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Smacdown posted 09-13-99 03:55 PM ET
Hi there. I have Win98 and can't get the sound to work here on SMAC. It stutters. Like when you hear "Carmen" Santiago's intro at the beginning (when she quotes the Spartan Battle Manual), she stutters. "Superior... superior training... training....". I have DirectX6.1 on my Win 98 (as does everyone with Win98) but it doesn't recognize it. I have run the diagnostics for the Win98 version and it says there is no problem but the SMAC diagnostics says there are files missing... What do I do? I have begun to get somewhat addicted to this game and it sux when I can't understand Ms. Santiago's or Ms. Skye's voice... PLEASE HELP.
Smacdown
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 09-14-99 11:52 AM ET
What's you're sound card? I'd start by making sure that you've got the latest version of DirectX installed, which can be found at www.microsoft.com/directx.
jkm
firaxis games
Smacdown posted 09-14-99 05:49 PM ET
I am not sure what my sound card is but I have D 6.1 on the system.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 09-15-99 10:47 AM ET
Some soundcards are not well supported by DX. Run the program DXDiag.exe that is in the c:\program files\directx\setup folder. Look for comments under the drivers and directx pages.
jkm
firaxis games
GearheadForHire posted 09-22-99 12:32 PM ET
I have the same stuttering sound problem on my IBM Thinkpad laptop which uses an Mwave sound DSP chip. DXDiag.exe runs all tests fine. A dozen or so recent games also play well using this sound setup.
I�m guessing that the problem could be helped if Firaxis were to throw in a couple of switches to manipulate the sound buffer length/block size. I used the latest version of WinAmp (an MP3 player) to set the output from WaveOut to Directsound using WinAmp�s supplied directsound plug-in. I can recreate the stuttering problem in WinAmp by decreaseing the buffer length and sound block size using WinAmp�s output preference�s dialog.
Firaxis, is it possible that tweaking up the sound buffer length might at least help SMAC�s stuttering on systems like mine?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 09-23-99 10:55 AM ET
The fact that it runs the tests fine is interesting, but not necessarily all that informative. DXDiag.exe uses pretty simple tests to check basic functionality. Check the driver and directx pages in that program and look for notes, exclamation points, and other comments it might have. Also, DirectX 7 recent was released at www.microsoft.com/directx and may include improved support for your hardware.
jkm
firaxis games
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Author	Topic: Sound problem
Smacdown	posted 09-13-99 03:55 PM ET Hi there. I have Win98 and can't get the sound to work here on SMAC. It stutters. Like when you hear "Carmen" Santiago's intro at the beginning (when she quotes the Spartan Battle Manual), she stutters. "Superior... superior training... training....". I have DirectX6.1 on my Win 98 (as does everyone with Win98) but it doesn't recognize it. I have run the diagnostics for the Win98 version and it says there is no problem but the SMAC diagnostics says there are files missing... What do I do? I have begun to get somewhat addicted to this game and it sux when I can't understand Ms. Santiago's or Ms. Skye's voice... PLEASE HELP. Smacdown
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 09-14-99 11:52 AM ET What's you're sound card? I'd start by making sure that you've got the latest version of DirectX installed, which can be found at www.microsoft.com/directx. jkm firaxis games
Smacdown	posted 09-14-99 05:49 PM ET I am not sure what my sound card is but I have D 6.1 on the system.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 09-15-99 10:47 AM ET Some soundcards are not well supported by DX. Run the program DXDiag.exe that is in the c:\program files\directx\setup folder. Look for comments under the drivers and directx pages. jkm firaxis games
GearheadForHire	posted 09-22-99 12:32 PM ET I have the same stuttering sound problem on my IBM Thinkpad laptop which uses an Mwave sound DSP chip. DXDiag.exe runs all tests fine. A dozen or so recent games also play well using this sound setup. I�m guessing that the problem could be helped if Firaxis were to throw in a couple of switches to manipulate the sound buffer length/block size. I used the latest version of WinAmp (an MP3 player) to set the output from WaveOut to Directsound using WinAmp�s supplied directsound plug-in. I can recreate the stuttering problem in WinAmp by decreaseing the buffer length and sound block size using WinAmp�s output preference�s dialog. Firaxis, is it possible that tweaking up the sound buffer length might at least help SMAC�s stuttering on systems like mine?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 09-23-99 10:55 AM ET The fact that it runs the tests fine is interesting, but not necessarily all that informative. DXDiag.exe uses pretty simple tests to check basic functionality. Check the driver and directx pages in that program and look for notes, exclamation points, and other comments it might have. Also, DirectX 7 recent was released at www.microsoft.com/directx and may include improved support for your hardware. jkm firaxis games