Sound-Problem

[Dudosh]

Good evening,

I unistalled ACW completly and installed it new. Before this ACW runs without any trouble but now I`ve sometime the problem that the music is played ingame, but it holds on to play the song and then the game aborts. I`m using WIN XP-SP3 and I just updated before I installed ACW new my AC`97 Rack Sound

Any ideas

[Pocus]

aside from rolling back to the previous AC97 driver, I don't see. If they are a serious company, theoretically, you could report that their new driver is crashing an application and they should check the issue. Perhaps you can post your report in their forum.

[Dudosh]

I looked at the companys Homepage, I`ve tryed the older one driver and the new one, I got with both...uh how to describe: I think the music comes a little bit letter as it should..I post my directx with it. Playin 1.11g I don`t now what I should the crashes a gone at it seems no one until this but this music problems still...

[Dudosh]

Now I unistalled the new one, installed the old one and ACW complete new and..it don`t runs anymore

[ohms_law]

I'd recommend turning off the music for the game, then. There's not really much that Pocus (or anynoe else, for that matter) can do about another companies drivers.
Sorry to hear about your problems.

[Nikel]

In Realtek homepage the last AC97 audio drivers are from 1 october 2008, did you tried those. Click I accept and next

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=23&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false


You can try windows update too, sometimes there are drivers updates there

[Dudosh]

Tryed all you say, the game starts..but when the first song ingame is played it struggles (sounds like the pc WANTS to start but can not)..only thing could be a complete system recovery

[Pocus]

does the game works with only sounds and without musics?

[Dudosh]

does the game works with only sounds and without musics?

Yes, when music is out there are no problems...I will install a Soundblaster that I`ve in my other PC, maybe the AC`97 is a little bit damaged an other Idea I don`t have anymore

[Pocus]

So you have the possibility of keeping sounds and playing music with an external program? It is better than nothing

[Dudosh]

So you have the possibility of keeping sounds and playing music with an external program? It is better than nothing

So I installed now an Soundblaster Live (buy price 25Euro) and the game runs now without any problems and without any sound problems.

Yes, I have an external programm to play music ingame but now I don`t need it anymore. I think the problems come from the other game I play "WoW" (World of Warcraft) seems to be as this killed my original sound-driver from AC`97 (however).

Game runs, hurrah hurrah

[Nikel]

Nothing like a soundblaster

To be honest I have had installed a specific sound card in my last desktops (awe, audigy, x-fi now) but if I use the on board sound I am not able to differentiate the sound But still there is a psychological effect that makes me buy them

Now that you have a sound card, you can disable the on board sound in the bios, just in case there are still problems