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PostPosted: August 2nd, 2017, 9:00 am 
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Hello everyone !
I finally make policenauts working !
With a userdisc booting MSDOS 5.0 EPSON version (I don't know why MSDOS 5.0A is not booting on my PC9821V12).
Everything is working well exept lip movement.
My sound card (PC9801-26) is working well, but AVSDRV 3.10 version is not accepted... only 4.* and 5.* are working.
Do I need to buy a PC9801-86 sound card (quite expensive...) ? Or the problem is other thing...


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PostPosted: August 2nd, 2017, 9:51 am 
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I remember the lip animation issue being mentioned here. Apparently, you do have to buy a PC-9801-86.


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PostPosted: August 2nd, 2017, 10:22 am 
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yeah, I am afraid of that too ! But she is so expensive...
I just thought maybe there was an other way, to make it work with a PC8601-26...


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PostPosted: August 22nd, 2017, 4:49 am 
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Policenauts is a pure-86PCM game. it cannot play sound in pc-9801-73/26/26k/118 or Canbe sound source.

you can buy NEC PC-9801-86 (orginal 86 sound source) , QVision WaveMaster /WaveSMIT (86 compatible + 10Mscsi host adapter combo ) , WaveStar , (orginal 86 + MPU401 compatible) , Secondbus86 or SecondbusStar (need IO-DATA Secondbus type card built-in)

PC-9801-86 , The price is about 10000JPY to 20000JPY

QVision WaveMaster /WaveSMIT / WaveStar about 15000JPY

Secondbus86 or SecondbusStar about 10000-20000jpy

all of the price is YAHOO auction Japan average price

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PostPosted: August 23rd, 2017, 3:00 am 
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That's not exactly right, because it works perfectly with my PC-9801-26 sound card,
but I cannot find the way to have lip movment active...


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PostPosted: August 29th, 2017, 11:34 pm 
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What happens when you try AVSDRV.SYS version 3.10? Is there an error message? Have you tried version 1.00 (5 KB)?


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PostPosted: September 3rd, 2017, 2:54 am 
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Yes, I tried all the version, but only the most recent is working : 5.10 version.
When I try the 3.10 version, it says my PCM card is not working. I think that recent PCM card (PC9921V12) is not supported by the driver AVSDRV 3.10. It may only support PCM card inclued on the PC-9801-86.
If only I could find a way to force the 3.10 version driver to recognize the PCM on the 9821V12... It could work...


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PostPosted: September 4th, 2017, 1:58 am 
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The 26K (YM2203) doesn't have any PCM support, which is required to play the sampled music and voices of Policenauts.

You say it's working fine on your system, except for the lip sync? I'm curious, what do you hear exactly?

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PostPosted: September 4th, 2017, 2:34 am 
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I can hear both voices and music, because music is played by my 26K and voices by my PCM card, recognize by the driver AVSDRV 5.10. But only 3.10 version is doing lipsync. And 3.10 version seems to be too old for recognize my PCM card...


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PostPosted: October 10th, 2017, 10:47 am 
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OK ! I get a PC-9801-86 !
Lipsync is working perfectly !
I will soon post results on my website !


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