VDMS and NASCAR1 & NASCAR2

After much fiddling, I finally got NASCAR1 and NASCAR2 working via VDMS, NOLFB for the latter. Sound works, fps is very acceptable with maxed graphics, and my black MOMO works. However, there is a hiccup: my MOMO is spiking on all axis' (and somewhat in sync, it seems), enough to cause the car to swerve unexpectedly towards the wall. Unfortunately, there's no way to set a dead zone inside of VDMS or either titles. Does anybody out there have any recommendations for settings in the VDMS INI? Is there a sweet spot? In the joystick section I have: [Joystick Controller] CLSID = EmuJoystick.JoystickCtl Path = EmuJoystick.dll [Joystick Controller.depends] VDMSrv = VDMServicesProvider [Joystick Controller.config] port = 0x201 minCoord = 100 maxCoord = 850 pollPeriod = 5150 mapFile = joy4.map The default settings were absolutely crap, but these are somewhat decent (on the crap scale). joy4 is simply a small edit of the other three map files; this one just adds the proper axis' (XYZ) and two button support. Or am I the only one in the who group who takes his classic gaming a little too seriously? :) -Will

William Bradshaw <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1132627996.363529 @news001.transaeris.com:

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> After much fiddling, I finally got NASCAR1 and NASCAR2 working via VDMS, > NOLFB for the latter. Sound works, fps is very acceptable with maxed > graphics, and my black MOMO works. However, there is a hiccup: my MOMO > is spiking on all axis' (and somewhat in sync, it seems), enough to > cause the car to swerve unexpectedly towards the wall. Unfortunately, > there's no way to set a dead zone inside of VDMS or either titles. > > Does anybody out there have any recommendations for settings in the VDMS > INI? Is there a sweet spot? In the joystick section I have: > > [Joystick Controller] > CLSID = EmuJoystick.JoystickCtl > Path = EmuJoystick.dll > > [Joystick Controller.depends] > VDMSrv = VDMServicesProvider > > [Joystick Controller.config] > port = 0x201 > minCoord = 100 > maxCoord = 850 > pollPeriod = 5150 > mapFile = joy4.map > > The default settings were absolutely crap, but these are somewhat decent > (on the crap scale). joy4 is simply a small edit of the other three map > files; this one just adds the proper axis' (XYZ) and two button support. > > Or am I the only one in the who group who takes his classic gaming a > little too seriously? :) > > > -Will >

I admire your zeal, but running dos programs with USB products with any clever interface is still asking for trouble. Colored blocks were acceptable 8 or 9 years ago..they don't hold much alure now-days. Good luck figuring it out...have fun...thats the key. dh

William Bradshaw <[email hidden]> writes:

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> After much fiddling, I finally got NASCAR1 and NASCAR2 working via > VDMS, NOLFB for the latter. Sound works, fps is very acceptable with > maxed graphics, and my black MOMO works. However, there is a hiccup: > my MOMO is spiking on all axis' (and somewhat in sync, it seems), > enough to cause the car to swerve unexpectedly towards the > wall. Unfortunately, there's no way to set a dead zone inside of VDMS > or either titles.

VDMS? NOLFB? I have tried to make NASCAR2 work using dosbox and no luck there. They don't seem to work very well on modern operating systems. /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

hmm, so much for liking older games. Well some of us do, and will try to get them to work in xp. I did vdms for n1, and still am probably the olny one who makes carsets and tracks for it.

Andreas Davour wrote: > VDMS? NOLFB? I have tried to make NASCAR2 work using dosbox and no luck > there. They don't seem to work very well on modern operating systems. I can provide you with a run down of what I did to make it work. I tried using Dosbox to get NASCAR2 running, and while it did...it was super slow...as was the first game. Here's what I did: 1) Install VDMS. You can get it at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound 2) Manually install NASCAR2 via the 'dosdrv' command. 3) Take note of the sound emulation settings in the VDMS ini, and use these in the NASCAR2 setup program (once again, manually using dosdrv). 4) Download NOLFB and install to your NASCAR2 folder. You can get NOLFB from: http://advsys.net/ken/build.htm 5) Run NOLFB.com via dosdrv. 5) Finally, run NASCAR2 via 'dosdrv'! I use a batch file to avoid all of that typing, and here's what mine looks like: dosdrv f: cd nascar2 nolfb nascar2 This baby works like a charm on my system. Hope you find this helpful! -Will

Dave Henrie wrote: > I admire your zeal, but running dos programs with USB products with any > clever interface is still asking for trouble. Colored blocks were > acceptable 8 or 9 years ago..they don't hold much alure now-days. Yeah, I've even been tempted to use an old gameport joystick (which is how I always played NASCAR2). IMO, colored blocks are still acceptable to this day. Granted, the physics are arcade compared to todays offerings, I still get a certain enjoyment out of nostalgia..........and mid-race saves. :) Amazing how our memories look back and think those old games were as real as it gets. Though, I will say that my heart skipped a beat when I saw that #3 GM Chevy in front of me again. It brought back a lot of memories when him (AI) and I used to trade paint and win races together. > Good luck figuring it out...have fun...thats the key. Thanks, and that's all I'm doing, which is trying to enjoy older products. -Will, still a proud owner of his NASCAR2 CD, jewel case and the "oh so cool" manual that came with this baby. Remember that manual? I /still/ bring it with me on bathroom trips from time to time. :)

DosBox will run slow with gameport joysticks whereas USB ones work fine. Also make sure that you use an CVS build of DosBox instead of DosBox 0.63 (DosBox 0.63 is ancient), there's been alot of fixes and speed improvements to DosBox since then.

William Bradshaw <[email hidden]> writes:

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> Andreas Davour wrote: > > > VDMS? NOLFB? I have tried to make NASCAR2 work using dosbox and no > > luck there. They don't seem to work very well on modern operating > > systems. > > I can provide you with a run down of what I did to make it work. I > tried using Dosbox to get NASCAR2 running, and while it did...it was > super slow...as was the first game. > > Here's what I did:

Thanks! Old games are not always the best, but some of them are great fun. I'll follow your instructions and see if I can try this oldie. /andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

I also have the complete Papyrus NASCAR series...as well as their IndyCar Racing series. I'm keeping them for my grandson (3 years old) so that one day he'll be able to show his mates what his Grandpa played on his PC ("On his _what_?!" "On his PC...it was a type of computer so big people had them sitting on a desk!".) Fun days, indeed, and great memories. BK "William Bradshaw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > -Will, still a proud owner of his NASCAR2 CD, jewel case and the "oh so > cool" manual that came with this baby. Remember that manual? I /still/ > bring it with me on bathroom trips from time to time. :)