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First post, by zodpowercy

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Hi there ! I would really be gratefull if there is a way to play Shellshock on Dosbox.I use the latest 0.74 version but the game keeps crashing the moment i run the main executable(Main.exe).If i try to run without sound the game works perfectly and you can go anywhere in the tank hanger and play the main missions perfectly (The tank simulator crashes but this was a bug in the game which the developers said they were going to fix it but they never did).I tried messing with reduced cycles,changing the computer type to 486,changing the sound card to sb1,sb2,sbpro1,sbpro2 etc...without any luck at all... I didn't have any such problems with any other game and i even tried running dosbox in a different os (win xp sp3 ) to see if maybe the problem was that i am running vista32 sp2...But still exactly the same thing happened.

Really its one of my old time favourite games i used to play for hours back then so i struggled for hours trying to make it work but without success .I even tried changing the irq/dma setting/frequency quality levels ,copying the cd files (image) on the hard drive and running the executable without installing the game but...the same thing happens...And playing without sound simply feels wrong...🙁

Any suggestions ?

Reply 1 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

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Reply 2 of 4, by peterferrie

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The game runs for me with default settings. I can reproduce the crash if the selected sound card (eg GUS) is disabled in the DOSBox settings while being selected in the sound setup in the game.
Perhaps you need to check your DOSBox settings.

Reply 3 of 4, by zodpowercy

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I tried a new install of dosbox fearing i messed its default settings too much but still i encounter the same crashes.Without sound the game runs perfectly but the moment i choose sound it crashes .As i said the main sound card in dosbox is soundblaster 16 ,but i tried to play using the other sound cards too.Do you play the game using the gravis ultrasound selected as your main sound card in dosbox ? I did not try that.Btw what os you use ? What are the Dma and irq settings you choose for the sound setup ? And what is your real sound card ? My is the audigy 2 (but in the motherboard) so i thought i should not have any problems...

Btw i did manage to find the game for psx and it does run well but... it feels inferior and somehow wrong compared to the pc version...(less info displays,maybe the sprites have less frames of animation too)

Reply 4 of 4, by zodpowercy

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Update...I tried disabling soundblaster by setting it to none and setting the gravis ultrasound in the dosbox conf but again after selecting it in the sound setup the game still crashes..

what version of the game you use ? I use the uk version (is there any other pc version ? )