Topic: Can anyone help me with soundcard (SB Live) / EAW (Read 2635 times)

Kestrel · « **on:** January 22, 2003, 11:48:06 am »

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with a sound issue in EAW and OP.

My crew voices can be heard at the initial Red Alert, and I never hear from them again. Music plays continuously without problems, and other sounds are OK.

I just traded in my reliable and trusty 450 Mhz system for a new Dell. Sound hardware is SB Live card using the drivers from the Creative Website dated 5/2000 and also the OEM drivers from Dell. Direct X versions tried so far are 8.0 and 8.1. I checked the voices zip file, and it is not read-only. Voices = 1 in SFC.INI and it is set to read-only. Operating system is Win98SE. I plan to try ratcheting down sound acceleration, but I was hoping that somebody has run into this before.

Can anyone point me to the right drivers, Direct X version, or game setting that might cause the dropout of crew voices?

Strafer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2003, 02:07:20 pm »

There is a setting within the game that sets the level of verbosity. I can't recall exactly where right now but it does involve getting to the keymap screen and toggling to an Options button somewhere.

Tulmahk · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2003, 10:16:37 pm »

Try changing your 'Voices=1' setting to 'Voices=3'. Also, change your sfc.ini file's read-only status. It shouldn't be read-only.

If that doesn't work, try reducing the acceleration your SBLive is using.

Kestrel · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2003, 04:32:01 am »

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed. I have forgotten about that setting. I am glad that one of my teething problems is not hardware related.

Kestrel · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2003, 11:48:06 am »

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with a sound issue in EAW and OP.

My crew voices can be heard at the initial Red Alert, and I never hear from them again. Music plays continuously without problems, and other sounds are OK.

I just traded in my reliable and trusty 450 Mhz system for a new Dell. Sound hardware is SB Live card using the drivers from the Creative Website dated 5/2000 and also the OEM drivers from Dell. Direct X versions tried so far are 8.0 and 8.1. I checked the voices zip file, and it is not read-only. Voices = 1 in SFC.INI and it is set to read-only. Operating system is Win98SE. I plan to try ratcheting down sound acceleration, but I was hoping that somebody has run into this before.

Can anyone point me to the right drivers, Direct X version, or game setting that might cause the dropout of crew voices?

Strafer · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2003, 02:07:20 pm »

There is a setting within the game that sets the level of verbosity. I can't recall exactly where right now but it does involve getting to the keymap screen and toggling to an Options button somewhere.

Tulmahk · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2003, 10:16:37 pm »

Try changing your 'Voices=1' setting to 'Voices=3'. Also, change your sfc.ini file's read-only status. It shouldn't be read-only.

If that doesn't work, try reducing the acceleration your SBLive is using.

Kestrel · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2003, 04:32:01 am »

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed. I have forgotten about that setting. I am glad that one of my teething problems is not hardware related.

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