BLOOD E1M1: Cradle to Grave - Extra Crispy (Read Description for Demo Recording Details)

[flairphantem]

Thank you so much!

I wanted to know how to record demo's, but I lost the Readme.

[archy9752]

@flairphantem Wow, finally someone appreciates my hard researched work. You are very welcome and if you have any questions, just ask me and I'll answer.

[flairphantem]

@archy9752

Really?

In fact I have a question that I really, really need answered.

How did you upload this video? Cause I'm able to record them and all, but even with the instructions you gave (I kinda jumped the gun on the playback thing) I was unable to view the videos.

I also tried DOSBox recording and since i don't have the right Codec's, I'm not able to see the video (Still have sound when I playback though).

Any specific advice you could give (like what you did to upload) would help.

[archy9752]

@flairphantem First, I played the game while recording a .dem file which can't be directly used to upload videos because it contains no video, just the players movement which it recreates then you use the playback command.

I then in the DOSBox conf file, set:

windowresolution=original

output=openglnb

scaler=none

memsize=64

cycles=max

Then I playback the demo in a DOSBox window (not fullscreen) with Fraps recording the Window.

Need any more help?

[flairphantem]

@archy9752

I downloaded Blood from GOG.com, and I've got all the stuff (including DOS box) in "C:/Games/Blood/One Unit Whole".

How can I get Dos to run things from "One unit Whole" Directory?

I've got it mounted to C:/Games.

[archy9752]

@flairphantem So DOSBox is in "C:/Games/Blood/One Unit Whole" or a sub-directory of "C:/Games/Blood/One Unit Whole"?

If while in DOSBox's command prompt, you [really] are mounted at C:\games, then you would type in:

cd blood\ONEUNI~1

To get to the "One unit Whole" Directory.

If you want me to make a video demonstrating how I recorded and played back a demo, let me know and I will. I'll install blood to "C:/Games/Blood/One Unit Whole" so that way, we'll have the same steps.

[flairphantem]

@archy9752

I managed to get to the point where the "press a key to start Blood" screen was.

Once I started it, it gave me an error saying "playback failed, possibly due to an invalid or conflicting IRQ".

I suppose I should also mention that I have 5 DOSBOX config files:

dosboxBlood

dosboxBlood_addon

dosboxBlood_client

dosboxBlood_server

dosboxBlood_setup

I've also had to re-install the game, since it wouldn't run properly after I edited them all. Now it's in "C:/Games/Blood".

[archy9752]

@flairphantem What version of DOSBox is running the game (Ex 0.74) and what is your IRQ for Soundblaster and Gravis Ultrasound, you can find that info in the DOSBox config. And how are you starting BLOOD? Is their a desktop shortcut or are you running it vie Command Prompt? If it's a shortcut, tell me the "Target" and the "start in" because this will tell use what config file Blood is using. To find the Target and Start in of a shortcut, right click and then left click Properties.

[flairphantem]

@archy9752

v0.73

Soundblaster IRQ: 5

I can't find the IRQ for GU.

It's currently using AWE 32 for sound.

Running off of a shortcut, and the target is: C:\Games\Blood\DOSBOX\dosbox.e­­xe -conf dosboxBlood.conf -noconsole -c "exit"

[archy9752]

@flairphantem DOSBox 0.73 has many known problems relating to sound, get the latest version of DOSBox, 0.74. I think we should use an entirely knew config file so we can get a fresh start. Before we make the new conf file, get DOSBox 0.74

Now, go to dosboxBlood.conf and tell me what's in the auotoexec section.

This is so we can make the new conf file work properly.

When you get DOSBox 0.74, it's very important to NOT install to "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files (x86)."

[flairphantem]

@archy9752

Do you have skype? 

[archy9752]

@flairphantem No.

[BLOODTheChosenOne]

Wow, this information could be very useful.