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Flateric

Spaceman
Hi JohnI12,

sorry for my confus posts..
But i want to play this great game!

OK the boot disc is runnig but i get a failure message from dos!

First of All my keyboard is confusing....
backslash is at another place
the same with : ist also at another place on my keyboard
but thats no problem. I located them! :)

But when i tried to start priv i get the dos failure message:

insufficient dos memory ....

Help me please ;)
 
While using your bootdisk use this command:
mem /c > p1mem.txt
mem(space)/c(space)>(space)p1mem.txt
Notice the spaces. This will create a report on how your memory is being use. Post the results in p1mem.txt. You keyboard does you in dos right?
 
Dos memory

Hi JohnI12
here are my results from p1mem.txt (< instead of >)

type of memory total used free

conventional 655,360 76,704 578,656
upper 92,416 71,664 20,752
reserved 0 0 0
XMS 200,120,064 3,062,528 197,057,536

compl memory200,867,840 3,210,896 197,656,944

complete under 1MB 747,776 148,368 599,408

EMS memory 17,170,432 (16m)
Free EMS memory 16,777,216 (16m)

max size for a practicable program 578,400 (565k)
largest free upper memory 19,712 (19k)

Please forgive me any mistakes I do in this text! I have to translate it
into english without a dictionary!
Thanks
 
Flateric, you're missing a lot of info. The report should look like this.
--------------------------------------

Modules using memory below 1 MB:

Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 14,205 (14K) 14,205 (14K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,056 (1K) 1,056 (1K) 0 (0K)
SMARTDRV 2,480 (2K) 2,480 (2K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 4,144 (4K) 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 2,992 (3K) 2,992 (3K) 0 (0K)
UNIVBE 21,216 (21K) 21,136 (21K) 80 (0K)
CDROM 20,272 (20K) 0 (0K) 20,272 (20K)
MOUSE 15,008 (15K) 0 (0K) 15,008 (15K)
DOSKEY 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K) 4,144 (4K)
MSCDEX 27,952 (27K) 0 (0K) 27,952 (27K)
Free 646,960 (632K) 609,136 (595K) 37,824 (37K)

Memory Summary:

Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 46,224 609,136
Upper 105,280 67,456 37,824
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 15,623,360 238,784 15,384,576
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 16,777,216 745,680 16,031,536

Total under 1 MB 760,640 113,680 646,960

Largest executable program size 609,040 (595K)
Largest free upper memory block 25,392 (25K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
---------------------------------------

As you can see it should me how your drivers are loading. Make sure you run this command mem /c > p1mem.txt correctly with spaces. Don't worry about translating it I need to see this reports in it's correct format(copy/paste).
 
feh... you shouldn't need more than your mouse, sound card, himem and emm386 drivers to run Privateer.
 
Lets go on....

Hi JohnI12,
sorry i lost sth of that text!

Module mit Zugriff auf Arbeitsspeicher unter 1 MB:

typ complete = conventional + upper memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
SYSTEM 39,072 (38K) 10,640 (10K) 28,432 (28K)
HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 4,032 (4K) 4,032 (4K) 0 (0K)
APINIT 1,984 (2K) 1,984 (2K) 0 (0K)
MSCDEX 32,384 (32K) 32,384 (32K) 0 (0K)
MOUSE 26,304 (26K) 26,304 (26K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 7,168 (7K) 0 (0K) 7,168 (7K)
OAKCDROM 36,064 (35K) 0 (0K) 36,064 (35K)
Frei 599,408 (585K) 578,656 (565K) 20,752 (20K)

type of memory total used free

conventional 655,360 76,704 578,656
upper 92,416 71,664 20,752
reserved 0 0 0
XMS 200,120,064 3,062,528 197,057,536
------------------------------------------------------------------------
compl memory 200,867,840 3,210,896 197,656,944

complete under 1MB 747,776 148,368 599,408
EMS memory 17,170,432 (16m)
Free EMS memory 16,777,216 (16m)
max size for a practicable program 578,400 (565k)
largest free upper memory 19,712 (19k)
 
Flateric, we need to free up more conventional memory. In the autoexec.bat you are going to need to add LH (loadhigh) to the sound card and mouse drivers. They should look like this.

LH C:\SBPCI\APINIT

LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE

Are you using the CD or the floppy version of P1?
 
