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In article <2gh9vh$5...@tribune.usask.ca> lo...@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes:

> My question: Does anyone out there use Doom under OS/2, and if so are there
> any special DOS box settings you had to set?

There's a big fat list of settings in the README app (also in the FAQ when I
last read it) that worked for me.  I didn't sit and think about which ones
were vital and which ones weren't, I just blindly copied them in.  Try that
out and it should work fine.. (i.e. changing the settings in a copy of the
program template under "DOS settings")

 -Paul Hagstrom
  hags...@mit.edu

In article <2gh9vh$5...@tribune.usask.ca> lo...@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes:
>Just a couple of things.
>
>I'm using OS/2 2.1 on a 486/33. I have a Trident video card, and a
>SoundBlaster Pro card on IRQ10. I also have a Gravis joystick.
>
>I start the game up, it starts playing music, shows the introduction
>screen (the guy with the gun), then everything locks up. The music
>stops, and no keys I press do anything. I have to press "CTRL-ESC" to
>get back to the OS/2 desktop, then close the DOS session.
Try setting your SBPro interupt to 7 or lower, as I remember, DOOM (and a 
whole bunch of other games) does not like interupts greater than 7.

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>
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In article <2gh9vh$5...@tribune.usask.ca> lo...@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes:

>Just a couple of things.

>I'm using OS/2 2.1 on a 486/33. I have a Trident video card, and a
>SoundBlaster Pro card on IRQ10. I also have a Gravis joystick.

IRQ10 is *not* a good idea for games.

>I start the game up, it starts playing music, shows the introduction
>screen (the guy with the gun), then everything locks up. The music
>stops, and no keys I press do anything. I have to press "CTRL-ESC" to
>get back to the OS/2 desktop, then close the DOS session.

This will *eventually* get in to the OS/2 games FAQ (Gary?), but you 
absosmurfly CANNOT play DOOM in an OS/2 VDM with a joystick.  Edit the 
config file to use a mouse instead and all should load fine.

Hmm, hate to contradict myself, but I think I recall a few reports about 
some joysticks working... Welp, removing the joystick fixed it for me.

>Wolfenstein 3D worked fine on my machine. I admit, I haven't fooled around
>with the DOS settings to ensure they are the same as Wolfenstein, I'll try
>that tonight.

Don't bother - the problem is your joystick, guaranteed.  You may have 
*other* problems after you remove the joystick, but the VDM dying right 
after the intro bass riff is most assuredly due to the joystick.

>My question: Does anyone out there use Doom under OS/2, and if so are there
>any special DOS box settings you had to set?

Look at the README, don't use a joystick, and be sure you have the newest 
patch to v1.1 and all should be fine. :>

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>
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Kevin Lowey (lo...@herald.usask.ca) wrote:
: Just a couple of things.

: I'm using OS/2 2.1 on a 486/33. I have a Trident video card, and a
: SoundBlaster Pro card on IRQ10. I also have a Gravis joystick.

: I start the game up, it starts playing music, shows the introduction
: screen (the guy with the gun), then everything locks up. The music
: stops, and no keys I press do anything. I have to press "CTRL-ESC" to
: get back to the OS/2 desktop, then close the DOS session.

I received many replies about this. Thanks. It's working now.

The solution was to disable Joystick support. Once I did that, the
OS/2 settings in the README documentation worked.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

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- Kevin Lowey (Kevin...@USask.CA, Client Services Educational Services Team)

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  - Steven Wright

Richard Ward (rrw...@netcom.com) wrote:

: >I'm using OS/2 2.1 on a 486/33. I have a Trident video card, and a
: >SoundBlaster Pro card on IRQ10. I also have a Gravis joystick.
:
: Try setting your SBPro interupt to 7 or lower, as I remember, DOOM (and a 
: whole bunch of other games) does not like interupts greater than 7.

Actually, I saw that, but ran the program anyway. It even says in the
setup program that DOOM doesn't support an IRQ above 9.

HOWEVER, I told it to use Interrupt 5 (thinking I'd change my card when I
shut down). The game then automatically started from the Setup program,
and it worked! All the digitized sounds worked fine, even though I was using
the "unsupported" interrupt 10.

The other problem I had was with the joystick. I just disabled it and
everything is fine.

Thanks,
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- Kevin Lowey (Kevin...@USask.CA, Client Services Educational Services Team)

When buying clothes, I wear an extra medium.
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