Hi

i have tried everything to run Ultima 8 with Win 98SE on my newer PC: AMD2,4Ghz, 512Ram, SB Audigy 2 ZS (U8 works 100 percent on my older AMD 1Ghz,256Ram,SB Live5.1) , but the Sound FX doesnt work, i hear only a bad sound, the midi music works fine. I tried the lastest versions 2.12 of the english and german version of Ultima 8 and used the Win9x Patch. I have the Win98SE WDM drivers installed of my Soundblaster Audigy 2 (games like PiratesGold, blood, stonekeep working with settings A220, Irq5, lowDMA1 and if required HighDMA5) The VXD driver doesnt work when i try to setup a dos game, i had also problems as i tried a SBLIVE and SBPCI128 with the SB16 Emulation driver, thats i have not understand, at bootup the SBINIT says inizialation complete at irq 10 and in windows all settings correct (port irq dma etc.). when i try to run the Creative diagnostic test (SBEGO.EXE) then comes a error message "is SB Emulation enabled?".
can anyone help me with that too? PC to fast? because on my older computer i have no probs with that.

As i tried some sound patches for ultima 8 i had a bit sound fx but it was like the guardian speaks underwater and the midi doenst work then with the GUS patch (ultrasound) i changed the AilXMI.DLL with the GUS DLL,
maybe is there a DLL for newer Soundblastercards?

When i use Ultima 8 with DosBox (latest version) then i have sound fx and midi music, but the game runs much too slow, i tried frameskip cycles etc., it runs still not smooth enough. are there any tools for dosbox frame limiter or so?

i also tried vdms sound for win98 , doesnt work.

thanks for everyhelp