Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist  (DOS + WIN)



Title: Driver + speech fixes
Date: September 17, 2013




About:

General MIDI  (DOS)
- Sfx now use full channel 1-16
- Send modulation
- Fix volume slider


General MIDI  (WIN)
- Sfx now use full channel 1-15
- Higher polyphony
- Send GS reset


Sound Blaster  (DOS Floppy)
- 16-bit DAC driver


DAC  (DOS / WIN)
- Fix 16-bit --> 8-bit conversion


ADPCM  (CD)
- Repair peak overflows (most)


Tandy DAC  (DOS CD)
- Fix to play new WAVE, ADPCM formats




Instruction:

(DOS)

1) Install game - choose 'Large install'
2) Copy GENMIDI.DRV, AUDBLAST.DRV, AUDTANDY.DRV to game directory
3) Run Sierra_patch.exe in game directory
4) Run installer, select General MIDI
5) Play game



(WIN)

1) Install game - choose 'Large install'
2) Select 'Exteneded MIDI' level

3a) (CD)
    Rename SIERRAW.EXE --> SCIWIN.EXE
    Copy SCIDLL.DLL, SIERRAW.EXE to game directory

3b) (Floppy)
    Rename SCIWV.EXE --> SCIWIN.EXE
    Copy SCIDLL.DLL, SCIWV.EXE to game directory

4) Run Sierra_patch.exe in game directory
5) (WIN 3.1)  Open Windows MIDI mapper, set ch1-16 to 'Ext MIDI'
6) Run 'Freddy' shortcut



Warning:
For FM music (basesynth), use original SCIDLL.DLL driver



(CD - Speech)

1) Copy entire AUDIO folder to game directory
2) Apply speech\FPFP_AUD.PPF patch to RESOURCE.AUD
ex. PPF-O-Matic

3a) (DOS) Edit RESOURCE.CFG
- resAUD = <INSTALL>\audio

3b) (WIN) Edit RESOURCE.WIN
- resAUD = <INSTALL>\audio




Credit:
NewRisingSun            - info on MIDI, driver fixing
Valery V. Anisimovsky   - info on SOL, ADPCM
Cloudschatze            - Tandy driver info
tikalat                 - insertion
