Re: So... Arena and Daggerfall

On 6 Apr 2006 19:22:30 -0700, nesstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>
>Nyctolops wrote:
>>
>> During setup, Arena detects my card fine.  I had to make a special
>> boot disk for Arena to get around the "insufficient base memory"
>> problem and if I disable the sound, it works just great.  If I enable
>> the sound, the game crashes on startup -- I don't even see the first
>> screen, just instant crash.
>
>What's your sound card?

Soundblaster Vibra 16.

>For that matter, what OS are you using?  I'm using Windows 98, though I
>boot into DOS directly for Arena.

DOS 6.22.  I am playing on an old computer that I saved because it
runs Daggerfall so well.  It's an AMD 5x86.

>> Though I only played enough to see bits of two dungeons, they were
>> certainly easier to find my way around.  I did like the fact that all
>> of Tamriel was open to exploration.  The fast-travel was well done,
>> too.  Maybe I should reinstall it and give it another go.
>
>And if you still have symptoms, tell me about them.  I've been
>debugging a lot of games on my computer and have found solutions to
>many of them.  Of course, that's my computer, yours may require
>something else.

I reinstalled Arena and got everything working except the sound.  I
have been editing the boot disk, but I just can't get the sound to
work.  I get a blank screen if I enable both sound and music.  If I
disable both, I can play.  If I enable sound, but not music, I can
play, but I still get no sound.
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Nyctolops