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Tripod posted 02-13-99 04:17 PM ET
I have sound in windows, and in the old demo SMAC.
But I have a lot of warning icon beside the driver name in dxdiag.
My volume control are all UP so don't ask that question.
There was sound in the little film in the beginning of the game, but nothing after.
I hope somebody can help me......
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-13-99 05:40 PM ET
Did you apply the patch? Is this a Dell? If so, set DS3D and EAX to 0 in the alpha centauri.ini file. Reinstalling DX 6 might make sense too.
jkm
firaxis games
Tripod posted 02-13-99 09:22 PM ET
Yes I have the patch.
actualy I did not play one game without the patch. I install it rigth after installing the game.
I'll try without it(the patch)
if it don't work I'll repost
I don't have a Dell
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-13-99 09:53 PM ET
Try the ini mods as well. Especially if the sound is fine pre-patch.
jkm
firaxis games
AKgap posted 02-13-99 09:54 PM ET
I did play a game without the patch, and all of the sounds worked beautifully. Then I decided to download the patch and the sound went away, except for the opening movie sound. I uninstalled the game and the 1.1 Demo (which was still installed) in case there was some sort of conflict between the two. I then reinstalled the game (sans patch) and ran it, and everything worked fine again. Installing the 2.0 patch, however, disabled the sounds, music, and voices as before.
My computer is a 400 MHz PII Midwest Micro Computer, and my sound card is a SoundBlaster PCI64 Legacy, which I think is pretty "standard."
(I did check in the audio/visual options to make sure that everything was on already.)
AKgap posted 02-13-99 10:21 PM ET
Well, I tried modifying the .ini file as suggested (DS3D and EAX to 0), and it did seem to restore the sound. I ran the dxdiag on my sound and it found one small problem after passing a gazillion tests. I may try reinstalling DirectX from my Win98 CD and then re-enable the .ini flags to see if that changes anything.
Tripod posted 02-14-99 12:14 AM ET
Thank you very much Jeffrey of Firaxis.
The modication to the .ini seem to work.
Now the sound work!!!!!!!!!
thank
phil
Sparky posted 02-16-99 08:28 PM ET
Thanks, my sound works again.
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Author	Topic: I don't have a sound in SMAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tripod	posted 02-13-99 04:17 PM ET I have sound in windows, and in the old demo SMAC. But I have a lot of warning icon beside the driver name in dxdiag. My volume control are all UP so don't ask that question. There was sound in the little film in the beginning of the game, but nothing after. I hope somebody can help me......
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-13-99 05:40 PM ET Did you apply the patch? Is this a Dell? If so, set DS3D and EAX to 0 in the alpha centauri.ini file. Reinstalling DX 6 might make sense too. jkm firaxis games
Tripod	posted 02-13-99 09:22 PM ET Yes I have the patch. actualy I did not play one game without the patch. I install it rigth after installing the game. I'll try without it(the patch) if it don't work I'll repost I don't have a Dell
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-13-99 09:53 PM ET Try the ini mods as well. Especially if the sound is fine pre-patch. jkm firaxis games
AKgap	posted 02-13-99 09:54 PM ET I did play a game without the patch, and all of the sounds worked beautifully. Then I decided to download the patch and the sound went away, except for the opening movie sound. I uninstalled the game and the 1.1 Demo (which was still installed) in case there was some sort of conflict between the two. I then reinstalled the game (sans patch) and ran it, and everything worked fine again. Installing the 2.0 patch, however, disabled the sounds, music, and voices as before. My computer is a 400 MHz PII Midwest Micro Computer, and my sound card is a SoundBlaster PCI64 Legacy, which I think is pretty "standard." (I did check in the audio/visual options to make sure that everything was on already.)
AKgap	posted 02-13-99 10:21 PM ET Well, I tried modifying the .ini file as suggested (DS3D and EAX to 0), and it did seem to restore the sound. I ran the dxdiag on my sound and it found one small problem after passing a gazillion tests. I may try reinstalling DirectX from my Win98 CD and then re-enable the .ini flags to see if that changes anything.
Tripod	posted 02-14-99 12:14 AM ET Thank you very much Jeffrey of Firaxis. The modication to the .ini seem to work. Now the sound work!!!!!!!!! thank phil
Sparky	posted 02-16-99 08:28 PM ET Thanks, my sound works again.