KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q108590: Flight Simulator 5.0: Hang During Splash Startup Screen

Article: Q108590
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

kbusage

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY
=======

To use a MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16 sound card with Microsoft Flight
Simulator you must load the MVSOUND.SYS driver in your CONFIG.SYS file.

If you make a bootable floppy disk for Flight Simulator using FSSYSTEM.EXE, the
line referencing the sound driver, MVSOUND.SYS, will not be copied. You must
copy the line from the CONFIG.SYS on the hard drive to the CONFIG.SYS on the
your floppy drive for Flight Simulator to load properly.

Without this information in the CONFIG.SYS file, the system will stop responding
(hang) at the Flight Simulator startup screen depicting the Learjet.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The following is an example of the MVSOUND.SYS line that must be in the
CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=C:\<PATH>\MVSOUND.SYS D:3 Q:7 S:0 J:1

Switches include:

D:#  - DMA channel
Q:#  - IRQ setting
S:#  - SoundBlaster emulation is on(1) or off(0)
J:#  - Joystick enabled(1) or disabled(0)
V:#  - Sets initial volume for sound card; default is 80
M:#  - Specifies whether MPU401 emulation is on (1) or off (0)

NOTE: Refer to the Media Vision manual for a complete description of the
individual switches.

Additional query words: 5.00 flightsim fltsim dos fs5 lear jet lear-jet crash freeze up media vision media-vision pro-audio pro audio

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbprb kbinfo

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.