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Old 01-23-23, 01:36 PM   #1
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Default Aces of the Deep (AOCD) Dosbox

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:
 
Code:
[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:


 
Code:
[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.

Last edited by subber98; 01-23-23 at 01:49 PM.
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Old 01-26-23, 05:44 PM   #2
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Welcome aboard !!

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Old 01-26-23, 11:50 PM   #3
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