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samal posted 03-24-99 12:24 PM ET
After I installed v3.0 the sound no longer works after the opeining video. I've allready tried disabling the files in alphacentauri.ini (like ds3d) and it doesn't do anything. Can someone help me?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-24-99 01:00 PM ET
What's your soundcard?
jkm
firaxis games
samal posted 03-24-99 05:05 PM ET
My soundcard is a Yamaha XG 64V Wavetable Integrated sound
Toto posted 03-24-99 11:45 PM ET
I am having the same problems. The Version installed from the CD worked perfectly. Version 3 has no sound after the opening.
I have a Crystal SoundFusion. It was what Dell was shipping with PII's in the fall.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-25-99 10:55 AM ET
Try doing a complete reinstall, apply the patch, and disable both EAX and DS3D in the alpha centauri.ini file. That's pretty much the MO for the game misdetecting your hardware (no sound after movie), and the new sound.dll was modified heavily (to add A3D support).
jkm
firaxis games
Jak posted 03-25-99 12:08 PM ET
I have installed the 3.0 patch and find the sound quality is poorer than it was for the 2.0 version (some static and crackling during some of the clips). Are there features that can be disabled to restore the audio to version 2.0? My sound card is a Turtle Beach Montego A3D PCI 64 Voice. Note the sound when I had version 2.0 installed was flawless.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-25-99 01:14 PM ET
The EAX and DS3D settings mentioned in my last post would do the trick.
jkm
firaxis games
ChairmanLee posted 03-26-99 10:28 AM ET
Just to let other's know. I could not get any game sound using patch 2.0. I did not have any EAX or DS3D lines in my Alpha Centauri,ini file. I got patch 3.0 and the game sound then worked. Then the game would crash when research was done before the speech. I then checked the ini file and there were the EAX and DS3D lines set to 1. I set both of them to 0 and the game works fine. Thank's for the info!
Jak posted 03-26-99 01:03 PM ET
Works fine now. Thanks Jeff.
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Author	Topic: Sound Problems
samal	posted 03-24-99 12:24 PM ET After I installed v3.0 the sound no longer works after the opeining video. I've allready tried disabling the files in alphacentauri.ini (like ds3d) and it doesn't do anything. Can someone help me?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-24-99 01:00 PM ET What's your soundcard? jkm firaxis games
samal	posted 03-24-99 05:05 PM ET My soundcard is a Yamaha XG 64V Wavetable Integrated sound
Toto	posted 03-24-99 11:45 PM ET I am having the same problems. The Version installed from the CD worked perfectly. Version 3 has no sound after the opening. I have a Crystal SoundFusion. It was what Dell was shipping with PII's in the fall.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-25-99 10:55 AM ET Try doing a complete reinstall, apply the patch, and disable both EAX and DS3D in the alpha centauri.ini file. That's pretty much the MO for the game misdetecting your hardware (no sound after movie), and the new sound.dll was modified heavily (to add A3D support). jkm firaxis games
Jak	posted 03-25-99 12:08 PM ET I have installed the 3.0 patch and find the sound quality is poorer than it was for the 2.0 version (some static and crackling during some of the clips). Are there features that can be disabled to restore the audio to version 2.0? My sound card is a Turtle Beach Montego A3D PCI 64 Voice. Note the sound when I had version 2.0 installed was flawless.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-25-99 01:14 PM ET The EAX and DS3D settings mentioned in my last post would do the trick. jkm firaxis games
ChairmanLee	posted 03-26-99 10:28 AM ET Just to let other's know. I could not get any game sound using patch 2.0. I did not have any EAX or DS3D lines in my Alpha Centauri,ini file. I got patch 3.0 and the game sound then worked. Then the game would crash when research was done before the speech. I then checked the ini file and there were the EAX and DS3D lines set to 1. I set both of them to 0 and the game works fine. Thank's for the info!
Jak	posted 03-26-99 01:03 PM ET Works fine now. Thanks Jeff.