It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
Wing Commander seriesWC1: Crappy sound and sluggish mouse(51 posts)solved(51 posts)solved
(51 posts)solved
Pages:
1
2
3
4
This is my favourite topic
Posted August 29, 2011
avatar
doc_dos: Just everything available here can be found for free
Everything available on Steam can be found for free too, so what's your point?
Posted August 30, 2011
avatar
Fuzzyfireball: Everything available on Steam can be found for free too, so what's your point?
You've read my post?!

If one decides to use abandonware or warez (the latter i don't), he's aware that it's not hassle-free. You'll need cracks, or some online-registration-workaround, you don't get regular updated like on steam etc.

If i pay for something, and still have to fix some config or else it will not work properly, i'm PO.

And i'm even more by GOG's attitude; since they haven't fixed it before releasing, it shows their poor care about the classic games community. If you want to wow a friend about how great dos games are, would you leave him with a WC installation like this one? "Hey, sound ain't working (and the scans are s****y as well), but hey, enjoy. Ask someone else to fix it!"

If GOG is really dedicated about our passion, they should do better. That's my point.
Posted August 30, 2011
avatar
doc_dos: would you leave him with a WC installation like this one? "Hey, sound ain't working (and the scans are s****y as well), but hey, enjoy. Ask someone else to fix it!"
This fix takes a couple minutes. You make it sound like you have to rip the game apart.

avatar
doc_dos: If GOG is really dedicated about our passion, they should do better. That's my point.
GOG is a small group of people who got together to re-release old PC games. Dealing with mountains of paperwork and phone calls and all that other shit that comes with signing a publisher shows dedication, no?
Posted August 30, 2011
avatar
Fuzzyfireball: This fix takes a couple minutes. You make it sound like you have to rip the game apart.
In this very case, true. I meant it more in general.

avatar
Fuzzyfireball: GOG is a small group of people who got together to re-release old PC games. Dealing with mountains of paperwork and phone calls and all that other shit that comes with signing a publisher shows dedication, no?
Yes, thats one part of it, the other one is taking care of the quality of the release itself.
Posted August 30, 2011
avatar
herecomethe2000: not sure why you would want cpu to be 386_slow. Set it on auto at least also set core to dynamic or auto, both are far better.

As to why they didn't ship it with a munt version. Simple answer they can't. But you can do what you like in that department. It's not hard to setup, just a bit of reading.
Maybe it's me, but slowing down my CPU in DOSBox solved an issue where the display turned into a mess of flashing lines during the first training mission. Thanks again for the help, btw!
Posted August 30, 2011
It's a simple fix unless your system won't let you edit files in your program files folder. I've tried getting rid of "read only" a few times and it won't work.
Posted August 30, 2011
avatar
menschmaschine5: It's a simple fix unless your system won't let you edit files in your program files folder. I've tried getting rid of "read only" a few times and it won't work.
Copy the file to the desktop, untick "read only", edit the file and save it, then copy it back to the original location
I would generally recommend to install games not in the Program Files folder, if you are using Vista or 7, instead install them into an extra folder like C:\Games\
Thus you can edit files in that folder without all the hassle about administrator rights and all that stuff... :)
Posted September 06, 2011
I found that changing the mouse sensitivity in the dosbox config file to 500 worked for my sluggish mouse.
avatar
Physhal: Wing Commander on GOG seems to have significantly worse sound effects and music than I remember. My guess is that it hasn't been preconfigured to use Sound Blaster. Anyone know how to fix this?

Also the mouse controls are very sticky and sluggish. Changing mouse sensitivity via the graphic mode setup has no effect. WC2 does not have either of these issues.
Posted September 08, 2011
I too hope that the GOG team will be able to release a patch that will fix all sorts of errors mentioned here and not yet mentioned here. I wouldn't call myself the slowest troubleshooter, but it still took me 10-15 minutes to discover I had to edit the wingcomdr.cfg and "run as administrator" because it would freeze at startup after it says "expanded memory detected." I understand the latter is mentioned in the common troubleshooting tips on this site, but why should anyone have to do this much reading up after an install? I also bought Privateer and Caesar 3 and I do not have any issues like this.

Other bugs with this game include: 1) a buzz or pitched hum, usually following some sort of sound change/action like a wingman communication, 2) sounds cutting out completely and getting music only, 3) extremely slow when there's lots of objects, such as one of the Brimstone missions where I'm fighting 4 Salthi in an asteroid field, 4) random crashes, such as if I'm being rammed while my wingman communicates with me, and 5) if I mouse click too much at the loadup screen to go to the main menu quicker, it seems to lock so wherever I scroll it thinks I'm left clicking. So far the only way to undo/reset it is to right+left click repeatedly til it stops. (I have Win7 64bit)

I want to conclude by saying despite these issues, it's really nice to be playing these games again. I know there's a WC fanbase that probably played them just weeks ago, but for me, it's been 10+ years and I am grateful.
Post edited September 08, 2011 by fallennorthstar
Posted September 20, 2011
I opened the file and there is no "r" to be found
all i have is

v a904
Posted September 26, 2011
avatar
Kamfrenchie: I opened the file and there is no "r" to be found
all i have is

v a904
Yeah, same here. Could someone please post the entire contents of the file?
Posted October 02, 2011
Just noticed this too after re-downloading the setup file from GOG. The a905 that's in there now does result in the correct sounds, so it's probably fixed. I imagine this is the same sound card setting as posted here but for slightly different BLASTER variables. Apparently GOG fixed this?
Posted October 08, 2011
avatar
sndwv: Just noticed this too after re-downloading the setup file from GOG. The a905 that's in there now does result in the correct sounds, so it's probably fixed. I imagine this is the same sound card setting as posted here but for slightly different BLASTER variables. Apparently GOG fixed this?
Nope, just reinstalled, file contains "v a904" and it's still midi. Tried using "v a552" and "v a905, still not right.
Post edited October 08, 2011 by Spyderizer
Posted October 14, 2011
I'm honestly still not sure what the #'s are but it sounds like the file is being ignored either way. Midi data should only be sent if there is an "r" there, as that is wingcommander's midi mode (Roland Midi not General Midi mind you, hence the weird SFX and instruments when played through your OS)

Where is the wingcmdr.cfg file of yours located?
Post edited October 14, 2011 by herecomethe2000
Posted October 15, 2011
avatar
herecomethe2000: I'm honestly still not sure what the #'s are but it sounds like the file is being ignored either way. Midi data should only be sent if there is an "r" there, as that is wingcommander's midi mode (Roland Midi not General Midi mind you, hence the weird SFX and instruments when played through your OS)

Where is the wingcmdr.cfg file of yours located?
In the WC directory, have tried two different install locations:

C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\WC\
E:\Apps\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\WC\
Pages:
1
2
3
4
This is my favourite topic
Community
Wing Commander seriesWC1: Crappy sound and sluggish mouse(51 posts)solved(51 posts)solved
(51 posts)solved