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GPL Sound Problem

Aaro

GPL Sound Problem

by Aaro » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:33:36

I just reinstalled GPL for the first time in over a year. I applied all of
Papy's patches and there D3D patch. I then downloaded all of GPLEA's cars
and sound update. The problem is there is horrible static coming from
whatever car I drive. Even before the sound patch I had this problem. I
tried reducing the number of AI sounds heard from 8 to 16 and no
improvement. I also ran dxdiag and reduced sound acceleraton but still no
better. Here are my specs:

Asus A7V133 MB
AMD 1.2 Ghz
512MB PC133 SDRAM
128MB GeForce TI4400
SB Live! Value

I have every racing sim from Papy, plus many other "sims" on my PC and they
play without any problems.
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Thanks,
Aaron Markham

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

*RIP Ayrton Senna & Dale Earnhardt*

Roger Squire

GPL Sound Problem

by Roger Squire » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:32:10

Be sure you have the latest 4n1 drivers, www.viaarena.com and the latest
sblive drivers.

rms

Malc

GPL Sound Problem

by Malc » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 06:56:18


This is a common problem with the SB Live/5.1 and some Audigy owners.

The v.3509 (dated Nov '01 iirc) drivers from Creative's site seem to work
for many, for others (myself included) the best option is to run dxdiag.exe,
go to the sound page and turn the acceleration down to basic (one above
none).

Malc.

Nick

GPL Sound Problem

by Nick » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:16:02


It all clicks into place - the reason Papyrus simulate better than everybody
else is....
<drumroll>

They have invented a whole new numbering system, a whole new subset of
mathematics where you can reduce an 8 and get 16...
Wow, are those guys geniuses or what?

Aaro

GPL Sound Problem

by Aaro » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:45:50

Ok.... I accidently reversed the numbers, sorry.

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Thanks,
Aaron Markham

http://www.cardomain.com/id/amarkham

*RIP Ayrton Senna & Dale Earnhardt*




> > I tried reducing the number of AI sounds
> > heard from 8 to 16 and no improvement.

> It all clicks into place - the reason Papyrus simulate better than
everybody
> else is....
> <drumroll>

> They have invented a whole new numbering system, a whole new subset of
> mathematics where you can reduce an 8 and get 16...
> Wow, are those guys geniuses or what?

Nick

GPL Sound Problem

by Nick » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:31:36


No problem, I was just failing to be funny...

Sid Chappl

GPL Sound Problem

by Sid Chappl » Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:55:45

Just go to the volume icon on your task, turn the volume in there down to
3/4 on Play Control and Wave/Direct Sound then adjust the volume to your
liking with your speakers volume control.
Sid.


Damien Smit

GPL Sound Problem

by Damien Smit » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:02:56

Dang it, neither of those options work for me.  Still stuck with a dual boot
to WinME :(

Damien Smit

GPL Sound Problem

by Damien Smit » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:08:02

Nope, that doesn't work either...that would only fix clipping distortion
problems.

Malc

GPL Sound Problem

by Malc » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:20:48


Have you tried changing your sound files to all 8-bit or all 16-bit?

I still get a little bit of crackling when I've turned the volume up in
windows, but it's better since I changed to all 8-bit sounds. I haven't
tried all 16-bit, couldn't find 8 different ones I liked ;-)

Malc.

Damien Smit

GPL Sound Problem

by Damien Smit » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:29:50

Hmm...I might try converting all my sound files to 8-bit...or vice versa.

Aaro

GPL Sound Problem

by Aaro » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:07:57

This static problem is very erratic. When I'm alone on the track in practice
I can simply press the "pause" key and when I resume racing the sound is
fine. When I start a race the pause trick does nothing, but within the first
lap the sound will clear up by itself. It's just unbearable to listen to
until then. I have all the latest drivers for my PC, and every other game on
my system runs perfect. I never had this problem with the exact same
hardware on Win98, just WinXp Pro.

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Thanks,
Aaron Markham

http://www.cardomain.com/id/amarkham

*RIP Ayrton Senna & Dale Earnhardt*

falco

GPL Sound Problem

by falco » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:34:32

I have same problem as you :(
  still looking for a fix :)


Sid Chappl

GPL Sound Problem

by Sid Chappl » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:29:48

Ah ok so it's XP your having the problem in. My earlier post fixes it for
win98 but as far as i know the only fix for XP is to get a Audigy or Audigy2
card. Would be worth it to buy one and test it, if it fixes it great, if not
just return the card.
Sid.


cc

GPL Sound Problem

by cc » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:47:34



Same problem.  My sound screws up when I crash the car.  I just live
with by hitting F2 and returning back to the game.  Just XP and 5.1
soundcards it seems.  When I used my onboard sound, I didn't have this
problem.  I have a cmedia 5.1 soundcard btw.  I turned down the
hardware acceleration but it seems to***up my ohter games.

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