rec.autos.simulators

by **Stev** » Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Sorry about reposting this, but I'm desperate :)
I'd like to point out that I HAVE already done the weird windows 98 stuff to
get GPL to work (it didn't run at all until I tried that), my problem is
that the sound is STILL garbled. I know theres at least one other person out
there with this problem and surely someone has found a way round it?

Now for the original post.....

*
First, the only differences between my system since when it did work and now
are win98 and a Diamond MonsterSound.

The sounds are garbled, BUT, before you all hastily reply telling me to
reduce the number of sound effects, I know about this, I have it down to 3
(as low as it will go) and the sounds still come out garbled. The game is
also running REALLY badly (i.e. very choppy framerates) which I believe is
related to the sound issue. Can anybody help me with my problem?
*

btw since this post I tried disabling my sound card from within windows, and
the game runs at its proper speed, however my joystick port is on my
soundcard, and as I'm sure you all know, trying to drive with the keyboard
is an exercise in futility :)

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Steve

by **CrashMaste** » Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Make that 2 ..... I also have the same sound problem after I get into the game
(sometimes I can't) the sound is Garbled (sounds like a superhyper-drunk
bee)..... I have a sound blaster 32, win98 rendition v1000 and voodoo2.....I
have tried all of the sound options that I can think of or have heard of and no
luck. ANY GOOD help will be welcomed.

Andy

by **Edwar** » Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Make that four of us, however it does work OK thru the rendition V1000

by **Mike Davi** » Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> Sorry about reposting this, but I'm desperate :)
> I'd like to point out that I HAVE already done the weird windows 98 stuff to
> get GPL to work (it didn't run at all until I tried that), my problem is
> that the sound is STILL garbled. I know theres at least one other person out
> there with this problem and surely someone has found a way round it?

> Now for the original post.....

> *
> First, the only differences between my system since when it did work and now
> are _____win98______ <snipped for brevity>........is an exercise in futility
> :)

> PLEASE HELP ME!!!

> Steve

Steve,
Not to sound like a broken record, but Win98 sucks. Most IT departments
won't upgrade to it or support people on staff that do it themselves. In network
circles it is pretty commonly known as a dog. I would just reinstall Win95 OSR2
and get back to playing sims. Is there really any major reason to run 98? Do you
use the mutiple monitor option? If not, then quite beating yourself over the
head and reinstall. There's my two cents, all the best, Mike

--
Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works
Computer/Audio/Video Convergence
"from Creative minds spring Creative solutions."
http://www.creativemedia-works.com

Member, International Webmasters Association http://iwanet.org

by **Chris Roger** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

I am trying to solve the same sound/frame-rate problem. The only similarity
I see is that we both are using V1000 with Voodoo2. I wonder if the others
with this problem have the same video cards? Could that be the
problem/conflict?

>Make that 2 ..... I also have the same sound problem after I get into the
game
>(sometimes I can't) the sound is Garbled (sounds like a superhyper-drunk
>bee)..... I have a sound blaster 32, win98 rendition v1000 and
voodoo2.....I
>have tried all of the sound options that I can think of or have heard of
and no
>luck. ANY GOOD help will be welcomed.

>Andy

by **Mark Dafn** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

That makes 3 of us with same config and problem

On 1 Sep 1998 01:37:48 GMT, "Chris Rogers"

>I am trying to solve the same sound/frame-rate problem. The only similarity
>I see is that we both are using V1000 with Voodoo2. I wonder if the others
>with this problem have the same video cards? Could that be the
>problem/conflict?

>>Make that 2 ..... I also have the same sound problem after I get into the
>game
>>(sometimes I can't) the sound is Garbled (sounds like a superhyper-drunk
>>bee)..... I have a sound blaster 32, win98 rendition v1000 and
>voodoo2.....I
>>have tried all of the sound options that I can think of or have heard of
>and no
>>luck. ANY GOOD help will be welcomed.

>>Andy

by **Jaboeuf Thier** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

>That makes 3 of us with same config and problem

>On 1 Sep 1998 01:37:48 GMT, "Chris Rogers"

>>I am trying to solve the same sound/frame-rate problem. The only similarity
>>I see is that we both are using V1000 with Voodoo2. I wonder if the others
>>with this problem have the same video cards? Could that be the
>>problem/conflict?

I think that problem is due to w98/creative labs problems
I ahve that problem and my config is

Creative voodoo 2
AWE 32
And w98 of course
here too the game runs just fine wihout the sound card

by **Blayne Phillip** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

WIndows 98 doesn't suck it's made for real computer users people that know
what the hell they are doing if you leave it alone it works fine
I have it and nothing has gone wrong I know of about 35 people that have it
not one problem but you read this newsgroup and people say it sucks it's
because you don't know what you are doing and you mess with things anyway
and you know who you are.

