No sound :(

ivanra78 · #1 03-31-2010, 06:45 AM

Hi, i have a little problem with this great game

.Sometimes the game just freeze, blocks and the only solution is alt+tab+delete, and sometimes i have to restart manualy computer. This happens no matter what i do, i mean it happens in towns, during the fight,or when i am traveling, there is no pattern, and i am playing game in 1280*1024, i tried in 1024*768 but then inventory is blurred .My configuration is Win XP SP3, 4 GB RAM, Geforce 9800 gold edition(latest drivers, latest version of directX 9). Is there any solution to this problem, please help because i love this game

I have installed the Blue Son Mode.

0a.Archangel.a0 · #2 03-31-2010, 08:23 AM

HI there, pls next time start a new thread as the issue is different although it might have similar reasons for it all happening.

Basicaly: Have you set all .tga files in BMP folder of the games directory to Read only? (hopefully the names are correct as I am currently w/o the game to verify it, but the concrete info is in the forum too)

Game resources are quite of simple origin and therefore dont have in-deep cleanup and maintanence scripts. How often does your game become unstabble as u described, because it should be restarted at least every 2 hours. Thats because of some bug with storage of data in virtual memory, frankly said: empty the jar before the water starts to drip over the edge.

I am currently still rebuilding the pc but in the end it will be the same system
with the same memory size except different card. Got myself a nice radeon-fast but such a heatbomb(i had implemented additional cooling to prevent it from blowing up

). The point, The game works perfectly fine for me. So open your funbox and elave it opened till you get the crash or whatever than check the inside for warning lights and any strange sound. This is just to exclude hardware failure

So a bit of summary to keep the game working:
1. set .tga files in games_directory/hud/bmp to read only (hope for correct location)
2. restart the game at least every 2 hours (keep in mid that this might be required a lot sooner if you attend more engagements within towns - it eats bits like Slimer eats choco cakes)
- might not be needed if you have a good RAM real-time cleaner and maintainer but personaly I havent found myself an efficiient one
3. try compatibility settings
- basics are as preset in properties of files
- I use advanced tools to modify the system environment for executables so that modification of more in depth settings are possibile (these are ussualy tweak programs, windows compatibility enhancers and etc.)
4. Try different resolution for its operation, at least one resolution is reported to be buggy and cause some problems so it might just be that you got the one bug or found another one.
5. Switch off all in-game graphic enhancements - if it helps than switch ona gain one after another overtime till the troubles reappear - than you will have something to think about

6. Adjust graphic card settings for the particular program, Not all 3D programs like the preset of graphic cards and sometimes forcing other mod for them simply overides and boosts the performance. For example my Radeon card hates antialiasing and emphases vertical sync so I forced these rules on some games, before this I couldn't even start some of them

without crashing.
7. Dx can be also a good thing together with the graphic card you should uninstall both, reboot in safe mode and install them - thats the best way to get it all properly installed in the system core.
- secondly for example I uninstalled DX10 from my Vista notebook as the ods were pretty dumb, graphics improved by a minipoint, noticable but ineffective in long run over internet as you react so fast that you dont give a s... about those small details but you will sense the 3x performance decrease in the first seconds

. To me Dx10 is a youth who needs to reach Adult stage till it is usable, for now its useless and creaps out resourcing.
8. Nvidia particularly - when I had Nvidia graphic cards I allways had NvTweaker isntalled as it was common to performance, graphic and stability issues within game so a few SIMPLE tweaks made my life a lot easier. Get yourself a tweaker and give it a try.
If we knew more of the root for the issue we could say if we need to modify resourcing, graphics, or compatibility and collision issues. Not enough info at this point to identify immediately.

Writing too much as allways

. These are couple of things that blinked in my mind at the moment.

R@S is a good fella and knows his way around Logs for Events so he would propably know of some other possible ways to gather intel and afterwards take neccesary steps.

Cya