For VDMSound, you have to 'enable low-level cdrom support' in the compatibility section of the VDMSound Launchpad property page. I have all three games working ok with VDMSound.

That did it thanks.

I have the same problem but the suggested solution does nor work. I'm trying to run Kyrandia 3 under win 2k. I have activated the CD option in the priopertis section of the VDSM shortcut, inserted a CD into a drive and the game starts but with no music, no intro and very quick subtitles. Do you know how to solve this problem? I have done the same on another machine (also Win 2k) but it was even worse- for reason unknown the shortcut to VDSM does not work at all, the only way to run VDSM is to go to the command prompt and rundosdrv from there but then I get the "no cd device" error. Any suggestions much appreciated.

On the first machine, have you checked the in-game audio options to make sure the slider bars on 'music', 'sfx', and 'talking' are pushed to the right? I only get subtitles when the 'talking' bar is all the way to the left in the off position. I get an EMS memory error when I try to start the game at command prompt with dosdrv. You probably have to reinstall VDMS Launchpad on the second machine.

I've been battling with this myself for a long time now. Very frustrated as I NEED to finish the trilogy!

I've followed the steps outlined in previous posts (on this board and others) including the VDMSound routine:

1) Run setup (with and without VDMS support)
2) Selected pure "Sound Blaster" type card
3) Finalised the installation following game setup instructions
4) Selected DOS and later Windows type game

5) Went to game directory and make right-click on "runmain.exe" file and selected melody icon "Run with VDMS"
6) Made default settings by pressing "Next" and then "Finish" button
7) Right-clicked on newly created VDMS shortcut for this file
8 ) Chose "Properties" item and enabled "Low-level CD-ROM Support" and click "Apply"

Now, aparently, this is supposed to work, and to a degree it did. But I still get the exact same problem as chris1990 outlined.

It seems as if it's trying to read the music and the voice dialogue from the CD (which isn't there) and just skipping.

When I quit out there was this error message:
(28 ) IO error with ANYTALK.TLK (11) - exiting

HELP! I'm damn desperate!

Do you think it'd work if I burnt the directory to a CD as well? Sounds stupid but if someone has done it and it works I'd love to know!

Go to the directory and select 'malcolm.bat' to run with VDMS. In VDMS properties, enable 'low-level CD-ROM support' and disable 'DPMI support'. That error message is a result of low memory, I believe. Disabling the DPMI gives you more conventional RAM and allows the game to proceed.

I have a similar problem to all of the above. I'm using XP to run Malcolm's Revenge, along w/ VDMSound. However, when I open the .exe w/ VDMS, I only get video and no audio. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Did you use the sound auto-detect option when installing the game? You should choose Soundblaster. Use VDMSound on the .bat file (Malcolm.bat) and you should get music and voices ok.