Darkfire on 27/6/2003 at 20:34
Cheers for the guide...finally I can play one of the best games ever written again! :D
Only one problem though is that it's awefully choppy. The intro movie stutters a lot, and the game does so as well. Interestingly the higher the res, the less stuttering...
My system spec is as follows:
XP1800+
Epox Mobo
512Mb
Geforce 3
SB Audigy
Any ideas?
tyler on 1/7/2003 at 12:33
Hey, dj_ivocha, did you get the whole thing running with sound? Ive finally managed to run it and avoid the after-end freeze, but still troubles with sound. Do you run any other programs than that dosdrv.bat in vdmsound? When I launch it with vdm the game freezes right after filling in my name and clicking on "start". Do you have any other support programs?
dj_ivocha on 1/7/2003 at 12:49
tyler, what soundcard do you have? Are you using win98 or xp? I have SBLive Value, Win98SE and don't use any program for the sound like vdmsound. It works fine with the SB16 Emulation, that SBLive has.
I don't know for sure, but I think vdmsound should only be used in WinXP or with cards that don't support dos sound any more. And from what I have read here on the forums, only the Audigy cards don't support it. So if you have anything older than Audigy, I suppose you don't have to use vdm.
tyler on 1/7/2003 at 13:07
I use W98SE, but the soundcard is some onboard shit, i dont understand it very well, but what I think is that the soundchip is a part of a VIA 686b south bridge, working with some AC 97 codec :confused: I usually have troubles with it when running old DOS games. I used the vdm and I had sound at least for the intro (no sound without the vdm), but then the comp freezes. I have no clue what to do.
dj_ivocha on 1/7/2003 at 13:34
Hmm, first take a look in your BIOS, and see if everything related to the onboard audio is enabled (MPU401 must be enabled too, in order to hear the music).
Here are to files that will almost sure help you resolve your problem:
(
http://schneegans.de/tips/dos-soundtreiber/viafmtsr.zip) Dos driver for AC97
(
http://schneegans.de/tips/dos-soundtreiber/viaaudio.zip) Additional file that you need
If you understand german, you may look into (
http://schneegans.de/tips/dos-soundtreiber/) this site, and if not, I'm writing some of the info here in english:
First, when you go in BIOS, note down the settings of your soundchip (IRQ, DMA etc.)
Then, download the two files that I mentioned above, and extract them (for example in c:\dos or anywhere you want)
Edit your Autoexec.bat file and paste the following lines into it:
LOADHIGH C:\DOS\VIA\VIAUDIO.COM
LOADHIGH C:\DOS\VIA\VIAFMTSR.COM
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330
but don't forget to change the path so that it points to the folder where you extracted the files.
And, if needed, change the settings here: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 so that they match your bios settings. (A - address; I - interrupt or IRQ; D - dma channel; P330 is your MPU401 setting, but I'm not 100 % sure about that, but try it anyway :))
After all that is done, restart the PC, and try to run the install of the game once again, to alter the Sound- and music card settings there. Music should be MPU401, but feel free to try the other, some may work and they sound differently, too :). For sound first try SB16, autodetect, if that doesn't work try to manually enter the values from the BIOS/autoexec.bat, if it doesn't work again, try the other SB cards that are listed.
tyler on 1/7/2003 at 14:08
Thanx a lot, good job, I couldnt find a new AC97 driver for weeks! Nevertheless, the game is still silent :( I checked everything - BIOS settings, proper spelling of the path and file names (theres a mistake in spelling of viaaudio.com on that site), but still big huge icy cold silent NOTHING. I start thinking about ripping that stupid VIA south bridge out of the board...:mad: Buying SOME sound card might help, but Im too lazy :p
tyler on 1/7/2003 at 14:11
Well, strange thing is, the install DETECTS the soundcard succesfully. It seems like everytime I switch to DOS I become deaf or what :tsktsk:
dj_ivocha on 1/7/2003 at 14:47
When the install detects the soundcard, if you press Test, is there any sound or music to be heard?
[EDIT] Maybe there is some kind of conflict between the windows and dos drivers? Why don't you try to disable the win drivers and see what happens? (Go to Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager and there search for the soundcard, I think in Sound, Video and game controllers, but DON'T delete the entry, but instead double click on it and then at the bottom there is a checkbox "Disable in this hardware profile". After that, you may have to restart, I don't know. To restore the drivers, just repeat the steps above.
tyler on 2/7/2003 at 07:39
Install detects both sound and music setting succesfully, but theres no sound or music heard during the test. Thanx for your advice, I give it a try, but its gonna take loooooooong before I get to my comp again, Im leaving for some more sailing and diving experience tommorow. Yeah, holiday :cheeky: I still think two months wont be enough :cheeky: Anyway, no school, no problem, no monkeys (I hope) :)
Bye till September :thumb:
poroshin on 3/7/2003 at 17:10
:( :( :(
I followed the directions to the tee, but it won't work, not even the floppy version. The floppy version quits with a 3007 error (I think), when I press Play. The CD version does not start at all, quits with a DOS error, saying something about COM1 or COM2... Sorry, posting from work right now; spent a few hours battling with getting SS1 to play last night that I had no strength to post afterwards...
:( :( :(
