Proud Taffer on 10/10/2005 at 17:22
Hey all, I've been on a nostalgia gaming run lately loading up some oldies through DosBox. Unfortunately I don't know how to get sound from both Ultima Underworld games.
I try to enable sound within the game but I'm unable to do so.
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http://spidermine.com/Screenshots/UWsound.JPG I'm running DosBox with the D-Fend v2 frontend. I've tried running UWSOUND but it only pops up for a second then dissapears.
twisty on 10/10/2005 at 23:40
You need to invoke UWSOUND from the command line. What card, OS are you using? If your running NT, W2k or XP Pro then VDMSound is the obvious solution.
Proud Taffer on 10/10/2005 at 23:55
Running WinXP with a SB Audigy. When you mean invoke UWSOUND from the command line do you mean adding a -UWSOUND parameter to the .exe?
Shadowcat on 11/10/2005 at 03:58
No, it just means you need to bring up a DOS shell, and type "uwsound". Double-clicking on the icon from Windows won't work (as you observed).
Proud Taffer on 11/10/2005 at 04:52
Turns out I had to run UINSTALL then I could choose my sound setup. At first glance I thought it was "uninstall" so that's why I never ran it in the first place :P
twisty on 11/10/2005 at 09:16
Which operating system are you running there mate? (XP, WinME, 98 etc.) NT based OS's can get away without having to do any configurations if you install VDMSound.
Proud Taffer on 11/10/2005 at 16:32
Running XP here.
twisty on 11/10/2005 at 23:53
Pro or Home?
Proud Taffer on 12/10/2005 at 00:08
Pro. Does it matter in this case?
twisty on 12/10/2005 at 07:34
VDMSound is for NT based OS's such as XP Pro. Install (
http://ntvdm.cjb.net/) VDMSound and you shouldn't have any problem with getting sound to work in dos games anymore (well, at least most of them anyway). Works a treat for the underworld games.