To JohnI12

I am using the CD version of Privateer I

--> What else have i to do, to get the game running!

CU
 
O'kay, we still need to free up more conventional memory. We are going need to play this game without the CD-ROM. On the CD there are two files which you need to copy to the c:\privater. Copy the priv.tre and the rf.tre. Next in the c:\privater edit both the PRIV.CFG and RF.CFG with notepad to look like this

PRIV.CFG
=c:priv.tre

RF.CFG
=c:rf.tre

Next edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys You'll need to place the REM command in front of the CD-ROM lines.

REM LH C:\CDROM\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDLW

REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS /D.CDLW

The REM command blocks things for executing. This way you don't need to delete things and to get them working again all you'll need to do is remove the REM.

Voila, (sorry I don't know any German) this game should work now.

Oh, to configure P1's sound settings in c:\privater type "install". Try SB16 and SB Pro to see which one is better. I think for your sound card it should be SB Pro. Use these settings
Port=220 Irq=7 DMA=1.
 
Hi JohnI12,
one more failure message again...

Memory original current used
near 30568 | 30326 |242
far 358764| 337052 |21712
high 7485808|7480976|4832

Your privater sound configuration is incorrect
Please run install and change your sound config.

Program halted by code
Jemm unloaded

What the f... happens!
 
To configure P1's sound settings in c:\privater type "install". Try SB, or SB16/SB Pro to see which one is better. I think for your sound card it should be SB Pro. Use these settings Port=220 Irq=7 DMA=1.

You need to do this with the bootdisk.
 
Not to question your expertise, John, but how do we know whether IRQ should be 5 or 7? I thought only the oldest cards used IRQ7. Admittedly, I think some cards use another IRQ altogether...
 
There should be some kind of test or dianostic program in C:\SBPCI. I think it's APTEST or APCONFIG. Use it with the bootdisk to see if the sound card setting work.

There should be a Help program for your sound card install on your PC. Use it to find out how to test your card under DOS.
 
Hi guys!

First of all the game is running when i set NONE sound!
I tried many setup's so i will show you my APCONFIG:

PCI Hardware:port=EC00;IRQ=5
Soundscape Em.:Base_MIDI_Port=330; Wave_Port=534; MIDI_IRQ=7; WaveIRQ=7; DMA=1
SBPro Em.: Port=220; IRQ=7; DMA=1
MP-401 Em.: Port=330; IRQ=7
Adlib Em.: Port 388


I tried all settings! nothing...
Can anybody help me please???
 
O'kay your sound settings are stuck. This is because you install this game from windows. Your are going to need to re-install it with the bootdisk.

While in windows delete everything in the c:\privater. Now copy everything in the CD to c:\privater. Next do a Edit > Select All and File > Properties and uncheck the "Read only" box. on all files in c:\privater. Now re-start you machine with the bootbisk and cd into the c:\privater and type "install". This is your sound card settings.

SBPro Em.: Port=220; IRQ=7; DMA=1

Once you are done installing the game you'll need to edit the PRIV.CFG and RF.CFG with notepad to look like this
PRIV.CFG
=c:priv.tre
RF.CFG
=c:rf.tre

You should be readly to go.

If you are still having problems try editing the
SET BLASTER= line and change the I7 to I5.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T2 J200
and use these settings
SBPro Em.: Port=220; IRQ=5; DMA=1
 
Hi JohnI12,

sorry i was on a short skiing trip with friends......

I tried what you ve posted, but i got no sound!
No Problem I will play the game without sound if
you have no other idea!

Thank you very much for your help! I will post here again
if i habe trouble with Priv 2!

CUA
 
With the bootdisk run APTEST. I want to see if your sound card work under DOS. Also, and this line to the autoexec.bat SET SBPCI=C:\SBPCI and C:\SBPCI\APLOAD.EXE

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T2 J200
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
SET SBPCI=C:\SBPCI
C:\SBPCI\APINIT
C:\SBPCI\APLOAD.EXE

Do a find files and make sure the sndscape.ini is in c:\windows. If it still doen't work go to this site and try these drivers.
http://www.spmicro.com/mp3sidekick/ensoniq.html
Follow his instructions. Don't worry about the memory manager stuff, just the sound card stuff.
 
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