i need help with using sound fronts for doom 2

[i_like_cheeese]

the title says it all. i been using a dos emulator on the boom source port to play doom 2 but every time i try to use a soundfront, the game either plays the same track you can hear ingame or no music at all. i tried the same soundfronts on other game like ROTT but i get the same issues. any advice?

[TuomasGaming]

Wait, so are you trying to play it on DOS? Or Boom? You can't play DOS in Boom.

If you're playing on DOS, I don't think soundfonts are supported.

If you're playing on Boom/PrBoom, you can just download soundfonts from the internet.

[lokbustam257]

5 hours ago, TuomasGaming said:

If you're playing on DOS, I don't think soundfonts are supported.

If you're playing on Boom/PrBoom, you can just download soundfonts from the internet.

Boom was developed for DOS. So I don't know what you meant there.

Edited December 18, 2021 by lokbustam257

[lokbustam257]

10 hours ago, i_like_cheeese said:

every time i try to use a soundfront, the game either plays the same track you can hear ingame

You can still hear the track right? So that means the soundfont works AFAIK. Maybe you mean the track sounds like it came out of arcade cabinets from the 80s?

 

10 hours ago, i_like_cheeese said:

or no music at all.

 

10 hours ago, i_like_cheeese said:

i tried the same soundfronts on other game like ROTT but i get the same issues.

Check your audio, is it set up properly? If yes, then check what software you use to set up your soundfont, if that's also set up properly, then the problem is probably the DOS emulator you're using. If that's set up properly too, then Boom probably does not support custom soundfont. I'm not a DOS expert, so these advice is probably a little bit incorrect.

 

Honestly man, you better just grab a fresh copy of PrBoom+ and VirtualMIDISynth (idk if that's the correct name) and get away with all of this.

Edited December 18, 2021 by lokbustam257

[i_like_cheeese]

4 hours ago, lokbustam257 said:

You can still hear the track right? So that means the soundfont works AFAIK. Maybe you mean the track sounds like it came out of arcade cabinets from the 80s?

 

 

Check your audio, is it set up properly? If yes, then check what software you use to set up your soundfont, if that's also set up properly, then the problem is probably the DOS emulator you're using. If that's set up properly too, then Boom probably does not support custom soundfont. I'm not a DOS expert, so these advice is probably a little bit incorrect.

 

Honestly man, you better just grab a fresh copy of PrBoom+ and VirtualMIDISynth (idk if that's the correct name) and get away with all of this.

thanks for the help dude! i got the soundfront to work. 

Edited December 18, 2021 by i_like_cheeese