Im guessing you have no music because its redbook or at least run off the cd

post your config.sys and autoexec.bat

SQ4 does not use Redbook audio. As to sound. the RESOURCE.CFG must reflect where the resources are. Have you tried making a Sierra boot disk?

collector wrote:

SQ4 does not use Redbook audio. As to sound. the RESOURCE.CFG must reflect where the resources are. Have you tried making a Sierra boot disk?

I don't think its a problem with the resource.cfg file since the standard sound blaster option does work fine, just that its obviously not going to sound nearly as good and would be quite a waste

yeah I did try to make a boot disk , no difference

Config.sys

DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\HIMEMX\HIMEMX.EXE /MAX=32768
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 16384 RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001
DEVICE=c:\progra~1\Creative\CTSND\CTCM.EXE

Autoexec.bat

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6

SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0

c:\progra~1\Creative\CTSND\DIAGNOSE /S
c:\progra~1\Creative\CTSND\AWEUTIL /s
c:\progra~1\Creative\CTSND\MIXERSET /P /Q
c:\progra~1\Creative\CTSND\CTCU /S

SET TMP=c:\windows\TEMP
SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP
SET PROMPT=MS-DOS Mode $p$g
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:E

c:\DOS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R1

these are just the ones found in the Windows folder in Win98, with modifications done by me as needed (such as HimemX to limit memory in DOS for the problematic games like Aladdin or Dune2)

The RESOURCE.CFG is probably more important.

videoDrv = VGA320.DRV
soundDrv = AWE16.DRV
audioDrv = AUDBLAST.DRV
joyDrv = NO
kbdDrv = IBMKBD.DRV
mouseDrv = STDMOUSE.DRV
memoryDrv = ARM.DRV
mode = real
CD = yes
audioSize = 32k
directory = \SIERRA\SPACE\SQ4
minHunk = 206K

audio=E:\SQ4

From the AWE16 README "Install the game choosing GENERAL MIDI for music." You have AUDBLAST. Try GENMIDI.DRV instead.

I did but note that there is both the SoundDrv and AudioDrv , when choosing the music, only the Sounddrv changes to genmidi , which I then changed to AWE16, audiodrv with the AUDBLAST is for digital sound and such. I will quote from the readme file

"This driver requires the use of AWEUTIL.COM to provide support for the AWE32.
To use this driver with your game, do the following:

1) Install the game choosing GENERAL MIDI for music.
2) Copy the AWE16.DRV file into the game's directory.
3) Edit the RESOURCE.CFG file and change the soundDrv from
soundDrv = GENMIDI.DRV
to
soundDrv = AWE16.DRV
4) Run AWEUTIL.COM /EM:GM."

interestingly from what Ive tried the floppy disk version of Laura Bow 2 also has an issue with this, as does Space Quest VGA , in LB2 , the game pretty much freezes at the sierra logo , while SQVGA gives me a "could not find 4.pat" error, despite it being in the folder

though LB2 will work without the patch in normal General Midi mode with AWEUTIL EM:GM enabled, while the CD version works fine with the patch , although given how and where I store my games I generally stick to the floppy version.

how much free memory do you have and how much do you need ?
can CTCM.EXE go high ?
any of the creative programs in autoexec.bat stay resident ? if so can you load them high
have you tried memmaker

well on a sidenote I did manage to sort out SQ1VGA and it now works with the patch (turns out it was an issue with the directory in the resource.cfg in that game)

as for memory , with AWEUTIL EM:GM on I have 578KB , without it, about 618KB, the CD drive takes up another 30-40KB if I remember correctly.

I actually tried taking out CTCM altogether, and it made no difference to the available memory, in fact I don't even think it works in MS-DOS mode (at least via Win98), thats at least the message it gives me.

and yeah , Ive tried memmaker, personally I don't think its a memory issue since the newer games do work , and if anything they would require more RAM.