rec.autos.simulators

>>Get a hissing sound thru my Cambridge
>>speakers . Using a Monster sound mx200. Anyone else experiencing this. Having
>>no problems with other games.

>I've got the same problem.  It's awful: big-time.  I'm using an Ensoniq
>AudioPCI card through Altec ACS45's.  Changing the # of sounds has no effect,
>nor does changing the sound settings in the  app.ini or player.ini files.  What
>it does to the Ferrari's sound is painful to listen to - Arrrgh!  No problem
>with any other games.  Any thoughts out there??

>> It isn't the wind noise, is it? Seriously. If it only happens when
>> driving the car and goes away if you hit F10 (arcade view), it is the
>> wind. I don't know if one can turn it off.

>Well..you can uppack the sound.dat file and edit the wind noise down
>to nothing.  One approach, anyway.

>> It isn't the wind noise, is it? Seriously. If it only happens when
>> driving the car and goes away if you hit F10 (arcade view), it is the
>> wind. I don't know if one can turn it off.

>>Well..you can uppack the sound.dat file and edit the wind noise down
>>to nothing.  One approach, anyway.

>Nope.  Ensoniq AudioPCI w/latest CL SB 64PCI drivers, DX6, & Altec ACS45's,
and
>it's from the engine sounds.  I unpacked the sound.dat file and played the
wavs
>seperately.  There's a gravelly static-like quality to the sound that's
>annoying at a minimum, but downright criminal with the Ferrari.  I don't
know
>whether it's a hardware problem or a listener preference, but I can't
imagine
>the rapturous responses to the 312B engine sound (or the others) if they're
>hearing what I hear.  You get enough to know it's a great sound, if not for
the
>static (maybe not the best word), but are aggravated by the overall
quality.
>A bit like listening to blown speakers, but they're not.  It really gets in
the
>way of enjoying GPL.  In Sierra's tech support FAQ for GPL, they suggest
>running DXSETUP from the CD and checking if the sound drivers show as
>"certified" for Direct X.  Did that and CL's latest (for this card) are
not.
>Still, I haven't seen this problem elsewhere.   Hmmmmmmmmmm.

>Steve B.

> Have to agree with Steve B.;  I also have the Ensonic card w/ latest
> drivers, and engine sound, while OK, cannot be what others are hearing.

> Scratchy sound, almost reminiscent of a worn out LP.  (for those who are too
> young to remember, an LP(sometimes refered to as a "record") was a funny
> looking flat piece of some kind of plastic, usually black, that you rotated,
> put a needle on, & heard music from. As it wore out from the friction of the
> needle sometimes causing little scratches, the sound deteriorated.  Hence
> the term "Sounds scratchy".  Another technical marvel called an "8-track
> player" would begin to sound(no pun intended ;-) ) the death knell for the
> LP.  Don't even get me started on 8-tracks, or stories about pulling little
> ribbons out of tiny places while in an uncompromising position, because it
> was her "favorite song", will make me forget what the h*** I was responding
> to.

> Uhhhhh, what the h*** WAS I responding to??????

> Brian

> >> It isn't the wind noise, is it? Seriously. If it only happens when
> >> driving the car and goes away if you hit F10 (arcade view), it is the
> >> wind. I don't know if one can turn it off.

> >>Well..you can uppack the sound.dat file and edit the wind noise down
> >>to nothing.  One approach, anyway.

> >Nope.  Ensoniq AudioPCI w/latest CL SB 64PCI drivers, DX6, & Altec ACS45's,
> and
> >it's from the engine sounds.  I unpacked the sound.dat file and played the
> wavs
> >seperately.  There's a gravelly static-like quality to the sound that's
> >annoying at a minimum, but downright criminal with the Ferrari.  I don't
> know
> >whether it's a hardware problem or a listener preference, but I can't
> imagine
> >the rapturous responses to the 312B engine sound (or the others) if they're
> >hearing what I hear.  You get enough to know it's a great sound, if not for
> the
> >static (maybe not the best word), but are aggravated by the overall
> quality.
> >A bit like listening to blown speakers, but they're not.  It really gets in
> the
> >way of enjoying GPL.  In Sierra's tech support FAQ for GPL, they suggest
> >running DXSETUP from the CD and checking if the sound drivers show as
> >"certified" for Direct X.  Did that and CL's latest (for this card) are
> not.
> >Still, I haven't seen this problem elsewhere.   Hmmmmmmmmmm.

> >Steve B.