SBEMU Rise of the Triad's sound setup freezes.

Seems if I try to run ROTT's sound setup, the system freezes, I'm using a system with Intel HD Audio. The system is an ASUS EEE PC T101MT.

If I run cwsdpmi before launching, the freezes stop, but it doesn't detect any audio devices at all.

I used your preconfigured FreeDOS image with SBEMU in the releases page.

Apr 28 '24 23:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

Seems I'm getting the same issue with Duke Nukem 3D as well.

Apr 28 '24 23:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

Thanks for the feedback, I will try to check it under FreeDOS.

Apr 29 '24 06:04 crazii

The freeze of ROTT will be fixed, but another quesion, can you try the ROTT setup with 8bit mixing selection? I tested and it worked. I found it will use 8bit command for 16 bit DMA, which is very strange, so I test it in DOSBox and the it failed to detect the SB using 16 bit mixing either.

I'm testing the shareware version and it seems it's buggy. the freeze will be fixed first and every thing else later.

EDIT: did a simple test with duke3d on FreeDOS it works, I'll try more setup options.

Apr 30 '24 09:04 crazii

I'll give it a go, and report back.

Apr 30 '24 09:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

Makes no difference. Still freezes at the "DOS/4GW" screen, at least with ROTT. Will test Duke in a sec.

EDIT: Nope. I can't even get into the setup in either case, regardless of settings. I have to not load SBEMU in order to not get freezes and configure things. Freezes at the DOS/4GW screen. Seems almost anything that uses DOS/4GW is a no-go.

This is all using the image provided in releases, too.

Apr 30 '24 09:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

So it just freezes on startup? that's strange. what build version are you using? I'll mark it with 'compatibility` too.

Apr 30 '24 09:04 crazii

So it just freezes on startup? that's strange. what build version are you using? I'll mark it with 'compatibility` too.

Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition. Straight from a copy taken from Zoom.

As for ROTT, v1.2, from GoG.

EDIT: As for the FreeDOS image: https://github.com/crazii/SBEMU/releases/tag/UserBuild_2024.04.28_03-45

Apr 30 '24 09:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

Thanks for the detail, the games should be working. can you test this zip? it contains 2 exes and just overwrite the original 2 files. meanwhile I'll try to add some more better log supports. SBEMU_fix2.zip

I'll try to grab the games of the exact edition too.

Apr 30 '24 09:04 crazii

Just bought the duke3d atomic edition from zoom, and it works like the copy I was using before. while the ROTT is kinda hard for me now, because the access to GOG is very much slow or limited. web page still in loading after 'checck out' clicked.

also you can help testing with the new dpmi & sbemu planned on next release (if you like), currently HDPMI is like a black box to me (although actually it is not), so another one is written to help me debugging more easily.

and I'll probably postpone the fix to the next release when the new DPMI is used. won't take long, it'll be available soon.

Apr 30 '24 10:04 crazii

I can hook you up with ROTT, if you have another form of contact, like Discord.

Apr 30 '24 10:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

With the fix zip, same deal:

Honestly, would love to try and test the new DPMI if it will help.

Apr 30 '24 10:04 StrikerTheHedgefox

I can hook you up with ROTT, if you have another form of contact, like Discord.

Much appreciated, but no hurries, I'll pick another time to try it.

Here's the new built bundle: just skip HDPMI32i in the fdauto/autoexec, and run vdpmid /ll=1 (2 LLs that for loglevel) and then run the new sbemu here

SBEMU_DPMI.zip

if any problems encountered, try another run with vdpmi /ll=2 /log=2 (it might be very slow when log file enabled) and then sbemu there'll be a vdpmi.log after pc freeze/restarts, and you can paste the vdpmi.log

Apr 30 '24 11:04 crazii

Here's the log after the same crash/freeze.