If I see "You privatateer sound setup is incorrect blah blah blah" one more time, I'm gonna have a psyco episode.
Anyway, my sound card is a vintage 1994 SB16, non-PnP, perfectly suited for older games like Privateer. I can get MIDI to work by setting it to Soubdblaster PRO/16 or even Soundblaster, but NONE of the Digital FX settings will work.
Here are the contents of the config.sys and autoexec.bat for my Privater shortcut:
Config.sys:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 2592 FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF RAM
FILESHIGH=25
BUFFERSHIGH=25
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:mscd001
DEVICEHIGH=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /WIN95 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 P:330
DEVICEHIGH=C:\Progra~1\Creative\CTSND\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
Autoexec.bat:
SET TMP=c:\windows\TEMP
SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP
SET PROMPT=MS-DOS Mode $p$g
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
LH C:\MSMOUSE\MOUSE.com /c1
WC Academy, Armada, and other older games all use the card perfectly. Suggestions? you guys seam really good at working out Privateer Gold problems.
Anyway, my sound card is a vintage 1994 SB16, non-PnP, perfectly suited for older games like Privateer. I can get MIDI to work by setting it to Soubdblaster PRO/16 or even Soundblaster, but NONE of the Digital FX settings will work.
Here are the contents of the config.sys and autoexec.bat for my Privater shortcut:
Config.sys:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 2592 FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF RAM
FILESHIGH=25
BUFFERSHIGH=25
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:mscd001
DEVICEHIGH=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /WIN95 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 P:330
DEVICEHIGH=C:\Progra~1\Creative\CTSND\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
Autoexec.bat:
SET TMP=c:\windows\TEMP
SET TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP
SET PROMPT=MS-DOS Mode $p$g
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
LH C:\MSMOUSE\MOUSE.com /c1
WC Academy, Armada, and other older games all use the card perfectly. Suggestions? you guys seam really good at working out Privateer Gold problems.