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From: pjenki1 AT gl DOT umbc DOT edu (Patrick Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: This is for Juanje. (a920101 AT zipi DOT fi DOT upm DOT es)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 13:38:49 GMT
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On Fri, 24 May 1996 12:31:47 UTC+0200, you wrote:

>Thanks for the info... but even using EMM386 in my config, Mikmod doesnt give
>me any sound :_(... Did you change anything in the sources before compiling?
>I also want to use it in a game I am developing: Is it fast or does it slow
>down things considerably?
>
>  Thanks in advance. (and forgive my English!)
>
>
>				Juanje. (a920101 AT zipi DOT fi DOT upm DOT es)
>

Check out http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~pjenki1/djgpp_resources.html  This
is my DJGPP programming page.  I have combined Mikmod and Allegro for
my needs, and now others can try it.  I too am using it in a game I am
developing.  Here are few suggestions for optimum performance.

1.  For any soundcard that is not a GUS, use the 8bit setting (GUS use
16bit - done with the hardware, not the CPU)

2.  Set the mixing rate by hand, not through autodetect (unless
necessary).  ie. SB Pro can only max at 22050 - set it for that.  I
have found that the autodetect routines will use a higher mixing rate
(more CPU cycles) even though the sound card can't play at the rate it
mixes (very weird?)

3.  Use -02 and -funroll-loops for optimiztion flags (along with
whatever else you need).

I am working on a fight style game similar to Mortal Kombat, Killer
Instinct.  I have loads of sfx and loads of music but I haven't had
any (major) problems.  Someone once said that the Sound Blaster Mod
Library is faster (1.5% cpu usage) (Mikmod ~4% - someone told me this,
I didn't test it) but the features in Mikmod far outweigh the SB thing
(different music formats, more sound devices supported, etc.)


cya
Patrick Jenkins

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