$ On a side note, this demo contains digital sound... Just run GF166.COM
$ before MADE DEMO -O -M:GF1MIDI (if you copy GF166 to the directory
$ and run SETD, the program will offer you to choose the GUS, very
$ nice, but only works for digital voices.) Look in the batch files
$ to see how it works. Nice output, with lots of clicks and pops, maybe
$ the drivers need more tuning, maybe the demo is badly programmed.
$
$ Have fun
$ Jerry Gamache
$ jgamache@aix1.si.usherb.ca
$ ------------------------------
$ Date: Sat, 4 Sep 93 13:52:06 -0400
$ From: jkauth@emunix.emich.edu (gruft)
$ Subject: Return to Zork demo
$
$ I got digitzed sound to work just fine with the Zork demo. I copied the gf166.com file over to the demo directory and the setup screen for digitized sound
$ displayed the Gravis card as an option. Now for a question. I've noticed that
$ programs which use the digpak drivers for producing digital sound gives sound
$ full of popping noises... are these the infamous UltraClicks(TM) I've been
$ hearing so much about? If this is what we can expect when software companies
$ use to support digital sound on the GUS, I will NOT be happy.
$
$ -Josh
Josh is right on the money, Jerry. Copy your AIL *.adv drivers to the
zorkdemo directory, including gf166.com (gf1digi.adv is not really
needed). Then make a batch file, 'zorkgus.bat':
setd
soundrv
made demo -o -m:gf1midi
soundrv -o
SETD will find gf166.com and offer Ultrasound as one of the choices. It
only selects the device for digital effects. The MIDI driver is selected
from the command line -m switch. SETD copies the selected driver to
soundrv.com (NOW you know what that ubiquitous driver is!).
Not very sophisticated, but I suppose it doesn't have to be (that's the
idear, right?).
I heard the pops when I ran it under EMM386 from MSDOS 6. They vanished
under QEMM386 v7. The quality of the digital voice samples is not very
good to begin with, at least compared to The 7th Guest or DuneII. The
music sounds an awful lot like The 7th Guest, not very inspired, but sound
quality is good. The demo also sounds super under Mega-Em 1.00, minus
digitized effects.
Using SBOS, the pops were still there with EMM386 and vanished under QEMM
v7. Sensitivity to brand of memory manager seems to vary from machine to
machine.
I agree with Phat - the Ultrasound drivers ought to be included with the
release version of the game. But if they are not, it's still easily
supported. The neat thing about including the drivers with the game is
that the compatibility sticker will FINALLY list "Advanced Gravis
Ultrasound." I always liked the name of the company, it sounds very high
tech. :)
--
Mike Batchelor |
mikebat@netcom.com | This space for rent
mikebat@qdeck.com |
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