rec.autos.simulators

My friend has just purchased an AWE64 (OEM) and works fine but cannot
get sound to work in GP2 now? It won't auto detect in DOS or Win95.

In DOS here are settings:-

config.sys
DEVICE=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /WIN95
/BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5
DEVICE=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS

autoexec.bat
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
--
Dean Lamb
West Yorkshire, England
+(44)-(0)1924 453464

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

I've been able to run GP2 with an AWE64 (replacing the OEM'd Crystal
sound hardware in my stupid HP Pavilion) under Win95, but I wanted to
run GP2 under DOS for best performance, as Microprose suggests.
However, I could never configure the AWE64 in DOS, from either the
Win95 Start Menu's "MS-DOS Prompt", or from "Restart the computer in
MS-DOS mode?" from the Shutdown menu.  That is, the DOS install for
the AWE64 would not complete (kept getting a "you're still running
Win95 so the DOS install won't work"-style message from the AWE64 DOS
install program), and could not get sound in GP2.

So, I found an old DOS 6.0 emergency boot disk that I had lying around
from a few years ago, and decided to boot into DOS directly from the
floppy.  I also copied the hard drive's config.sys and autoexec.bat
onto the floppy.  However, these existing config.sys and autoexec.bat
settings for the AWE64 didn't seem to work properly (e.g., no sound in
GP2) in DOS 6.0.

At this point I was now able to successfully run through the DOS
installation for the AWE64.  This changed some settings in
c:\config.sys and c:\autoexec.bat, which I copied to the same files on
the DOS boot floppy.

The AWE64 now works fine in DOS and with GP2 in DOS.  Also, the new
settings have not caused any problems with the AWE64 in Win95.

Here are my new AWE64 settings:

config.sys:
REM The following lind loads part of the Creative Labs PnP program
DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE

autoexec.bat:
REM The following line is for Creative Labs PnP program
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
REM Following 5 lines set SoundBlaster settings
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
REM Following line loads another Creative Labs PnP program
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S

All other AWE64 lines in both files are now commented out.

Also, I had to change the MSCDEX setting in autoexec.bat from loading
into high memory, for GP2 to be able to recognize the GP2 CD.  This
changed from this:
LH c:\windows\command\mscdex /D:IDECD000

to this:
c:\windows\command\mscdex /D:IDECD000

I now have full sound and CD-ROM support for GP2 in DOS.  I know it's
not the most elegant solution, especially booting from the DOS floppy,
but it works.

HTH,

Dave
==================
Dave Mack

I too run GP2 from DOS boot for performance reasons. Slight improvement.
AWE64 with Monster 3D has never given me any problems. As Dave
illustrated, you must install the CTCM directory and files from the AWE64
setup disc so your soundcard will auto configure. Also, the soundcard
addresses must be correct. The AWE64 setup card should set everything up
fine! Good luck!

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