Remember (The Dig)? Help me get sound.

HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
edited October 2006 in Gaming
Hey guys. Anyone here remember the age old game called The Dig?
I've got the cd of it from way back when and was trying to get it to play on my pc with XP Pro.
I got it to load and run but with no sound.
It wants to configure and load drivers for a soundcard.
Which it gives you a list of 4-5 different cards.
Old 1995 sound cards.
And I'm using onboard sound on all 5 of my pc's.
3 Asus, 2 Abit, mobo's.
It only loads sound drivers for the duration of the game.
That said, It won't give me sound on any settings.
I even tried setting it to no sound card thinking it might pick up sound from onboard, but it doesn't.
Any ideas? I'm stuck.
I tried reading the troubleshooting on the cd, but it doesn't have anything refering to newer sound cards.
I think the newest card it refered to was a Soundblaster 32.
And I am running it under the Win 95 compatability mode.
I really wanted to go back in time and play it too.....
It was a fun old game.

Comments

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Oh God I loved that game! sorry cant help ya tho no clue on that stuff
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Yea Gnome, I think you, your dad and I were all playing it and confering on where to go or what to do next on the game!!! That was one of the first pc games I ever got hooked on.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I may have to turn off all onboard sound and put in an old soundcard.
  • KentigernKentigern Milton Keynes UK
    edited October 2006
    Hi Hawk
    Look for VDMSound its an emulator usually free for downloading, helps with a lot of old dos games monkey island, indiana jones to name but a few. Should work with the The Dig.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited October 2006
    Kentigern, that sounds like something I could use, too. I've been trying to replay The 7th Guest, and while I get some sound, I don't get the cool soundtrack I remember so well. I'm going to give that a try. :D
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Hey thnx a bunch Kentigern! I'll get it and try it out.
    I was thinking about an emulator, but didn't know of any.
    Just heard of them, but never used one.
  • KentigernKentigern Milton Keynes UK
    edited October 2006
    Good luck guys
    I also found this web site helpful for playing my old dos games too http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Hahaha! Thats got it buddy! Great! Thnx again.
    I'll check out the dosgames.com too.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Perfect idea - Use ScummVM. That should let you play the game perfectly on any platform with everything working.
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Hey Thnx Enverex. That looks like a really good program too.
    I'll DL it and try that on one of my other pc's too.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    The main advantages of ScummVM is that it plays things perfectly with sound and music, etc and it's available for like every platform in existance. Can't ask for much more than that :p (Works with loads of Classics like Money Island 1/2/3, Beneath a Steel Sky, Day of the Tentacle, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Maniac Mansion, etc).
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited October 2006
    Very cool, Enverex. I'm definitely going to check that out. I've got some classics that I'd love to dust off and play :cheers:
  • FatFunkeyFatFunkey
    edited October 2006
    any luck..i love The Dig

    i downloaded it a while ago coudlnt get it to work so i uninstalled :(

    good game though i loved the puzzles; lol i was the 1st one out of my friends to get to the other planet by putting in the plates :P
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2006
    ScummVM was designed for the Scumm engine (the engine all those old Serria games used). If you really want a good DOS gaming experience for games outside of these, use DOSBox. It's free, emulates Soundblaster 16, ADLiB, and Gravis Ultrasound.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    TheSmJ wrote:
    ScummVM was designed for the Scumm engine (the engine all those old Serria games used). If you really want a good DOS gaming experience for games outside of these, use DOSBox. It's free, emulates Soundblaster 16, ADLiB, and Gravis Ultrasound.

    That was a different engine, ScummVM is mainly for LucasArts games. Dosbox is great but it takes a bit of configuring and does some some games too slow (you then need to start fiddling with dynamic core, automatic cycle adjustment, etc). But it's the next best thing if it's a game ScummVM doesn't support.

    Compatability list for ScummVM is here:
    http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php
    (anything 90% or over should be damn near perfect).
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2006
    Ahh yeah... well I was close enough with the point-and-click adventure part. :P

    Using one of the many GUIs for DOSBox takes all of the otherwise pain in the butt configuration scripts away. Not to mention it's flexable enough that you can even install an entire OS in DOSBox ALA Virtual PC. I had Windows 98 running on it before with great success.

    Compadability list for DOSBox here:
    http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?letter=a

    Note it is very, very large. The offical forums are quite helpfull too if you're having any problems.

    Heres a link to a popular GUI frontend for DOSBox. It'll take all of the guesswork out of DOSBox for you:

    http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/blankendaalr/dbgl/
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    VDMSound worked but the sound was breaking up slightly during entro.
    otherwise worked perfectly.
    ScummVM worked flawlessly and the only thing I set was full screen because it starts in windowed mode.
    I'm going to DL DOSBox and try that too, just to see how good it works.
    Whoopee, I can play my favorite old game.
    Thnx to all you guys for the info. :thumbup
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Best way to get dig to run smoothly is to start ScummVM then search and point it to the dig on the (cd drive). ScummVM will then make a Dig folder on the C drive. Close ScummVM and copie all files on the cd to the dig folder on the C drive. Then you can point ScummVM to the C drive folder, the game exe, and it will run flawlessly from the HD.
    That should work with other games too. Loading it on the HD for smooth execution.
    I'm about 1/2 way through the game already!
    It's one of those games you can't put down. For me anyway. Fun.
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