Blayne
PS I installed the GPL on WIndows 98 and it worked fine from the begining

>> Sorry about reposting this, but I'm desperate :)
>> I'd like to point out that I HAVE already done the weird windows 98 stuff
to
>> get GPL to work (it didn't run at all until I tried that), my problem is
>> that the sound is STILL garbled. I know theres at least one other person
out
>> there with this problem and surely someone has found a way round it?

>> Now for the original post.....

>> *
>> First, the only differences between my system since when it did work and
now
>> are _____win98______ <snipped for brevity>........is an exercise in
futility
>> :)

>> PLEASE HELP ME!!!

>> Steve

>Steve,
> Not to sound like a broken record, but Win98 sucks. Most IT departments
>won't upgrade to it or support people on staff that do it themselves. In
network
>circles it is pretty commonly known as a dog. I would just reinstall Win95
OSR2
>and get back to playing sims. Is there really any major reason to run 98?
Do you
>use the mutiple monitor option? If not, then quite beating yourself over
the
>head and reinstall. There's my two cents, all the best, Mike

>--
> Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works
> Computer/Audio/Video Convergence
> "from Creative minds spring Creative solutions."
> http://www.creativemedia-works.com

> Member, International Webmasters Association http://iwanet.org

by **Pat Dotso** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> WIndows 98 doesn't suck it's made for real computer users people that know
> what the hell they are doing if you leave it alone it works fine
> I have it and nothing has gone wrong I know of about 35 people that have it
> not one problem but you read this newsgroup and people say it sucks it's
> because you don't know what you are doing and you mess with things anyway
> and you know who you are.

Does Win98 support puncuation?

by **Marc J. Nelso** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

The problem I hear about Win98 is that it places you into a hypnotic
trance leading you not to buy Macs and not to puncuate sentences...Is
this true? ;)

> WIndows 98 doesn't suck it's made for real computer users people that know
> what the hell they are doing if you leave it alone it works fine
> I have it and nothing has gone wrong I know of about 35 people that have it
> not one problem but you read this newsgroup and people say it sucks it's
> because you don't know what you are doing and you mess with things anyway
> and you know who you are.

--
Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com

* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

by jc » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

>Pity that W98 doesn't insert punctuation into sentences, isn't it?

>> WIndows 98 doesn't suck it's made for real computer users people that know

>.....and a lot more rubbish.

"real" computer users?

as opposed to those of us using OSR2.1 for *** and *nix for work?

Win98 is nothing more than a glorified plus pack. anyone who thinks that it is
the end all-be all of operating systems is either scared shitless of a command
line, a l33t w4r3z d00d, or has used nothing other than win98 preinstalled on
the prefabricated boxed system their mommy just bought them from best buy.

have a wonderful evening

-jch

by **Stev** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

AHAA! I just disproved this one, cos I am using an ET6000, VOODOO1 and a
MONSTERSOUND. Completely different config, same problem. Oh well, back to
the drawing board :)

Good luck everyone

Steve

>>>I am trying to solve the same sound/frame-rate problem. The only
similarity
>>>I see is that we both are using V1000 with Voodoo2. I wonder if the
others
>>>with this problem have the same video cards? Could that be the
>>>problem/conflict?

>I think that problem is due to w98/creative labs problems
>I ahve that problem and my config is

> Creative voodoo 2
> AWE 32
>And w98 of course
>here too the game runs just fine wihout the sound card

by **Marc J. Nelso** » Wed, 02 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> let me say a real computer user is somone that knows what they are doing
> when they do it or a person that doesn't know what they are doing and
> doesn't do it

Eh?...So which is it? Do they or don't they know?...I'm dying to find
out.

I see you're into punishment.

I've always have been curious of how much it costs to build your own
computer...I mean, what about keeping the lab clean while splitting
the chips, not to mention all that oxide...Does it bother you that
Tiawan can build systems cheaper than the cost of a pair of tennis
shoes, or do you have a factory in Tiawan?

--
Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com

* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

by **Guy Leac** » Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:00:00

I have an awe64 and was having the same prob.
After editing the options.ini file in the gpl/program folder. line max sounds =
Change to 0 first and if that works try going to 8.
Hope this helps.

> >That makes 3 of us with same config and problem

> >On 1 Sep 1998 01:37:48 GMT, "Chris Rogers"

> >>I am trying to solve the same sound/frame-rate problem. The only similarity
> >>I see is that we both are using V1000 with Voodoo2. I wonder if the others
> >>with this problem have the same video cards? Could that be the
> >>problem/conflict?

> I think that problem is due to w98/creative labs problems
> I ahve that problem and my config is

> Creative voodoo 2
> AWE 32
> And w98 of course
> here too the game runs just fine wihout the sound card

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Pity that W98 doesn't insert punctuation into sentences, isn't it?

> WIndows 98 doesn't suck it's made for real computer users people that know

.....and a lot more rubbish.

--
Regards,
Bruce.
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