VDM sound problems with WCIII

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I tried to use VDM sound to emulate soundcards for WCIII. I use the right mouse button and select run with VDM sound. I install the game and the sound samples work, for both the music and the FX cards. But, when I try to start the game, I get an error that my CD cant be read (in DOS, the game didnt start yet) I dont get this error when I run without VDM. Witout VDM I can select a music cart (A roland one), but the FX doesnt work.

I dont have a sound card but a chip, an AC 97 Audio.
 
Don't install the game through VDMSound. Just install it normally and remember what sound settings you select. Then when you run the game through VDMSound set-up a custom settings using the graphic interface.

At least thats how I did it, so there's probably a better way.
 
I tried it, but I still have the problem that the CD cant be read....
 
Do you have the WC4 Win95 patch?

did you enable the VESA and low level CD-ROM support?

Here's an e-mail someone sent me that helped me out with the settings. Though I can't get the inflight music to play properly still.

For the settings then:

GENERAL:
Enable expanded memory (EMS)
Enable low-level CD-ROM support (MSCDEX)
MIDI Emulation - Roland MT-32, LAPC-1 or CM-64 (for the music)
Joystick Emulation - Other (note: I had trouble choosing the 'Other' option - you might want to download and install the alternate joystick routines patch for WC3 off wcnews.com. Once I installed that, 'Other' was already chosen, and all was good.

ADVANCED:

Compatibility:
Enable expanded memory (EMS) 16384 kB
Enable extended memory (XMS) 16384 kB
Enable DPMI support (DOSX)
Enable CLI-POPF workaround
Enable low-level CD-ROM support (MSCDEX)

DOS Environment:
Load HIMEM.SYS
Allow DOS to use UMBs
Addition options: FILES=40 (for config.sys)

Joystick:
Enable Joystick (Gameport) emulation (if you have a joystick)

Soundblaster:
Enable Soundblaster Emulation: Base Port 0x220, IRQ5, 8-bit DMA 1, 16-bit DMA 5, DSP Ver 1.05
(SoundBlaster 1.x)
Dev: Microsoft Sound Mapper (Wave)
[some comments regarding the soundblaster - it shouldn't matter which DMA, IRQ, Baseport are
chosen, AS LONG as they correspond to the settings chosen in the WC3 install program. The
Microsoft Sound Mapper (Wave) device was chosen, as all the other devices, for me at least,
lagged when playing movies. Choosing the SoundBlaster 1.x was the ONLY option that eliminated
(for the most part) the clicking and stuttering noises when playing back digital FX.]

Adlib: NOT ENABLED

Enable MIDI (MPU-401) emulation:
Base Port 0x330, IRQ 2
[again, as long as these correspond to what you choose in the WC3 install, it should all be
good.]
Dev: Microsoft MIDI Mapper (MIDI)

just be sure the soundblaster settings match the ones you chose in the install.
 
I got that email from Julian to, but it doesnt work...I still get the CD error. And I dont have a WC3 patch...where can I get that?
 
I do apologize, that was my mistake, the patch is for WC4, not 3. Sorry.

I had the same problem you did. But I'm not sure how I got rid of it. I hit the run with VDMSound (musical notes here) and created the custom profile and clicked the option to create an icon, it gave me some error about not being able to create the shortcut on or something like that and then it made the icon on the desktop (with the command line being E:\EC3.exe) and it worked fine.

This of course being a rough description, and there may be a few errors in this as well. I'll keep trying to remember what I did.
 
I made it kinda work....dunno how I did it tough....but now I have another problem; the game freezes in the intro (at the time the kilrathi start to talk) and after that, all movies freezes after a sefcond. Any solution for that?
 
That happened when I selected the wrong IRQ for the soundblaster emulation. It defaults to 7 it should be 5. Check and make sure that your selected options for the soundblaster in the install match the ones selected in VDMSound.

The only problem I have is the inflight sound and music are pretty choppy. I turned the music off, but the SoundFX still sound weird and I haven't been able to find any good solution to it yet.
 
I changed the IRQ to 5 (in both the install and the VDM sound options) but the problem still exists...now it even freezes earlier. I choose the soundblaster/compitable card...which one did you choose?
 
I tried the SB Pro now, but still the same problem....when the kilrathi guy starts to talk, it freezes...
 
I never had that problem, but if you review the forum posts over the last year someone else had that problem somewhere. Mine froze as soon as the videos started. I've used the SB16 and Pro selection and they both performed the same.

Like I said I haven't really fooled too much with VDMSound, I was so ecstatic I got to play WC3 again that once I got it to a point where it ran okay I stopped fooling with the settings.
 
Damn....tried everything, but still the same problem.....no one who can help me at all? :-(
 
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