Rayman on Windows 98

[PluMGMK]

I’m tempted to pack an installer into a mixed-mode CD containing the audio tracks… whad’ya all think?

An installer for this, or something else? My CD image already contains an installer, albeit a very simple DOS-native one

[PluMGMK]

I've rewritten the TSR so it should now be much simpler to use. The TSR itself now runs in Real Mode instead of Protected Mode, which means you don't need a DPMI host anymore. You can just run TPLSTSR4.EXE and then run Rayman.

It works by injecting Protected-Mode code into Rayman's sound driver (in HMIDRV.386), so sound has to be configured for it to work. (Well, why would you want Rayman with correct music but no sound? )

[Fifo]

I’m tempted to pack an installer into a mixed-mode CD containing the audio tracks… whad’ya all think?

An installer for this, or something else? My CD image already contains an installer, albeit a very simple DOS-native one

Ah, I thought the CD image only contained the audio tracks – never mind then

[PluMGMK]

So, has anyone tried the updated version?

[haker120]

I was playing with the idea of making a native DOS TSR to do it without Dosbox, but it would probably require two CD drives. Maybe now that I've a use-case (your retro PC) I might think about it more seriously – not promising anything though!

Well, after exactly two months, I've delivered: https://github.com/PluMGMK/rayman-tpls-tsr
So, haker120, if you're still here, and still interested, maybe you could give it a try if you like.

Dude, that's awesome! I'm still here just not as active as I intended to be, and the thing is: how to use it?

[PluMGMK]

Ah, hello! Well, you download it here: https://github.com/PluMGMK/rayman-tpls- ... lstsr4.zip And then extract the BIN/CUE files and burn them to a CD. You can use that CD instead of your Rayman CD on Windows 98, and run D:\TPLSTSR4.EXE (where D is your CD Drive letter) before starting Rayman. You can add D:\TPLSTSR4.EXE to your C:\RAYMAN.BAT

[haker120]

I tried v1.12EU and it says please insert Rayman's CDROM. I installed SoftKey version and it started to play music but wrong tracks everywhere. Running separately: TPLSTSR4.EXE forces me to ctrl + c to close window, music works but at startup logo plays third Band Land medalion music and Mr. Sax fight in main menu.
Running at the same dos mode: TSR is resident in memory but the same behavior. Under DOS mode soundtrack is silent even tho TSR remains in memory.

[PluMGMK]

Well, apparently despite the thread title, the TPLSTSR4 version, which has been current for about nine months, doesn't actually work on Windows 98! I'm working on a solution though

Update: New version released yesterday, confirmed working on Windows 98: https://github.com/PluMGMK/rayman-tpls- ... s/tag/v2.1