Roland MT-32 problems with BB 1.1

[Ryoma]

Yesterday I tried to enable the mt32.

I download the rom of the mt32 here :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j_XrcKR3GIeRY0F8Z7Uy6Nt0dLN1L6Nb/view

Replace dosbox by dosbox-x
https://dosbox-x.com/

Rename the rom as is
MT32_CONTROL.ROM + MT32_PCM.ROM and CM32L_CONTROL.ROM + CM32L_PCM.ROM.

And put it on a folder called rom. This folder is ea the same location than dosbox-x

In the dosbox.conf :
[midi]
mpu401 = intelligent
mpubase = 330
mididevice = mt32
midiconfig = 2 delaysysex
samplerate = 44100
mpuirq = 9
mt32.romdir = ./rom
mt32.reverse.stereo = off
mt32.verbose = off
mt32.thread = off
mt32.dac = 3
mt32.reverb.mode = auto
mt32.reverb.time = 5
mt32.reverb.level = 3
mt32.partials = 32

Change the setup of stunts.

[GTAManRCR]

I'm using DOSBox-ECE

[Duplode]

DOSBox-X makes it easier to use MT-32 by having Munt built in. One issue I have noticed is that, compared to vanilla DOSBox + external Munt (which is how I usually play Stunts), MT-32 sound is lower pitched on DOSBox-X (about one semitone lower, if the guitar tuner app I'm using is to be trusted). Taking this video, which is claimed to have been recorded with a real MT-32, as a reference, the vanilla DOSBox + external Munt pitch is the most accurate one. (Note that, while I use Vinicius' trick of replacing the 1.1 MT-32 files with the 1.0 ones, this change doesn't significantly affect the pitch.)

(I haven't tried DOSBox-ECE yet; I'll give it a spin later.)

[GTAManRCR]

The main menu song will still be borked, but not so much. So it's not enough to replace MT15.DRV, but also need the MTENG1.VCE and MTSKIDMS.VCE

[GTAManRCR]

MT-32 sound is lower pitched on DOSBox-X

This is why external MUNT is better in terms of emulation

[Ryoma]

When I launch the game for a duel Diablo vs Countach (a car0 transform in car1), I have the message "out of memory...". I used mt32 sound.

With game_ad from llm, I have not theses problems...but it's difficult to come back to admin version.

I used dosbox-x, any idea ?

[GTAManRCR]

DOSBox-ECE? Vanilla DOSBox?
Using 4-D Sports Driving (Doesn't equal actually to 4D Sports Driving)

[Daniel3D]

Try with the original crack. Stunts_k.com
I believe it is something in restunts..

[Duplode]

When I launch the game for a duel Diablo vs Countach (a car0 transform in car1), I have the message "out of memory...". I used mt32 sound.

With game_ad from llm, I have not theses problems...but it's difficult to come back to admin version.

I used dosbox-x, any idea ?

I tried to reproduce this problem with the most recent Diablo in your Mega versus the F40 (whose car1 has a similarly high polygon count), but it worked fine. The restunts executable I'm using is game.exe from the 7z archive in this post, invoked with the /smt switch for MT-32 sound. For further testing, I suggest posting your modified Countach 3SH, as well as your DOSBox-X configuration file.

[Ryoma]

Here the 2 files.

[Duplode]

Okay, I think I have figured it out. The problem is neither with the restunts executable, nor with MT-32. What is happening is that:

• The stunts_k.exe NeverLock crack doesn't work with DOSBox-X unless loadfix is used;
• DOSBox-X reloads stunts_k automatically with loadfix upon detecting it has crashed (as evidence, the attached sceenshot shows a message that flashes on the screen very quickly); and
• loadfix interferes with the normal behaviour of Stunts (see also llm's remarks on the subject).

Everything works fine with DOSBox-X and restunts' game.exe (even with game.exe /smt for MT-32 sound), and with vanilla DOSBox and either game.exe or stunts_k.exe.

[Ryoma]

Thanks a lot, it works now.

[GTAManRCR]

• The stunts_k.exe NeverLock crack doesn't work with DOSBox-X unless loadfix is used;

The reason I don't use DOSBox-X

[Ryoma]

Did you like my Countach ?

[Duplode]

Did you like my Countach ?

It looks nice. In the past, I sometimes felt that, at least for some cars, the extra detail in a downscaled car0 doesn't translate too well to lower resolutions. I guess that's mostly in the eye of the beholder, though.