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Buzz Aldrin - divide by zero error

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First post, by ppinch

Posted on 2003-09-28, 17:23

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Hello!

I tried to get Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space to work with VDMS. with version 2.0.4, i got sound, but no picture with the default settings. I upgraded to 2.1, and now the game returns to DOS with a divide by zero error.

I tried default settings on 2.1 and custom with AND without VESA emulation.

The game was on a compatibility list here

# Motherboard: MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU
# Processor type and speed: Athlon 1800+
# Amount and type of RAM: DDR266 512MB
# Video board w/ RAM amount and type: AIW Radeon 7500 32mb
# Sound board: integrated to motherboard (AC97)
# Operating system: Windows 2000
# Reproducibility of problem : Always
# Sound mode used: Sound blaster
# Video mode: ??

Reply 1 of 6, by ppinch

Posted on 2003-09-28, 17:41

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Slight error on my part:

The error says Divide error (with no "zero")

Sorry!

Reply 2 of 6, by Nicht Sehr Gut

Posted on 2003-09-29, 02:04

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Originally posted by ppinch I tried to get Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space to work with VDMS. with version 2.0.4, i got sound, but no picture with the default settings. I upgraded to 2.1, and now the game returns to DOS with a divide by zero error.

The game was on a compatibility list here

The problem isn't with VDMSound, it's that your processor is too fast for the game executable to handle. You can either run it in DosBox (using SoundBlaster/Thunderboard for sound and music) or patch the game up to v1.01. CTBPPAT won't fix the speed problem due to the executable's compilation/compression/whatever, but the executable included in the 1.01 patch should work.

Patch is available at Patches Scrolls.

Reply 3 of 6, by Snover

Posted on 2003-09-29, 05:07

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Interesting that the problem only manifested itself after upgrading to 2.1.0, however... guess there's been some optimization. 😀

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 4 of 6, by ppinch

Posted on 2003-09-30, 20:55

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OK I got the game to work!

After patching, it works if I don't turn the music on in the game's config. On the other hand, the sound effects work if I use the Sound Blaster 1.0 config in VDMS.

I'll try to fix around the music problem and come back.

Thanks again for a great program!