subber98
01-23-23, 01:36 PM
Hey Ladies and Gentlemen, stalkers of the deep sea.
This is my first post here just registered yesterday and in this post I want to share my findings to run the game in Dosbox in the form of config settings.
I use the awesome Dosbox-x as my daily DOS need driver: https://dosbox-x.com/
And I hope some of you may contribute to optimizing the settings. For now I fixed two problems I had: 1) Loading the Online Manual was slow 2) AOCD would crash when exiting the Online Manual and MPU401 was active (HMI error midi/digi).
aces_of_the_deep.conf:
[sdl]
fullscreen = true
fulldouble = true
fullresolution = desktop
windowresolution = original
output = overlay
[dosbox]
memsize = 16
machine = svga_s3trio64v+
[video]
vmemsize=4
[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=2xsai
[cpu]
core=dynamic_x86
cputype=486
cycles=fixed 12010
cycleup=500
cycledown=100
[dos]
ver=6.22
ems=true
xms=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=auto
[config]
dos = high, umb
files = 200
[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
mpubase=330
mpuirq=2
mididevice=mt32
midiconfig=
mt32.romdir="roland"
mt32.thread=true
mt32.src.quality=3
mt32.output gain=100
mt32.dac=3
[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100
[autoexec]
set blaster=a220 I7 D1 H5 T6
@echo off
imgmount -ro A: "Aces Of The DeepAddon.img" -t floppy
mount C: "." -freesize 1024 -nocachedir
imgmount D: "Aces Of The Deep.iso" -t iso
C:
CD DYNAMIX\AODCD
pause
AOD
I fixed the HMI bug by using updated HMI drivers from a Dungeon Master II Site which states they originate from Anvil of Dawn from this page: http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/612 (DMII-Game-PC-HMIUpdate.rar)
To install them create an INTRO directory in C:\DYNAMIX\AODCD and extract the files into it. Initially I though adding -nocachedir to my mount C: command fixed the slow loadtimes of the Online Manual but I must be wrong because I had a typo there, so it might not be helpful at all ;)
What I don't get to work properly is using GUS sound (Gravis Ultra Sound), whenever I set it up using soundset.exe the Intro will stutter, maybe some of you can give a hint. Here is the config section for GUS I am using:
[gus]
gus = true
gusrate = 44100
gusmemsize = 1024
gusbase = 240
gusirq = 5
gusdma = 3
gustype = classic
ultradir = C:\ULTRASND
#gus panning table = true
#gus fixed render rate = true
#ignore channel count while active = true
#autoamp = false
Happy hunting and may Neptune watch over us all.
This is my first post here just registered yesterday and in this post I want to share my findings to run the game in Dosbox in the form of config settings.
I use the awesome Dosbox-x as my daily DOS need driver: https://dosbox-x.com/
And I hope some of you may contribute to optimizing the settings. For now I fixed two problems I had: 1) Loading the Online Manual was slow 2) AOCD would crash when exiting the Online Manual and MPU401 was active (HMI error midi/digi).
aces_of_the_deep.conf:
[sdl]
fullscreen = true
fulldouble = true
fullresolution = desktop
windowresolution = original
output = overlay
[dosbox]
memsize = 16
machine = svga_s3trio64v+
[video]
vmemsize=4
[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=2xsai
[cpu]
core=dynamic_x86
cputype=486
cycles=fixed 12010
cycleup=500
cycledown=100
[dos]
ver=6.22
ems=true
xms=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=auto
[config]
dos = high, umb
files = 200
[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
mpubase=330
mpuirq=2
mididevice=mt32
midiconfig=
mt32.romdir="roland"
mt32.thread=true
mt32.src.quality=3
mt32.output gain=100
mt32.dac=3
[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100
[autoexec]
set blaster=a220 I7 D1 H5 T6
@echo off
imgmount -ro A: "Aces Of The DeepAddon.img" -t floppy
mount C: "." -freesize 1024 -nocachedir
imgmount D: "Aces Of The Deep.iso" -t iso
C:
CD DYNAMIX\AODCD
pause
AOD
I fixed the HMI bug by using updated HMI drivers from a Dungeon Master II Site which states they originate from Anvil of Dawn from this page: http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/612 (DMII-Game-PC-HMIUpdate.rar)
To install them create an INTRO directory in C:\DYNAMIX\AODCD and extract the files into it. Initially I though adding -nocachedir to my mount C: command fixed the slow loadtimes of the Online Manual but I must be wrong because I had a typo there, so it might not be helpful at all ;)
What I don't get to work properly is using GUS sound (Gravis Ultra Sound), whenever I set it up using soundset.exe the Intro will stutter, maybe some of you can give a hint. Here is the config section for GUS I am using:
[gus]
gus = true
gusrate = 44100
gusmemsize = 1024
gusbase = 240
gusirq = 5
gusdma = 3
gustype = classic
ultradir = C:\ULTRASND
#gus panning table = true
#gus fixed render rate = true
#ignore channel count while active = true
#autoamp = false
Happy hunting and may Neptune watch over us all.