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First post, by Unregistered

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Hi there
I have a problem with all the good old games from Sierra.

When i launch them with the VDMsound launcher the game instantly crashes after i get in the game.

In the sierra games i just get a black screen, with the mouse curser stuck in the upper left corner.

I tried installing the newest audblast.drv but the same thing happens. This applies for ALL games that I use VDMsound with.

Plz tell me what i am doing wrong im having a SB-live value soundcard, running in WinXP with SP1 on a 1.4ghz t-bird...

/Maniac

Reply 1 of 10, by Unregistered

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btw
I forgot to say that it is the Space Quest IV and V I am trying to get to work.

and before somebody starts flaming me, I have searched the forum and I couldnt find anything that worked for me 🙁

/Maniac

Reply 2 of 10, by Unregistered

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I fixed this same issue by just running the game with the launcher

Reply 3 of 10, by Unregistered

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I tried that, it didnt help anything 🙁

I also just tried it with some of the lucasarts game to see if it did the same thing, and it does 🙁

I dont have a fucking clue what I am doing wrong..

/maniac

Reply 4 of 10, by Snover

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SYSTEM SPECS. Kthx.

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 5 of 10, by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Presuming these are the DOS versions, you might consider trying them on DosBox. Note, if they are CD-versions and need CD-access, they probably will not work.

Reply 6 of 10, by Unregistered

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sorry. here are the System Specs:

AMD xp1700+ on a Asus A7V266
256mb PC2100 ddr ram
Geforce2 GTS 32mb
160gb Seagate Softsonic
Creative Soundblaster Live Value

Running in WinXP with SP1 and DX9.0
Using Detonator 30.82

hope this is enough

btw I tried using DoxBox and now the games starts up and have sound and everything, but the music is kinda laggy. But I dont if it doesnt can get any better than that

/maniac

Reply 7 of 10, by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Originally posted by Unregistered btw I tried using DoxBox and now the games starts up and have sound and everything, but the music is kinda laggy.

Presuming you have version 0.57:

You'll also need to make sure your DosBox .CONF is created properly. If you don't already have one, DosBox will create the file with it's default settings for you by typing this command.

config -writeconf dosbox.conf

Edit this file and change the "keepsmall" setting to "true".

If you need it full-screen hit Alt-Enter. Ctrl-F11 to slow down, Ctrl-F12 to speed up (avoid doing this "in-game").

Reply 9 of 10, by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Originally posted by Unregistered thx dude

No problem dude.

Reply 10 of 10, by Snover

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Yes, it’s my fault.