you need to setup a bat file that goes into fullscreen and also starts vdmsound too. it won't work when starting as a window.
a bat something like this...
@echo off
REM Launch VDMS
dosdrv.exe /iVDMS.INI
REM Free up some environment space
set VDMSPath=
REM Set the BLASTER variable
set BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 P330 T6
REM Run the game
c\games\max\maxrun.exe
REM Close the window
pause
exit
it's a great game!
(edit this bat example is a truncation/modification of the default vdms launch bat which you can find in the vdms install dir.)
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yobbo