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Blade of Destiny and MT32

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First post, by twistedblue

Posted on 2018-06-27, 13:56

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Hi all,

I finally managed to build my own 486 again - with an MP32 and SB AWE64 Gold for sound. The MT32 works great on other games (e.g. day of the tentacle) with default settings but I can't get it to work with Blade of Destiny - when I start the game, it displays a message stating that the sound hardware was not found? 330 works for all other games - why not for this one? Is this an issue someone already solved?

Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Jan

Reply 1 of 4, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2018-06-27, 14:54

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Not sure about RoA: BoD, but maybe it needs intelligent mode MPU-401, which SoftMPU can help with: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator

If the game doesn't need intelligent mode then the problem might be related to speed, and reducing CPU speed by disabling cache or using a slowdown utility could help.

Reply 2 of 4, by NewRisingSun

Posted on 2018-06-27, 15:47

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The string "sound hardware not found" used by the game can refer to either the MT-32 or the Sound Blaster. It's more likely that the Sound Blaster settings are not correct.

The English versions of Blade of Destiny use the Miles AIL sound system, which does not need intelligent mode MPU-401s, nor is it known to be particularly speed-sensitive.

Reply 3 of 4, by twistedblue

Posted on 2018-06-29, 08:06

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Hi,
thank you very much for the quick replies.
I forgot to add that I use an MPU-401 replacement card ( Lo-Tech MiF IPC B für 8/16-Bit ISA) that has worked great so far with all other games - maybe that's what is causing the problems?
This is my favorite game of all time, so I was really looking forward to the music on the MT32. I'll post a solution should I ever find one.

Thanks again and best wishes,
Jan

Reply 4 of 4, by Stiletto

Posted on 2018-06-29, 22:17

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Moved to Marvin -> Software.

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