mcdonaldalex on 23/9/2002 at 08:21
:confused: i cannot get my sound to work in dos mode for ultima underworld 1 and 2 i read the guide for the boot disk on (
http://www.stygianabyss.com/uwfaq/) it's supposed to make the sound to work but i havent been able to get it working it would be kind of someone to reply to this message iwth some solutions/suggestions and/or you could email me on [email]agmcdaunotchat@hotmail.com[/email] with some suggestions/solutions
bye:thumb:
dormcat on 24/9/2002 at 02:55
I'd think you better post what type of system and config you are using before someone could help you.
mcdonaldalex on 24/9/2002 at 04:37
im using on board sound amd duron 800 is that enough??
twisty on 24/9/2002 at 06:58
That guide was thrown together for people who can't get it to run in Windows. You haven't told us what OS your using either. If your using any of the w9* OS's , then do a search here for that, as a boot disk won't give you any sound if you don't have any dos drivers.
If you would like to run it in XP Pro, NT and 2000, you should use the following program to play sound with any DOS game: <a href="http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/">VDMSound Project</a>
mcdonaldalex on 24/9/2002 at 09:52
sorry i use win98 and i couldnt get the game to work in dos nor windows it said something about ems memory but i fixed that problem no i all need 2 do is get the sound working
mcdonaldalex on 24/9/2002 at 09:53
where would i get dos drivrs from
twisty on 25/9/2002 at 00:07
Who is the maker of the on-board sound chip? Consult your motherboard manual for details.
dormcat on 25/9/2002 at 01:33
The web site (
http://www.stygianabyss.com/uwfaq/) does not even mention uwsound.exe. This is odd.:weird: Use uwsound.exe to check the IRQ and tell us the result.
Back in 386's age when UW1 came out, Sound Blaster family cards (including clones) usually specify IRQ7 for the sound card by default. However, around the time of the introduction of 486, IRQ7 was reserved by LPT1 since then, thus SB cards' default IRQ became 5. If you don't change IRQ setting by uwsound.exe, UW would assume your sound card is using IRQ7 and no sound would come out.
Speaking of DOS driver(s) for your on-board sound chip...i'd say it's almost impossible to get one, since your motherboard is way too new, and those on-board sound chips were designed in mind for people who don't want to fiddle with IRQ, DMA, etc. I'd suggest go to get a used, low-end card like SB16. A genuine one is better, not because of the brand name, but it's easier to find a 100%-compatible driver for it. My SBPro2 needs no driver on my 486DX2-50 to play UW1 anyway, and I'm still using it.:cheeky:
twisty on 25/9/2002 at 02:33
Around 6 months ago or so, someone emailed me asking for the SB DOS legacy drivers as they had an onboard sb chip. According to him, he got it working.
mcdonaldalex on 25/9/2002 at 09:45
hmm ok, that hasnt helped too much but i put irq at 5 and it says detected but for some reason i cannot get sound for this paticular game hmm i used to get sound working all i get now is speech its been a long time since ive played uw1 and uw2 in a matter of fact like 6 or more years just i was looking through my old game boxs and saw them both and remember how much fun they used to be so i nstalled them and no sound works they didnt work at the start because of a ems problem or something but i fixed that all i need now is some sound cause i formated my computer to put win98 on just so i could play them ok thanks for your help guys i guess i will have to play with no sound
