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James S posted 03-02-99 06:38 PM ET
I have problems with SMAC crashing on startup. As soon as the Firaxis logo comes up, it crashes with an error in kernel32.dll.
I worked through the readme, and tried renaming the sound.dll, as it suggested. The game now works, but without sound (of course).
So - that's the workaround, but what's the solution? How do I get the game working with sound? I've tried reinstalling DX6, I've tried both the certified DX drivers, and the latest ones from Creative, but so far I'm not getting any joy. Everything else seems to work fine, and there are no conflicts or problems listed under system properties.
For the record, my system is a P133, 32Meg RAM, S3 ViRGE graphics card, and a Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 sound card.
I've got the UK (and hence unpatched) version.
James S posted 03-03-99 03:21 AM ET
Never mind. Through some combination of uninstalling and reinstalling DX, drivers and game, it's started working.
Don't understand why, but I'm not going to complain.
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Author	Topic: Sound.dll crashes
James S	posted 03-02-99 06:38 PM ET I have problems with SMAC crashing on startup. As soon as the Firaxis logo comes up, it crashes with an error in kernel32.dll. I worked through the readme, and tried renaming the sound.dll, as it suggested. The game now works, but without sound (of course). So - that's the workaround, but what's the solution? How do I get the game working with sound? I've tried reinstalling DX6, I've tried both the certified DX drivers, and the latest ones from Creative, but so far I'm not getting any joy. Everything else seems to work fine, and there are no conflicts or problems listed under system properties. For the record, my system is a P133, 32Meg RAM, S3 ViRGE graphics card, and a Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 sound card. I've got the UK (and hence unpatched) version.
James S	posted 03-03-99 03:21 AM ET Never mind. Through some combination of uninstalling and reinstalling DX, drivers and game, it's started working. Don't understand why, but I'm not going to complain.