Ecstatica 2 freeze on Gravis Ultrasound

[petran79]

Are you using the latest DOSBox Staging version?

• [x] I have checked and I'm using the latest release.

Different version than latest?

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What operating system are you using?

Windows 10

If other OS or Linux, please describe

Windows 10

Are you running DOSBox Staging on a native OS?

• [x] I am running Staging on a native OS

Are you able to trigger the issue with our official DOSBox Staging release?

• [x] I am running an official Staging release, not a release installed by my operating system's package manager, or a version repackaged by an external team.

Relevant hardware info

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Have you checked that no other similar issue already exists?

• [x] I have searched and have not found similar issues.

A clear and concise description of what the bug is

When I pick Gravis Ultrasound in game setup and launch the game, on intro I hear a short music tune and then the game freezes. Ultramid is set correctly, as other games with GUS and ultramid.ini files launch fine. This happens also in DOSBOX SVN so it could also be an issue with the game on real hardware

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Mount the cd image and enter cd drive.
2. Type install
3. On sound setup, pick Gravis Ultrasound or MAX
4. Install the game
5. After auto launching, game freezes on intro screen displaying "Story and World Desing" credits, just after a short tune is displayed

Download URL of affected game or software

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Your configuration

https://gist.github.com/petran79/ba60bf9effa6e6ec829f1efc2206ea5c#file-gistfile1-txt

