I tried this for quite some years, and pretty much played around with every piece of setting but I never managed to make the Ingame Midi work for Overseer. The game itself works (It´s been a while so I don´t have the details in my mind, but it seemed i finally made it work somewhen after having quite some problems with it before), there is just no ingame music.
Did anyone make the Ingame Midi music work? The music and sound in the Filmsequences works just fine, it´s just the midiparts.
The midimusic really adds a lot to the atmosphere and it´s kind of sad to play Overseer without it. If you made the experience it is not possible to make the midi work at least I know if I can stop trying it. I want to play Overseer again in some weeks and who knows maybe there is a way. It´s a little wierd I never had any problems with playing pandora and I was able to make UAKM work on XP ( Dosbox with the right settings) perfectly, but it´s the "newest" game that´s giving me the trouble
Did anyone make the Ingame Midi music work? The music and sound in the Filmsequences works just fine, it´s just the midiparts.
The midimusic really adds a lot to the atmosphere and it´s kind of sad to play Overseer without it. If you made the experience it is not possible to make the midi work at least I know if I can stop trying it. I want to play Overseer again in some weeks and who knows maybe there is a way. It´s a little wierd I never had any problems with playing pandora and I was able to make UAKM work on XP ( Dosbox with the right settings) perfectly, but it´s the "newest" game that´s giving me the trouble
UAKM and Pandora are both DOS games, Overseer is A Windows 9x game.
In a nutshell, when Microsoft implemented HAL in Windows XP, it changed the way the hardware calls were performed. If you were to install Overseer in a Windows 9x environment the Midi should work. Otherwise the source code for Overseer would have to be updated.
Edit - Actually let me say that the way the midi was written to work with Windows 9X and the way Windows XP wants it to work don't mesh. I believe the mapping issue is because of HAL, but I am not 100% sure.
In a nutshell, when Microsoft implemented HAL in Windows XP, it changed the way the hardware calls were performed. If you were to install Overseer in a Windows 9x environment the Midi should work. Otherwise the source code for Overseer would have to be updated.
Edit - Actually let me say that the way the midi was written to work with Windows 9X and the way Windows XP wants it to work don't mesh. I believe the mapping issue is because of HAL, but I am not 100% sure.
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".
SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
Been a while since I attempted running Overseer on an NT based OS.
I forget, is the error/lack of MIDI input on program start, game load etc? Can you see any devices listed under the MIDI section of 'Preferences'?
Just looking at this page: http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/win95.htm for clues as to whether it's crapping out while querying the MIDI devices list (and asking in an incompatible Win9x MCI way), or whether it has more to do with some kind on initialization thing.
It may help to list what MIDI devices you have on your system and other info such as RSX settings.
I forget, is the error/lack of MIDI input on program start, game load etc? Can you see any devices listed under the MIDI section of 'Preferences'?
Just looking at this page: http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/win95.htm for clues as to whether it's crapping out while querying the MIDI devices list (and asking in an incompatible Win9x MCI way), or whether it has more to do with some kind on initialization thing.
It may help to list what MIDI devices you have on your system and other info such as RSX settings.
That sounds familiar.i'm_melting_i'm_melting wrote:(and asking in an incompatible Win9x MCI way)
EDIT- From http://www.fourthlaw.com/2007/03/26/tex ... all-guide/
"Windows 9x used a technology called MCI (media control interface) to play MIDI music. That was changed in Windows 2000/XP to the new WDM (Windows Driver Model) format. In other words, the Overseer sound system is sending out messages addressed to an vacant lot. Nobody’s home."
A sansGUI interface is one that does not have the small features called "Windows". The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without".
SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).
SansGUI's are more typically used in Unix-like Operating Systems. The conventional wisdom is that a GUI (Grapical User Interface) help guide the casual computer user to perform routine tasks with Point and Click simplicity. SansGUI's have acquired considerable acceptance for users accustomed to the CLI (Command Line Interface).