Nascar Demo - problems?

Hi all, I downloaded the nascar demo last night. To echo everyone else, the graphics were smoooooth! (486/66). But, I am having 2 problems, one with sound and one with joystick calibration. Is anyone running a soundblaster 16 and successfully getting on the race track w/o having the game lock up? If I do SB 8 emulation, I can get out on the track, but there is NO sound on the track (although I get music on menus). Also the game doesn't remember joystick calibration, and it is a PAIN to get to the screen to recalibrate it. Anyone else had these problems, or know if it could be a system problem. I have 16 megs of ram, and ICR works great, so I'm a little confused here. Thanks! ----------- Darrel Cherry

I think that sound emulation is a problem at the moment, from all reports, but if I were you I'd check the IRQ address. You should hear the music AND the track noises -- could be a faulty address. -- ///// Tony Johns \\\\\ BYU Computer Science Dept. ///// Director of Competition \\\\\ Internet Winston Cup Championship

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>>Is anyone running a >>soundblaster 16 and successfully getting on the race track w/o >>having the game lock up? If I do SB 8 emulation, I can get out on the >>track, but there is NO sound on the track (although I get music on menus). >>Also the game doesn't remember joystick calibration, and it is a PAIN to >>get to the screen to recalibrate it. Anyone else had these problems, or >>know if it could be a system problem. I have 16 megs of ram, and ICR >>works great, so I'm a little confused here. Thanks! >I think that sound emulation is a problem at the moment, from all reports, but >if I were you I'd check the IRQ address. You should hear the music AND the >track noises -- could be a faulty address.

I have to agree with the IRQ problem. I am running an SB 16 and have no problems with either sound or it remembering the joystick calibration... John

Agreed! I'm using a Sound Galaxy in Soundblaster mode and only get menu music, no other sounds. Robert **************************************************** * * * Robert Cox * * LaTrobe University Bendigo _--_|\ * * Bendigo, Victoria, Australia / \ * * \_.--.*/ * * * ****************************************************

> >...there is NO sound on the track (although I get music on menus). > >Also the game doesn't remember joystick calibration, and it is a PAIN to > Agreed! I'm using a Sound Galaxy in Soundblaster mode and only get menu > music, no other sounds. I'm using a Soundblaster and I had the same problem. To fix it, I used the setup program (look in the demo directory) and changed the IRQ setting to the correct number. Now I get engine and skidding sounds in the game, however, I no longer get the menu music. I can live with that, though! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Jaffee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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>> >...there is NO sound on the track (although I get music on menus). >> >Also the game doesn't remember joystick calibration, and it is a PAIN to >> Agreed! I'm using a Sound Galaxy in Soundblaster mode and only get menu >> music, no other sounds. >I'm using a Soundblaster and I had the same problem. To fix it, I used >the setup program (look in the demo directory) and changed the IRQ setting >to the correct number. Now I get engine and skidding sounds in the game, >however, I no longer get the menu music. I can live with that, though! >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Brett Jaffee >----------------------------------------------------------------------------

A few things that helped me: In SETUP, when it asks about your "MIDI", select "FM synthesis" for the SB16, (not MPU-401). If at all possible, use the SB16 default IRQ (5) and DMA (1) settings for the jumpers on the SB16 board and in the NASDEMO setup program. Also, make sure you are using joystick port ONE, not two. NASDEMO does not seem to like joystick port two for steering and accel. Also, need I state the obvious: make sure your COM ports and modem do not conflict with with the SB16 IRQ and DMA. Lastly, make sure you have enabled the sounds from MIDI and voice in SB16SET and turned up the volume (I forgot to once.) I hope this helps. Good luck. -- **** Lee R. Pinnella **** Santa Clara, CA, USA **** Earth, Terran System