OSMMDOS - MULTIMEDIA WITH DOS APPLICATIONS 05/01/96 ======================================================================= Multimedia with DOS Applications ======================================================================= Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedure ------------------------------------------------------------- **** NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LONG DOCUMENT **** DESCRIPTION This document lists the best settings for applications and games using multimedia in OS/2 Warp. RESOLUTION These settings can be found in the file, DATABASE.TXT, which is in the OS2\INSTALL subdirectory. The settings are provided here for your convenience. Multimedia with DOS Applications -------------------------------- If a DOS application is not working correctly, you might have to set it up in a virtual machine boot (VMB) session. The following documents contain information about VMB sessions: OSDAVMB: Creating a DOS Image File for Virtual Machine Boot (VMB) OSDICVMB: CD-ROM in a Virtual Machine Boot (VMB) Environment Note: Listed in alphabetical order. Aces Over Europe CD by Dynamix ------------------------------ NAME AOECD.BAT TITLE Aces Over Europe CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE COMMON1.DYN DEF_DIR \DYNAMIX\AOE SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON DPMI_DOS_API DISABLED KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON KBD_CTRL_BYPASS CTRL_ESC HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF FOLDER Games Alone in the Dark CD by I-Motion -------------------------------- NAME INDARK.EXE TITLE Alone in the Dark TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \INFOGRAM\INDARK SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games Betrayal at Krondor CD-ROM by Dynamix ------------------------------------- NAME KRONDOR.EXE TITLE Betrayal at Krondor CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \DYNAMIX\BAKCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4156 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO ON KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games Day of The Tentacle CD by LucasArts ----------------------------------- NAME DOTT.BAT TITLE Day Of The Tentacle CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \DOTT.CD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games Falcon GOLD CD by Spectrum HoloByte/Sphere, Inc. Falcon F16 ------------------------------------------------------------- NAME FALCONCD.EXE TITLE Falcon CD Gold "F16" TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE FALCOBJ.BIN DEF_DIR \FALCONCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION ON HW_ROM_TO_RAM ON HW_TIMER ON DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON DOS_FILES 62 DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 16 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF FOLDER Games Falcon GOLD CD by Spectrum HoloByte/Sphere, Inc. HORNET --------------------------------------------------------- NAME HORNETCD.EXE TITLE Falcon Gold CD "Hornet" TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE HORNOBJ.BIN DEF_DIR \FALCONCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION ON HW_ROM_TO_RAM ON HW_TIMER ON DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON DOS_FILES 62 DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 16 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF FOLDER Games Falcon GOLD CD by Spectrum HoloByte/Sphere, Inc. MIG 29 --------------------------------------------------------- NAME MIGCD.EXE TITLE Falcon Gold CD "Mig 29" TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE MIG29STF.RFM DEF_DIR \FALCONCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION ON HW_ROM_TO_RAM ON HW_TIMER ON DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON DOS_FILES 62 DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 16 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 8192 VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF FOLDER Games Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia ------------------------------- NAME NGME.BAT TITLE Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE EENOTES.OV DEF_DIR \NGME EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4096 XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4096 INT_DURING_IO ON VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 Harpoon CD by Action Sixteen ---------------------------- NAME HARPOON.BAT TITLE Harpoon CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \ SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DPMI_DOS_API DISABLED DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 DPMI_NETWORK_BUFF_SIZE 1 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 IDLE_SECONDS 20 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 FOLDER Games King's Quest 1 from King's Quest Collectors Edition CD by Sierra ---------------------------------------------------------------- NAME KQ1SCI.BAT TITLE King's Quest I TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \KQ1SCI SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH OFF DOS_UMB OFF EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2048 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO ON KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 128 FOLDER Games King's Quest 2 from King's Quest Collectors Edition CD by Sierra ---------------------------------------------------------------- NAME KQ2.COM TITLE King's Quest II TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE PICDIR DEF_DIR \SIERRA\KQ2 SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON FOLDER Games King's Quest III from King's Quest Collectors Edition CD by Sierra ------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME KQ3.COM TITLE King's Quest III TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE PICDIR DEF_DIR \SIERRA\KQ3 SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON FOLDER Games King's Quest IV from King's Quest Collectors Edition CD by Sierra ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME KQ4.BAT TITLE King's Quest 4 TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE SIERRA.COM DEF_DIR \SIERRA\KQ4 SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games King's Quest V from King's Collector's Edition CD by Sierra ----------------------------------------------------------- NAME KQ5.BAT TITLE King's Quest 5 TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \SIERRA SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games King's Quest VI from King's Quest Collectors Edition CD by Sierra ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME KQ6CD.BAT TITLE King's Quest 6 TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \SIERRA SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO ON KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 64 FOLDER Games Lands of Lore CD by Westwood ---------------------------- NAME LOLCD.BAT TITLE Lands of Lore CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \WESTWOOD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4124 FOLDER Games Legend of Kyrandia, Book I, CD-ROM by Westwood ---------------------------------------------- NAME KYRACD.BAT TITLE Legend Of Kyrandia CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE MAIN.EXE DEF_DIR \WESTWOOD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF FOLDER Games Microsoft Bookshelf by Microsoft -------------------------------- NAME BOOKS.EXE TITLE MS Bookshelf TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE BROWSER.OVR DEF_DIR \BKSHLF INT_DURING_IO ON HW_TIMER ON VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION ON Police Quest 4 CD; Open Season by Sierra ---------------------------------------- NAME PQ4CD.BAT TITLE Police Quest 4 TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE SIERRA.EXE DEF_DIR \SIERRA\PQ4CD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 HW_TIMER ON INT_DURING_IO ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4096 FOLDER Games Super Solvers Spellbound! CD by The Learning Company ---------------------------------------------------- NAME SSBPROG.BAT TITLE Spellbound! CD TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE SSB000.DAT DEF_DIR \SSBCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN PARAMETERS -gv DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_BREAK ON DOS_FILES 30 DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON Theme Park CD by Bullfrog ------------------------- NAME THEME.BAT TITLE Theme Park TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \THEME.CD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 4220 FOLDER Games Wolfpack CD-ROM by Nova Logic ----------------------------- NAME W.BAT TITLE Wolfpack TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \WOLFCD SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 0 HW_TIMER ON INT_DURING_IO ON IDLE_SECONDS 60 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2160 FOLDER Games X-COM; UFO Defense CD by MicroProse ----------------------------------- NAME XCOM.BAT TITLE X-COM TYPE DOS ASSOC_FILE NULL DEF_DIR \XCOM SESSION_MODE FULLSCREEN DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_HIGH ON DOS_UMB ON EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 1024 HW_TIMER ON IDLE_SECONDS 10 IDLE_SENSITIVITY 100 INT_DURING_IO ON KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS ON MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS ON VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2048 FOLDER Games ______________________________________________________________________ IBM disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of fitness and merchantability with respect to the information in this document. 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