Hey guys dont be so sad here comes the rescue... I have the solution for your problems ... But I still got 1 problem I cant zoom in or zoom out and the key configurations tells me that Zoom in is the home button and zoom out is the End button but nothing happends I have even tryed to change the keys to Z and X but nothing happends .. Here comes the solution to start Syndicate Wars...
You need VDMSound program, just install it and a patch for syndicate Wars called SNDFIX.EXE (try google and get it somewhere)
when you installed that launchpad you must rightclick the PLAY.BAT and select Run with VDMS (music symbol). youll get a wizard where you must choose between a default or custom one. choose custom -> new configuration from scratch -> advanced and on the program tab (where you start) click the "close dos window on exit" box.
In the compatibility tab: click the video box "enable VESA support" and "enable low-level network support" in MIDI tab DISABLE MIDI box. so NO midi. Also disable Adlib in Adlib tab. Oh yes No joystick either.(dunno why I also read it from somewhere)
In Sound blaster tab enable soundblaster of course and make sure IRQ number is 7, Baseport is 0x220, 8-bit DMA:1, 16-bit DMA:5, DSP ver = 4.05 (soundblaster 16). but I think these are defaults but just make sure. then you are done. Whew
there was a forum with a thread where they explained how to do this I cant find it anymore it did work... looked for hours to find that page again. Else I would paste a link here
Anyway you need to install that SNDFix.EXE in your SYNDICATE WARS folder of course. change PLAY.BAT to .doc and make sure it reads only these lines:
@echo off
dosdrv
setsound
@main /w /g
save it and make it .BAT again. this will make sure you will get through the set sound menu make sure you have NO midi sound on and you have Sound Blaster Pro (EVERYTIME you start up the game you MUST do the Sound check with Sound Blaster Pro or else it wont work.)
Happy killing