Secret Mission Dosbox [Win 7]

[Jacques Vermeire]

Hello

I have troubles with playing/starting this game.

This is my conf.
[sdl]
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=1024x768
output=opengl
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
usescancodes=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=I:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\mapper.map

[dosbox]
machine=svga_s3
captures=I:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\Capture\Secret Mission\
memsize=16

[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]
core=auto
cputype=auto
cycles=auto
cycleup=10
cycledown=20

[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=44100
blocksize=1024
prebuffer=10

[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=

[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=44100
oplemu=default

[gus]
gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=1
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true

[dos]
xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=US

[joystick]
joysticktype=none
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=false

[serial]
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

[autoexec]
@echo off
SET PATH=Z:\
keyb US 437
mount C "I:\EMULAT~2\D-FEND~1\VIRTUA~1\SECRET~1\"
mount N "N:\" -t cdrom
echo.
C:
cd\
Z:\config.com -securemode > nul
call SMISSION.BAT


It installs fine (when cdrom is loaded and only selecting the soundblaster)
After that when starting smission.bat it returns to the dekstop. I even tried the CD-I version on the cdi emulator but it wont work either. Please help.

[Jacques Vermeire]

PS I use Windows 7 and dosbox 0.74

[dosraider]

PS I use Windows 7 and dosbox 0.74

No, you use windows 7 and D-Fend.

Try to run it on a regular dosbox, yes, means download 0.74 again and reinstall it.
This time follow this instructions for win7
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13511
At least it will avoid idiotic mount lines as

mount C "I:\EMULAT~2\D-FEND~1\VIRTUA~1\SECRET~1"

Don't use a frontend, makes it much to hard to find out where it goes wrong.
Of course if you want to use a frontend, your choice, but then you'll have to ask for help on a frontend forum.

[Jacques Vermeire]

I did everything you said and it still doesnt work. Put me back to dos screen.

HELP!!!

[dosraider]

I did everything you said and it still doesnt work.!

Didn't told you much more than the basics till now ....

HELP!!!

Now listen, this is how it works here:
You ,yes YOU, post relevant details, as are:
-> Your OS (already know, Win7, 32 or 64 doesn't really matter here, basics are the same)
-> Your dosbox version (important here!!)
-> Your mount lines (Important here !!) , and detailed, mount lines by install, install choices, mount lines when running the game, user inputs .... etcetera

My educated guess: you screwed up somewhere in your mounting choices, now yeah, not really 'screwed up', more it went wrong somewhere.

Also important: delete all game folders from DFend, start over from scratch.
And if still problems: please post asked details.(important, yes, indeed).

Great chances I will need some additional info, for the moment I'm in a situation that restricts me to testrun a lot myself, so info must come from you.

[Edit]
BTW, you don't try to run the CD-I version in dosbox, do you ???????????

[Edit²]
From my (blurry?) memory, when you put the CD from Secret mission in autorun will want to access the CD, REFUSE AND QUIT autorun, game MUST be installed WITHIN dosbox !!!

[Jacques Vermeire]

It works!

I had to copy the map Smission to d:\

Thanks for the help!

[dosraider]

Hmmmm, from memory I seem to remember that when you mount everything correctly and install the game the right way it should work flawless in dosbox.
Could be wrong of course, but I don't think so.

Means: that you have to copy stuff manually is an indice that you still haven't grasp the correct basics of dosbox.

Also means that when you will try out some more nitpicking game in dosbox you'll be back I guess.

[Jacques Vermeire]

Ok, you're right, im back :s

The game plays flaweless but i have no sound!

When i go to setup i select

Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32
Port: 220 IRQ: 7 DMA: 5

I push "test" and it plays the sound

Then for Midi I select:

Sound Card : Sound Blaster 16
Port: 388

I push "test" and it plays the sound

Then it says "Installation Completed"

I start the game (smission.bat) and it plays the game fine but i have no sound.

(i use dosbox 0.74 windows 7 32 bit)

Here my config

fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=surface
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper-0.74.map
usescancodes=true

[dosbox]
# language: Select another language file.
# machine: The type of machine tries to emulate.
# Possible values: hercules, cga, tandy, pcjr, ega, vgaonly, svga_s3, svga_et3000, svga_et4000, svga_paradise, vesa_nolfb, vesa_oldvbe.
# captures: Directory where things like wave, midi, screenshot get captured.
# memsize: Amount of memory DOSBox has in megabytes.
# This value is best left at its default to avoid problems with some games,
# though few games might require a higher value.
# There is generally no speed advantage when raising this value.

language=
machine=svga_s3
captures=capture
memsize=16

[render]
# frameskip: How many frames DOSBox skips before drawing one.
# aspect: Do aspect correction, if your output method doesn't support scaling this can slow things down!.
# scaler: Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# If 'forced' is appended, then the scaler will be used even if the result might not be desired.
# Possible values: none, normal2x, normal3x, advmame2x, advmame3x, advinterp2x, advinterp3x, hq2x, hq3x, 2xsai, super2xsai, supereagle, tv2x, tv3x, rgb2x, rgb3x, scan2x, scan3x.

frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]
# core: CPU Core used in emulation. auto will switch to dynamic if available and appropriate.
# Possible values: auto, dynamic, normal, simple.
# cputype: CPU Type used in emulation. auto is the fastest choice.
# Possible values: auto, 386, 386_slow, 486_slow, pentium_slow, 386_prefetch.
# cycles: Amount of instructions DOSBox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this value too high results in sound dropouts and lags.
# Cycles can be set in 3 ways:
# 'auto' tries to guess what a game needs.
# It usually works, but can fail for certain games.
# 'fixed #number' will set a fixed amount of cycles. This is what you usually need if 'auto' fails.
# (Example: fixed 4000).
# 'max' will allocate as much cycles as your computer is able to handle.
#
# Possible values: auto, fixed, max.
# cycleup: Amount of cycles to decrease/increase with keycombo.(CTRL-F11/CTRL-F12)
# cycledown: Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=auto
cputype=auto
cycles=auto
cycleup=10
cycledown=20

[mixer]
# nosound: Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
# rate: Mixer sample rate, setting any device's rate higher than this will probably lower their sound quality.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# blocksize: Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering but sound will also be more lagged.
# Possible values: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 512, 256.
# prebuffer: How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.

nosound=false
rate=44100
blocksize=1024
prebuffer=20

[midi]
# mpu401: Type of MPU-401 to emulate.
# Possible values: intelligent, uart, none.
# mididevice: Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# Possible values: default, win32, alsa, oss, coreaudio, coremidi, none.
# midiconfig: Special configuration options for the device driver. This is usually the id of the device you want to use.
# See the README/Manual for more details.

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=

[sblaster]
# sbtype: Type of Soundblaster to emulate. gb is Gameblaster.
# Possible values: sb1, sb2, sbpro1, sbpro2, sb16, gb, none.
# sbbase: The IO address of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 220, 240, 260, 280, 2a0, 2c0, 2e0, 300.
# irq: The IRQ number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 7, 5, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12.
# dma: The DMA number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 1, 5, 0, 3, 6, 7.
# hdma: The High DMA number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 1, 5, 0, 3, 6, 7.
# sbmixer: Allow the soundblaster mixer to modify the DOSBox mixer.
# oplmode: Type of OPL emulation. On 'auto' the mode is determined by sblaster type. All OPL modes are Adlib-compatible, except for 'cms'.
# Possible values: auto, cms, opl2, dualopl2, opl3, none.
# oplemu: Provider for the OPL emulation. compat might provide better quality (see oplrate as well).
# Possible values: default, compat, fast.
# oplrate: Sample rate of OPL music emulation. Use 49716 for highest quality (set the mixer rate accordingly).
# Possible values: 44100, 49716, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000.

sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=false
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100

[gus]
# gus: Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
# gusrate: Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# gusbase: The IO base address of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 240, 220, 260, 280, 2a0, 2c0, 2e0, 300.
# gusirq: The IRQ number of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 5, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12.
# gusdma: The DMA channel of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 3, 0, 1, 5, 6, 7.
# ultradir: Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory
# there should be a MIDI directory that contains
# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used
# with Timidity should work fine.

gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
# pcspeaker: Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
# pcrate: Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# tandy: Enable Tandy Sound System emulation. For 'auto', emulation is present only if machine is set to 'tandy'.
# Possible values: auto, on, off.
# tandyrate: Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# disney: Enable Disney Sound Source emulation. (Covox Voice Master and Speech Thing compatible).

pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true

[joystick]
# joysticktype: Type of joystick to emulate: auto (default), none,
# 2axis (supports two joysticks),
# 4axis (supports one joystick, first joystick used),
# 4axis_2 (supports one joystick, second joystick used),
# fcs (Thrustmaster), ch (CH Flightstick).
# none disables joystick emulation.
# auto chooses emulation depending on real joystick(s).
# (Remember to reset dosbox's mapperfile if you saved it earlier)
# Possible values: auto, 2axis, 4axis, 4axis_2, fcs, ch, none.
# timed: enable timed intervals for axis. Experiment with this option, if your joystick drifts (away).
# autofire: continuously fires as long as you keep the button pressed.
# swap34: swap the 3rd and the 4th axis. can be useful for certain joysticks.
# buttonwrap: enable button wrapping at the number of emulated buttons.

joysticktype=auto
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=false

[serial]
# serial1: set type of device connected to com port.
# Can be disabled, dummy, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# Additional parameters must be in the same line in the form of
# parameter:value. Parameter for all types is irq (optional).
# for directserial: realport (required), rxdelay (optional).
# (realport:COM1 realport:ttyS0).
# for modem: listenport (optional).
# for nullmodem: server, rxdelay, txdelay, telnet, usedtr,
# transparent, port, inhsocket (all optional).
# Example: serial1=modem listenport:5000
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial2: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial3: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial4: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.

serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

[dos]
# xms: Enable XMS support.
# ems: Enable EMS support.
# umb: Enable UMB support.
# keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none).

xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=auto

[ipx]
# ipx: Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.

ipx=false

[autoexec]
mount c d:\
c:\
cd smission
mount d g:\ -t cdrom
smission.bat


My fault in the beginning was that i didnt use a shorter mapfolder (like you said before). And yes i have alot to learn about dosbox :p. Other games works also flaweless exept this one.
And no i didnt use the CD-I rom in dosbox.

I really wanne play this game, pure nostalgic.

Thanks in advance!

(ps i dont have the original game disc)

[Jacques Vermeire]

Ok, nevermind the above!

I downloaded another version and it works!!

Thanks for your help!

[cdi freak]

i can play it but i don't have any sound, can you help me?

[dosraider]

You already have the solution right above your own post:

I downloaded another version and it works!!

[cdi freak]

i'd like to know where he got the updated version

[dosraider]

....amazon?
....ebay?
... search for a warez download site.

.....àààààànd yes, topic locked.