOYSTICK Loads game with joystick flight control.
KEYBOARD Loads game with keyboard flight control.
MOUSE Loads game with mouse flight control.
MOUSE2 Loads game with high-resolution mouse flight control.
LOW Loads game in low graphics detail mode (less detail
speeds up game play).
MEDIUM Loads game in medium graphics detail mode (less details
speeds up game play).
HIGH Loads game in high graphics detail mode.
NOSOUND Loads game with sound turned off.
NOSPEECH Loads game with digitized speech turned off.
PC Loads game with PC internal speaker sounds.
ADLIB Loads game with AdLib sound card sounds.
BLASTER Loads game with Sound Blaster sound card sounds.
ALL If you want to be able to play all missions without
having to win each one, type this parameter to make
all missions available immediately. This is a default
parameter.
CAMPAIGN Starts new campaign. In order to advanced in Campaign
Mode, you will need to land safely at your home base
after successfully completing each missions. (See
"Playing in Campaign Mode.")
Note: when you quit the game, the program automatically remembers
all of that game's startup parameters, as well as all the items
checked on the drop-down menus. The next time you start the game,
just type YEAGER and press Enter, and those same parameters and
menu items will be in effect. Also, if you quit the game in the
middle of a Campaign, and you want to return to where you left
off, be sure not to select the Campaign parameter the next time
you start up the game, as that will put you at the beginning of a
new campaign.