No Sound in Dosbox

[MaskedJackal]

Awhile ago I posted a request for tech support on CE, well, that was a bust, so I've tried getting the Dos version to work. It works fine except for one thing, no sound. I found a post with settings that should work, but these options are different on the version of doxbox I have. Any suggestions?

[[NKF]]

First thing you want to do is open your dosbox.conf file in notepad or your custom conf file if you've made one, and look for the SBLASTER settings. You should see the following or something similar:

 

sblaster=true

base=220

irq=7

dma=1

 

If it differs from the above, you can set them to that, or run the game's sound setup and match up its settings against what is in your configuration file.

 

- NKF

[MaskedJackal]

The sblaster=true statement isn't in there, but there is one identifying the type of soundblaster, and a few other things. I've already tried matching up the settings without results.

 

Here are the statements I have:

 

sbtype=sb16

sbbase=220

irq=7

dma=1

hdma=5

sbmixer=true

oplmode=auto

oplemu=default

oplrate=22050

[[NKF]]

That should be fine. One thing I've found with old dos game is that if it's having trouble with slightly more modern sound cards (SB16's for example), the solution was to downgrade the soundcard type the game's using. Old games were very-very temperamental.

 

Run the game setup and try Soundblaster or Soundblaster Pro with base 220, irq 7, dma 1. The sound channels are up to you.

 

If that doesn't work, try downgrading the soundcard type in the Dosbox config as well.

 

- NKF

[MaskedJackal]

Doesn't work, even with different choices of Soundblaster. I tried selecting different options in doxbox, and the setup for X-com as well, no dice.

[Tokk]

Which file do you start xcom1 with? For me, i start it with the ufocd file.

[MaskedJackal]

Switched to the suggested file for start, I now have sound, thank you. Still have issues with full-screen being funky colors, but killing Explorer fixes it, as with other games that have that problem. Edited January 5, 2010 by MaskedJackal

[Tokk]

Good thing it worked.