descent 2 sound problem

offsetmetaledge · Post by **offsetmetaledge** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:21 pm

hey everyone,

i have a strange and very frustrating problem with descent 2 in DOS(not windows, pure DOS). i ran the setup program which detected my sound card properly, and applied the v. 1.2 patch. every time i execute the d2.bat file, it goes to a blank screen and becomes unresponsive. i have to turn off my computer, it wont even reboot. now, if i go into D2s setup program and disable my sound effects, but leave music on, the program runs fine. i execute and it goes into the opening cutscene. this is very aggravating because 1.the game sucks without sound. 2. i know i have more than enough ram, processing power, and free space to run this game. here are my specs:

AMD K6-2 300 mhz processor
96 mb ram
running MS-DOS 6.22
4mb video ram
crystal cs4232 ISA sound card

and, if it matters, i have 601k free DOS memory when i try to play the game. please help because this game is a classic and i really want to play it.

thanks,
andrew

Glyde · Post by **Glyde** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:22 am

Hmm. Have you tried just running sound with music off? I know that for some reason, I can only play DOS games in Windows if I want sound (Without using the internal speaker), the problem is that sound will ONLY do either music or sound. Sometimes (rarely) it does both (Like for X-Com) except the sound is off timed, so something happens, then a second later the sound for it plays.

I can't really help you though, because like I said, DOS dosen't detect my sound card.

Post by **Wally** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:38 pm

offsetmetaledge: can you please post your autoexec.bat and the config.sys here please..

same with you Glyde

offsetmetaledge · Post by **offsetmetaledge** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:54 pm

here is my current autoexec.bat and config.sys files:

autoexec:

SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A240 I7 D3 H5 P330 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\DOS;C:\GAMES;C:\PKZIP;C:\SCOMMAND;C:\64COPY;C:\DOS\DOSSHELL
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
LH /L:1,27952 C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:IDECD000 /L:E
C:\DOS\MOUSE.EXE

config.sys:

DEVICE=C:\DOS\himem.sys /testmem:off
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=20,0
DOS=UMB
LASTDRIVE=E
FCBS=4,0
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DOS=HIGH
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,40800 =C:\DOS\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:IDECD000
FILES=40
DEVICE=C:\PLUGPLAY\DRIVERS\DOS\DWCFGMG.SYS

with these settings, i get around 660k free conventional memory. should be enough.

-drew

Glyde · Post by **Glyde** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:18 pm

Where would I find these? I'm terrible at DOS stuff.

EDIT: Ok I found them, but how would I post the info like the other person did?

Post by **Wally** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:12 pm

hmm
Glyde: copy and paste with caption of where you got them from.

offsetmetaledge: Im still not to sure.. LOL

Glyde · Post by **Glyde** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:02 pm

I just found them on my C: (In windows of course)

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:56 am

Try value 1 of D.

Absolutelly change temp director to an empty! Make temp and then change. DOS directory is the worst one to be it! Thou may accidentaly delete it.

Glyde · Post by **Glyde** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:20 pm

No idea what that means.

I want to know how to get the info out of these files?

offsetmetaledge · Post by **offsetmetaledge** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:39 pm

i switched my sound card out yesterday to a sound blaster vibra 16. still no luck, descent 2 will not work.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:28 am

If there's 'help' command in same directory, use it.