Privateer in Real DOS -- No Sound?

R

Raly

Spaceman
Autoexec.bat
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SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6
SET SBPCI=C:\CREATIVE\DOSDRV

Config.sys
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DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM 16384

I hit F8 at boot-up and select Command Prompt Only. The computer runs through config.sys and autoexec.bat, and then I run sbinit.com to initialize the sound driver. My sound card is a Sound Blaster 16 PCI. After correctly configuring my sound settings in Privateer installation, my system hangs up trying to run Privateer. If I select NONE for Speech and Music settings, Privateer runs just fine. But playing Privateer without sound is like clapping with one hand.
:rolleyes:
 
Your config.sys is lacking a sound driver, such as "ctsnd.sys" or "sbpci.sys".

Try adding this line in config.sys:

DEVICEHIGH =C:\CREATIVE\DOSDRV\SBPCI.SYS

There is no "space" after DEVICEHIGH. I tried to write it but the line got cut in half. Just write DEVICEHIGH=C:....

I am not sure if your driver file is named "sbpci.sys". If this line does not work, try another ".sys" file in your c:\creative\dosdrv, until you get the game sound working.
 
There is no *.sys file to use. Sbinit.com appears to be the emulation device under DOS. And with that I can get sound in some of my other DOS games, but not in others. I might not be getting past this problem any time soon, or ever.
 
Right, now I remember. Just add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

lh c:\creative\dosdrv\sbinit.com

And also move down that dos=high,umb line in the config.sys so that it stays *after* the emm386.exe line.

and happy playing!!!
 
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