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Wolf3D stereo sounds

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First post, by winwolf3d

Posted on 2005-11-08, 15:15

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I use VDMSound because DOSBox runs choppy on my machine. It's sad to see that VDMSound is dying away. But anyway, on to my request. Wolf3D doesn't seem to recognize VDMS as a SBPro device and therefore plays everything in mono at full volume (no proximity volume adjustments). Is there any way to fix this?

Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ at 2133MHz
Version: VDMSound 2.1.0 (and 2.0.4 for that matter)

I have tried all DSP versions.

Here's the debug log of the SB events:

1@I - 22:21:41.487 - SBController
2	DSP reset - reinitializing DSP
3@W - 22:21:41.520 - SBController
4	Attempted to read from an unimplemented mixer register (register =
5	0x26, value = 0x00)
6@W - 22:21:41.522 - SBController
7	Attempted to write to unimplemented mixer register (register = 0x26,
8	value = 0xbb)
9@W - 22:21:41.524 - SBController
10	Attempted to read from an unimplemented mixer register (register =
11	0x26, value = 0xbb)
12@W - 22:21:41.526 - SBController
13	Attempted to write to unimplemented mixer register (register = 0x26,
14	value = 0xff)
15@W - 22:21:41.528 - SBController
16	Attempted to read from an unimplemented mixer register (register =
17	0x26, value = 0xff)
18@W - 22:21:47.985 - SBController
19	Attempted to write to unimplemented mixer register (register = 0x26,
20	value = 0x00)
21@I - 22:21:48.027 - SBController
22	SBCompatCtl released
23@I - 22:21:48.153 - SBWavePlayer
24	WaveOut released
25@I - 22:21:48.403 - DMATransferManager
26	Transfer Manager thread cancelled
27@I - 22:21:48.403 - DMATransferManager
28	TransferMgr released

Anyone have any suggestions?

Reply 1 of 9, by Qbix

Posted on 2005-11-08, 15:25

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did you try the beta on top of this forum ?
it has sb16 support I think and probably better mixer support as well

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Reply 2 of 9, by winwolf3d

Posted on 2005-11-08, 15:28

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I am trying this with VDMSound 2.1.0 (the beta). Is there a newer beta version that I'm overlooking?

Reply 3 of 9, by Qbix

Posted on 2005-11-08, 15:42

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nope. Thought it had sb16 support. but I might be mistaken.
Probably some one more knowlegdable then me will answer the question (although wolf3d should run allright on your pc in dosbox as you have a fast pc)

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Reply 4 of 9, by winwolf3d

Posted on 2005-11-08, 15:50

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I've tried various cycle and framerate settings but haven't been able to find a nice setting in DOSBox. DOSBox does the sound and music perfectly, though. I'll give DOSBox another whirl.

Reply 5 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2005-11-08, 20:22

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Agreed. I think it's just a matter of a little tweaking. 😎

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Reply 6 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-11-09, 18:50

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I don't think Wolf3D has any special support for SB16, but I am pretty sure it will play sounds in stereo (based on where they are coming from in the game) on a SB Pro or SB 16.

I should also mention that Wolf3D runs fine on a high-end 286 or a low-end 386, so it shouldn't take too much horsepower to run in DOSBox.

Reply 7 of 9, by winwolf3d

Posted on 2005-11-09, 19:17

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You're right about Wolf3D and it's stereo sounds. It's just that with VDMSound, Wolf3D's sounds are always full volume and always in mono.

Under DOSBox, I could never get Wolf3D (or rather a mod I'm making based on its code) to run above 8 FPS, whereas I get the max (70) under XP DOS and VDMSound. The mod It is also very playable (~50 FPS) on an 9 year old Win95 machine (exact specs unknown to me.. it's a friend's machine).

I've yet to test it again with the latest DOSBox, so maybe I can get it tweaked a bit better this time around.

Reply 8 of 9, by winwolf3d

Posted on 2005-11-16, 20:59

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DOSBox 0.63 still gives me very jagged game play, but I'll try it out some more.

Reply 9 of 9, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-11-16, 22:01

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Try a recent CVS build. See my signature for a link. Be sure to read the guide on speeding up DOSBox as well.

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