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3 total messages Started by Robert M Johnson Tue, 31 Jan 1995 05:23

#438

Author: Robert M Johnson
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 05:23

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have you tried killing the end guy on insane?....took me an hour for
that one guy alone....not easy at all.....not boring either....this is
the best game out and I just can't wait to get the deluxe commercial
version this spring...



    Rob Johnson
    Carnegie Mellon University

Descent 1.1 Dies with SB16/AWE32 Digital Sound

#439

Author: j... Jerry Shekhel
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 06:07

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Folks,

I just bought a new SB AWE32 and all is well except Descent 1.1.  No matter
what I set up for music (SB, SBPro, GM, or native AWE32), if I set the sound
to SB16/AWE32, the game locks up soon after starting (Ctrl-Alt-Del does
nothing).   If I set the sound to SBPro or SB, everything works.

	Hardware:
		Genoa TurboExpress 486 Motherboard, SiS Chipset
		Intel 486DX2/66 CPU with 256K Write-Back Cache
		32MB RAM (2 4Mx32 SIMMs)
		VLB IDE-I/O
		VLB Genoa Phantom 32i Video Card
		VLB Buslogic 445S SCSI Card @ Port 330h
		New SB AWE32, A220 I5 D1 H5, MIDI @ Port 300h
		2 IDE Hard Drives
		Toshiba 3401 2x CD-ROM Drive

	Software:
		MS-DOS 6.22
		QEMM-386 7.04
		Buslogic SCSI & CD-ROM Drivers
		SB AWE32 Drivers

I tried both my normal configuration and a boot disk with nothing but MS-DOS
6.22 using HIMEM.SYS.  The problem persisted.  I haven't had any problems with
any other games which support the AWE32 in native mode, such as DOOM II and
Wing Commander III.  Please help if you can; your help will be greatly
appreciated.

Jerry J. Shekhel
j...@ix.netcom.com

Re: Descent 1.1 Dies with SB16/AWE32 Digital Sound

#440

Author: MANTIS
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 16:29

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On 31 Jan 1995, Jerry Shekhel wrote:

> I just bought a new SB AWE32 and all is well except Descent 1.1.  No matter
> what I set up for music (SB, SBPro, GM, or native AWE32), if I set the sound
> to SB16/AWE32, the game locks up soon after starting (Ctrl-Alt-Del does
> nothing).   If I set the sound to SBPro or SB, everything works.
>
> 	Software:
> 		MS-DOS 6.22
> 		QEMM-386 7.04
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For goodness sake dont load QEMM with anything.

Dont load the AWEUTIL TSR. Just set up the reverb, chorus, and interupt
junk and go from there. DOS4GW the extended memory driver used by DOOM,
Descent and the like dosnt need Himem, EMM386 and especially QEMM. Format
a floppy with /s and add nothing else. Boot from that floppy and try it.
You dont even need to load dos high. I have the AWE32 and have not had any
problems todate with descent.

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