nemafakei Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Yes, it might be too new.Try every combination of the drivers. But first, go to the control panel and the device manager to find out your sound card's IRQ and DMA numbers - you may need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Good luck, I'm still trying to get one of my soundblasters to work with Dune I ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefud Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Really?? I also have SB and Dune runs properly... ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Basterd ! ;DI'll check some of my other settings than, maybe it's not configured right although I doubt that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefud Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 >:( Hmmm.... I don't like the way you treat me... :PAll right, I won't get pissed off... ;DAnd what's more my SB is configured in such a stupid way, that other programs cannot detect it!!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted February 25, 2002 Author Share Posted February 25, 2002 Try looking for the IRQ and DMA of the game-compatible sub-device that most cards will have. And SBs greater than AWE128 or PCI 128 are probably not too easily backward-compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefud Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 OK, thanxx 4 the info :-* !But I've tried many things and 4 example WarCraft2 won't work with this card... :-[ :-[ :-[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duke_Killersiil Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 i had realy wierd experience with sound.one time when i was shipping spice, a sound effect was heard. Only happend about 4 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeywoolston Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 ???Has anyone found a solution to the sound problem.I cant play the game with sound. I know my sound card is sound blaster compatable. Can someone give me an example of a working config.sys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morx Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 I have windows XP running on my comp. And I had a lot of sound problems with dos-based games. (I like the old-school games)But recently I downloaded a program called VDMSound. This is what is exactly does:VDMSound is a program that overcomes what has probably been the most exasperating limitation of DOS boxes since Windows NT -- sound support. VDMSound is an open, plug-in oriented platform that emulates an MPU-401 interface (for outputting high-quality MIDI music), a SoundBlaster compatible (SB16, SBPro 2, SB2, SBPro, etc.) implementation (for digital sound effects and FM/AdLib music), as well as a standard game-port interface (for playing games with joystick support). In development are improvements to the existing joystick emulation, and possibly VESA support.Unlike all the Win9x SoundBlaster ISA 'legacy' drivers available from a variety of PCI soundcard manufacturers, VDMSound is not a mere 'wrapper' or 'bridge' to existing audio hardware. It is a self-contained, 100% software emulation program that is completely independent of your audio hardware type and settings. VDMSound works with any soundcard, and will even work on computers that have no audio hardware at all (for instance, instead of outputting sounds through your soundcard using the standard Windows drivers, VDMSound can easily output them to disk). Just download the program hereThen install it, and rightclick the "dune.bat" file, and look for the "open with VDMS" option.If everything is okay, the game should run and you should be able to hear the - beautiful if I might add - dune sounds that increases the gameplay of this classic game by a 200%Oh, and don't worry about the sound options in the dune installer. Just ignore these options. It doesn't matter what you've selected. The game should run with the soundblaster sounds. (IF you have a soundblaster that is....) This little program should also work with other old dos games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usul_2000 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Any one got that game working with an AMD processor based computer ? I have a 2400XP+ and Windows XP ... when i run the Dune.bat ... i get a black screen that goes nowhere ... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morx Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I have an AMD Thunderbird 1.2 gig, with a whopping 768 mb memory. And the game runs fine. Do you have the CD or Disk version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usul_2000 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 i have the CD version ... Problem i See then ... NTFS partition ... other than that ... heck i dont know :( i so love that game !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken124578 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 You can get better help at the tech forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Look over at the Not Enough Memory thread (in the Dune II section) I started. It may help you. Download that boot disk maker program from the link I provided.I've been playing a lot of old DOS games recently. The problem I had at first was that my sound card was really unknown and no DOS games supported it. I had other problems as well. I got many of them sorted out by doing what I mentioned on that thread (the one mentioned above).Look at www.soundcard-drivers.com for DOS drivers for your sound card, then use them with that boot disk maker program.I hope this'll help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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