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Re: sound / lemmings problem?



>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Ziegler <jrzst3+@pitt.edu> writes:

    Jeremy> i am still new with executor, but i think i have run into
    Jeremy> a minor problem.  first, some background: i am running
    Jeremy> executor through win95 without the dos reboot.  here's the
    Jeremy> deal: i tried the lemmigs demo to check my sound and i had
    Jeremy> 2 things happen.

    Jeremy> 1) the sound was very rough.  is this normal?  (by rough,
    Jeremy> i mean it didn't sound as nice as something in win95).

You're correct, sound under DOS sounds rough.  We are working on
switching to a new, slimmed down SoundBlaster package that should
sound much better (about the same as Executor/Linux's sound) and not
cause floppy problems.  Hopefully that will be ready in about a week
(fingers crossed  :-).

    Jeremy> 2) whenever a lemmings screen disappeared (say to go to
    Jeremy> the next screen), executor would wait a second and then
    Jeremy> the screen would go black.  then for one second (if that)
    Jeremy> the last screen would flash up and then the new screen
    Jeremy> would appear.

    Jeremy> has anybody else had these problems?

I haven't seen that problem, although I have noticed a somewhat
different problem with Lemmings screen fades.  Are you running UniVBE?
Executor now uses VBE 2.0 mechanisms to set the palette if they are
present (we get more accurate colors that way).  I think the Lemmings
screen fade problem predates that, though.  I'll add it to my list of
bugs to investigate.

Thanks!

-Mat


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