Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Hello , I have been trying to get Caramageddon MaxPack to run on PCem with minimal success. The game loads fine however when the race starts the game will freeze shortly after. I have tried the released version as well as the latest dev build with the same result.
Host CPU i7-6700k
Tested running game on Windows 98 and MS dos 6.22
both 3dfx and software rendered versions.
If the game is run on windows 98 (dos) I am able to ALT TAB back to the desktop so PCem does not appear to be crashing just the game itself.
I'd like to help resolve this, I believe PCem to be the best way to relive classic OS's and Games short of playing them on the actual hardware they were made for.
Thanks,
Chris.
Host CPU i7-6700k
Tested running game on Windows 98 and MS dos 6.22
both 3dfx and software rendered versions.
If the game is run on windows 98 (dos) I am able to ALT TAB back to the desktop so PCem does not appear to be crashing just the game itself.
I'd like to help resolve this, I believe PCem to be the best way to relive classic OS's and Games short of playing them on the actual hardware they were made for.
Thanks,
Chris.
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Can reproduce on stock Carmageddon w/o addons and these settings:
Pentium MMX recompiler
Cyrix6x86 recompiler
IDT Winchip interpreter
486 recompiler
24mb
256mb
ATI Mach64
S3 Trio64
VGA
No sound
Sound Blaster 16
Sound Blaster AWE32
Win95
Win98SE
Also trying -hires
REALLY REALLY LATE EDIT: The Splat Pack's Windows 95 engine doesn't freeze.
Pentium MMX recompiler
Cyrix6x86 recompiler
IDT Winchip interpreter
486 recompiler
24mb
256mb
ATI Mach64
S3 Trio64
VGA
No sound
Sound Blaster 16
Sound Blaster AWE32
Win95
Win98SE
Also trying -hires
REALLY REALLY LATE EDIT: The Splat Pack's Windows 95 engine doesn't freeze.
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Does anyone have a suggestion for a process monitor for windows 98 to see what's actually being requested from the OS when the game crashes?
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Process Explorer 11.11 should work
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
No luck, that program only shows processes running under the windows kernel. DOS games don't register at all ::
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Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
This is looking like some horrible floating point issue. Might take a while...
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
No worries, I appreciate you looking into this.
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Carmageddon used to work for me, but it's been a while since I tried it.
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
I tested back to PCem version 11 with no success
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
Update, carmageddon now crashes back to a desktop in windows 98 immediately when the race starts rather then freezing at random.
Re: Carmageddon (1997) freezes a few seconds after race starts
The windows version of Carmageddon plays fine on the same setup, all be it slower then DOS. It’s odd that only the DOS exe has this issue.