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ballpark posted 05-05-99 09:58 AM ET
OK, so I followed suggestions, installed DirectX 6.1 and my sound still terminates after the Secret Project Movies play. This is partially good news, because they used to cause the whole thing (SMAC) to crash until I upgraded my DirectX. So, the new DirectX appears to have ended that part of the failure. I can continue on with the game, but there is no longer any sound. If I save the game, terminate, restart, and reload the game, >viola!< sound returns... Does anyone have any additional suggestions, other than to wait for SMAC 4.0?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 05-05-99 11:33 AM ET
What's the soundcard? Does the DXDiag.exe directsound test complete successfully?
jkm
firaxis games
tting posted 05-05-99 03:32 PM ET
I think you're having the same problem as me. Try building another secret project after you build the first one. Does it crash the computer? If it does, it's like mine. Set the 8bitsound=1 and see if that helps. It worked for me.
Hope this helps,
Timothy
ballpark posted 05-05-99 04:39 PM ET
Jeff,
I haven't run the DXDIAG since installing the upgrade (last evening), but I will do so. Of course, I must note that the last time I ran that diag it reported "clean and good", too. So I'm not very optimistic about it failing this time, which, I guess, would be a good thing for my system, but bad for the Trouble.
The Sound Card is an S.B. AWE32.
By the way, I get lots of suggestions about updating settings, but noone is tellimg where. Into what file are all these "Settings" supposed to be entered?
tting posted 05-05-99 06:15 PM ET
I have a SB 32 value. The settings are in a file in the "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri" directory. It begins with alpha. If you look in the Windows explorer, it should say that they're configuration settings. Go into that, add that line somewhere (or change it if it's already there).
Timothy
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Author	Topic: Secret Project Movies Crash Sound
ballpark	posted 05-05-99 09:58 AM ET OK, so I followed suggestions, installed DirectX 6.1 and my sound still terminates after the Secret Project Movies play. This is partially good news, because they used to cause the whole thing (SMAC) to crash until I upgraded my DirectX. So, the new DirectX appears to have ended that part of the failure. I can continue on with the game, but there is no longer any sound. If I save the game, terminate, restart, and reload the game, >viola!< sound returns... Does anyone have any additional suggestions, other than to wait for SMAC 4.0?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 05-05-99 11:33 AM ET What's the soundcard? Does the DXDiag.exe directsound test complete successfully? jkm firaxis games
tting	posted 05-05-99 03:32 PM ET I think you're having the same problem as me. Try building another secret project after you build the first one. Does it crash the computer? If it does, it's like mine. Set the 8bitsound=1 and see if that helps. It worked for me. Hope this helps, Timothy
ballpark	posted 05-05-99 04:39 PM ET Jeff, I haven't run the DXDIAG since installing the upgrade (last evening), but I will do so. Of course, I must note that the last time I ran that diag it reported "clean and good", too. So I'm not very optimistic about it failing this time, which, I guess, would be a good thing for my system, but bad for the Trouble. The Sound Card is an S.B. AWE32. By the way, I get lots of suggestions about updating settings, but noone is tellimg where. Into what file are all these "Settings" supposed to be entered?
tting	posted 05-05-99 06:15 PM ET I have a SB 32 value. The settings are in a file in the "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri" directory. It begins with alpha. If you look in the Windows explorer, it should say that they're configuration settings. Go into that, add that line somewhere (or change it if it's already there). Timothy