Provide a log

ate       time         |
2025-08-22 21:39:14.997 | arguments: D:\\emulators\\dos\\dosbox-staging\\dosbox.exe
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | Current dir: d:\emulators\dos\dosbox-staging
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | stderr verbosity: 0
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | -----------------------------------
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | dosbox-staging version 0.83.0-alpha (1ed63)
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | ---
2025-08-22 21:39:14.998 | LOG: Loguru version 2.1.0 initialised
2025-08-22 21:39:15.005 | CONFIG: Loaded primary config file 'C:\Users\Χρήστης\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-staging.conf'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.006 | LOCALE: Using internal English language messages (detected from 'en-US, el, ja; GUI: en-US')
2025-08-22 21:39:15.024 | SDL: Version 2.32.6 initialised (windows video and wasapi audio)
2025-08-22 21:39:15.025 | DISPLAY: Using 948x711 window size in windowed mode on display-0
2025-08-22 21:39:15.285 | OPENGL: Version: 4.6, GLSL version: 4.60 NVIDIA, vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
2025-08-22 21:39:15.285 | RENDER: Using adaptive CRT shader based on the graphics standard of the video mode
2025-08-22 21:39:15.298 | RENDER: Auto-switched to shader 'crt/hercules'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.298 | VGA: Pixel doubling enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.298 | VIDEO: Using the DOS video modes' refresh rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.307 | MEMORY: Using 4096 DOS memory pages (16 MB) at address: 000000000D531060
2025-08-22 21:39:15.307 | VIDEO: Initialised S3 Trio64 VESA 2.0 compatible with 4 MB of FP DRAM supporting 89 modes
2025-08-22 21:39:15.310 | VGA: Double scanning VGA video modes enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.310 | VOODOO: Initialized with 4 MB of RAM, 8 threads, and bilinear filtering
2025-08-22 21:39:15.310 | CAPTURE: Image capturer started
2025-08-22 21:39:15.327 | MIXER: Initialised stereo 48000 Hz audio with 1024 sample frame buffer
2025-08-22 21:39:15.327 | MIXER: Master compressor enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.327 | MPU-401: Running in intelligent mode on ports 330h and 331h
2025-08-22 21:39:15.350 | MIDI: Opened device 'win32'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.350 | OPL: Operating at 49716 Hz and downsampling to the output rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.351 | OPL: Noise gate enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.351 | OPL: Running OPL3 on ports 220h and 388h
2025-08-22 21:39:15.351 | OPL: Sound Blaster 16 OPL output filter enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.351 | DMA: Initialised primary controller
2025-08-22 21:39:15.353 | DMA: Initialised secondary controller
2025-08-22 21:39:15.354 | SB: Operating at 22050 Hz and upsampling to the output rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.354 | SB16: Modern DAC output filter enabled
2025-08-22 21:39:15.356 | SB16: Setting 'BLASTER' environment variable to 'A220 I7 D1 H5 T6'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.358 | SB16: Running on port 220h, IRQ 7, DMA 1, and high DMA 5
2025-08-22 21:39:15.358 | GUS: Operating at 48000 Hz without resampling
2025-08-22 21:39:15.360 | GUS: Low-pass filter enabled (6 dB/oct at 8000 Hz)
2025-08-22 21:39:15.361 | GUS: Setting 'ULTRASND' environment variable to '240,3,3,5,5'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.361 | GUS: Setting 'ULTRADIR' environment variable to 'C:\ULTRASND'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.362 | GUS: Running on port 240h, IRQ 5, and DMA 3
2025-08-22 21:39:15.362 | DISKNOISE: Operating at 22050 Hz and upsampling to the output rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.428 | DISKNOISE: Failed to find FLAC file: 'fdd_spinup.flac'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.428 | DISKNOISE: Failed to find FLAC file: 'fdd_spin.flac'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.510 | PCSPEAKER: Operating at 32000 Hz and upsampling to the output rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.510 | PCSPEAKER: Initialised impulse model
2025-08-22 21:39:15.513 | PCSPEAKER: High-pass filter enabled (18 dB/oct at 120 Hz)
2025-08-22 21:39:15.515 | PCSPEAKER: Low-pass filter enabled (18 dB/oct at 4300 Hz)
2025-08-22 21:39:15.517 | MOUSE: Will be captured after the first left or right button click
2025-08-22 21:39:15.517 | MOUSE: Middle button will capture/release the mouse (clicks not sent to the game/program)
2025-08-22 21:39:15.530 | LOCALE: Country detected from 'en-US'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.530 | LOCALE: Loading native locale for country 1 - 'United States'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.531 | LOCALE: Using numeric/time/date format detected from host OS
2025-08-22 21:39:15.532 | LOCALE: Loaded keyboard layout 'us' - 'US (standard, QWERTY/national)'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.534 | CONFIG: Loaded auto-mounted drive config file 'D:\emulators\dos\dosbox-staging\resources\drives\y.conf'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.536 | AUTOEXEC: Using autoexec from one or more joined sections
2025-08-22 21:39:15.635 | MAPPER: No joysticks found
2025-08-22 21:39:15.637 | MAPPER: Loaded default key bindings
2025-08-22 21:39:15.649 | RENDER: Auto-switched to shader 'crt/vga-1080p'
2025-08-22 21:39:15.664 | DISPLAY: VGA 720x400 16-colour text mode 03h at 70.087 Hz, scaled to 1067x800 pixels with 1:1.35 (20:27) pixel aspect ratio
2025-08-22 21:39:15.664 | DISPLAY: Presenting at DOS rate without vsync
2025-08-22 21:39:15.666 | MOUSE (DOS): Built-in driver is simulating a 2 buttons model
2025-08-22 21:39:15.667 | MOUNT: Path 'resources\drives\y' found
2025-08-22 21:39:15.670 | MOUNT: Path 'd:\emulators\dos' found
2025-08-22 21:39:15.672 | MOUNT: Path 'f:\' found
2025-08-22 21:39:15.673 | CDAUDIO_0: Operating at 44100 Hz and upsampling to the output rate
2025-08-22 21:39:15.679 | GUS: Activated 32 voices at 19293 Hz
2025-08-22 21:39:15.680 | GUS: Activated 24 voices at 25725 Hz
2025-08-22 21:39:31.147 | RENDER: Auto-switched to shader 'crt/vga-1440p'
2025-08-22 21:39:31.212 | DISPLAY: VGA 720x400 16-colour text mode 03h at 70.087 Hz, scaled to 1867x1400 pixels with 1:1.35 (20:27) pixel aspect ratio
2025-08-22 21:39:31.213 | DISPLAY: Presenting at DOS rate without vsync
2025-08-22 21:39:33.005 | DISPLAY: VGA 720x400 16-colour text mode 03h at 70.087 Hz, scaled to 1067x800 pixels with 1:1.35 (20:27) pixel aspect ratio
2025-08-22 21:39:33.006 | DISPLAY: Presenting at DOS rate without vsync
2025-08-22 21:39:33.010 | RENDER: Auto-switched to shader 'crt/vga-1080p'
2025-08-22 21:39:56.912 | DISPLAY: VESA 640x480 256-colour graphics mode 101h at 70.007 Hz, scaled to 1280x960 pixels with 1:1 (1:1) pixel aspect ratio
2025-08-22 21:39:56.912 | DISPLAY: Presenting at DOS rate without vsync

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