GPL Sound problem

I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the sound is all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increase seems to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was on the old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my system. Epox 8K7A+ 512megs PC2100DDR AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB Soundblaster Live Value Geforce2MX400 Hard drive thats spins real fast Windows XP ECCI Controller

Have you cranked up the number of sounds to the max in GPL's options? I think it will go to 16 (maybe higher, can't remember without looking). - David Cook "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the soundis > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increaseseems > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was onthe > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of mysystem.

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> > Epox 8K7A+ > 512megs PC2100DDR > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > Soundblaster Live Value > Geforce2MX400 > Hard drive thats spins real fast > Windows XP > ECCI Controller > >

make sure you have the cpu patch installed, as well as any other patches like d3d, etc....also make sure you have the updated drivers for your Live! card -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash Tom Osbon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the sound is > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increase seems > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was on the > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my system. > > Epox 8K7A+ > 512megs PC2100DDR > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > Soundblaster Live Value > Geforce2MX400 > Hard drive thats spins real fast > Windows XP > ECCI Controller > >

Tom... Make sure if you have "onboard" sound on your mobo....that it is properly disabled. Then, if that's not it......make sure your drivers for the SB Live Value are for WinXP....not Win98se. Do you have sound problems with other games? TP "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the soundis > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increaseseems > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was onthe > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of mysystem.

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> > Epox 8K7A+ > 512megs PC2100DDR > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > Soundblaster Live Value > Geforce2MX400 > Hard drive thats spins real fast > Windows XP > ECCI Controller > >

Sound works fine with all other games, I have all the patches for GPL loaded, will try the SBlive drivers and see what happens. "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wBGY8.547372$cQ3.49784@sccrnsc01...

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> Tom... > > Make sure if you have "onboard" sound on your mobo....that it is properly > disabled. Then, if that's not it......make sure your drivers for the SB > Live Value are for WinXP....not Win98se. Do you have sound problems with > other games? > > TP > > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the sound > is > > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increase > seems > > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was on > the > > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my > system. > > > > Epox 8K7A+ > > 512megs PC2100DDR > > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > > Soundblaster Live Value > > Geforce2MX400 > > Hard drive thats spins real fast > > Windows XP > > ECCI Controller > > > > > >

I is 16 but going anyhigher than 4 makes it sound like a war zone. "David Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2VFY8.15307$[email hidden]...

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> Have you cranked up the number of sounds to the max in GPL's options? I > think it will go to 16 (maybe higher, can't remember without looking). > > - David Cook > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the sound > is > > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increase > seems > > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was on > the > > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my > system. > > > > Epox 8K7A+ > > 512megs PC2100DDR > > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > > Soundblaster Live Value > > Geforce2MX400 > > Hard drive thats spins real fast > > Windows XP > > ECCI Controller > > > > > >

I had a problem with a SoundBlaster Live card and GPL running under Windows XP - crackling sound and pauses or stutters in the game even when I was getting 36 fps. Getting the latest SoundBlaster drivers cured the crackling but not the pauses. The only thing that fixed that was going into the Sounds and Audio Devices control panel and turning Hardware Acceleration (under Advanced | Performance) all the way down. Problem solved! GPL is as smooth as a baby's bottom again. Others report they achieved smoothness after turning Hardware Acceleration down a notch or two - I had to go all the way off. Seems Windows XP has exposed a deep rooted bug in the Live drivers that affects some games coded for non-current versions of DirectX (EAW flight sim had same problem; cured same way). Dan Thorpe (remove "nospam" from my return address to reply) "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QGGY8.124892$[email hidden]...

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> Sound works fine with all other games, I have all the patches for GPL > loaded, will try the SBlive drivers and see what happens. > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:wBGY8.547372$cQ3.49784@sccrnsc01... > > Tom... > > > > Make sure if you have "onboard" sound on your mobo....that it is

properly > > disabled. Then, if that's not it......make sure your drivers for the SB > > Live Value are for WinXP....not Win98se. Do you have sound problemswith

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> > other games? > > > > TP > > > > > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > > > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the

sound > > is > > > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increase > > seems > > > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it wason

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> > the > > > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my > > system. > > > > > > Epox 8K7A+ > > > 512megs PC2100DDR > > > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > > > Soundblaster Live Value > > > Geforce2MX400 > > > Hard drive thats spins real fast > > > Windows XP > > > ECCI Controller > > > > > > > > > > > >

Tom, all the drivers for the sondblaster live card on XP have their problems with GPL ranging from distorted sound, CTDs', and crackling. Also the 'stepping' problem can be caused by IRQ sharing (this can vary between mobos - the worst mobo I had for this was an Abit). I have an Intel board with onboard sound which is surprisingly good and works really well with GPL so I've disabled the SB adapter. I think Creative can't be bothered with downward compatiblity of their drivers for older games on XP. I can't be bothered to reinstall Windows ME but this was much more stable than XP. And if you're running a Geforce then have you sorted the problems with refresh rates? The XP problems continue.... Alan "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the soundis > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM increaseseems > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was onthe > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of mysystem.

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> > Epox 8K7A+ > 512megs PC2100DDR > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > Soundblaster Live Value > Geforce2MX400 > Hard drive thats spins real fast > Windows XP > ECCI Controller > >

Thanx for the tip Dan ... ive had a long standing prob with my sblive and gpl. The wierd thing is if i put hardware accel to zero my sound is messed up. It seems to work fine on normal(1 from the left) its the first time if had an online race with no sound probs at all. I think the way is to test all the settings and choose the one that works best for you . :) dan "Daniel Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:62HY8.54810$[email hidden]... > I had a problem with a SoundBlaster Live card and GPL running underWindows > XP - crackling sound and pauses or stutters in the game even when I was > getting 36 fps. Getting the latest SoundBlaster drivers cured thecrackling > but not the pauses. The only thing that fixed that was going into theSounds > and Audio Devices control panel and turning Hardware Acceleration (under > Advanced | Performance) all the way down. Problem solved! GPL is as smooth > as a baby's bottom again. Others report they achieved smoothness after > turning Hardware Acceleration down a notch or two - I had to go all theway > off. > > Seems Windows XP has exposed a deep rooted bug in the Live drivers that > affects some games coded for non-current versions of DirectX (EAW flightsim

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> had same problem; cured same way). > > Dan Thorpe > (remove "nospam" from my return address to reply) > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QGGY8.124892$[email hidden]... > > Sound works fine with all other games, I have all the patches for GPL > > loaded, will try the SBlive drivers and see what happens. > > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:wBGY8.547372$cQ3.49784@sccrnsc01... > > > Tom... > > > > > > Make sure if you have "onboard" sound on your mobo....that it is > properly > > > disabled. Then, if that's not it......make sure your drivers for the

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> > > Live Value are for WinXP....not Win98se. Do you have sound problems > with > > > other games? > > > > > > TP > > > > > > > > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > > > > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the > sound > > > is > > > > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM

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> > > seems > > > > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was > on > > > the > > > > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my > > > system. > > > > > > > > Epox 8K7A+ > > > > 512megs PC2100DDR > > > > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > > > > Soundblaster Live Value > > > > Geforce2MX400 > > > > Hard drive thats spins real fast > > > > Windows XP > > > > ECCI Controller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Graceous Lord! Thank you! That worked for me, and it also fixed the feedback problem I had with my webcam. Great ! Zen "Daniel Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:62HY8.54810$[email hidden]... > I had a problem with a SoundBlaster Live card and GPL running underWindows > XP - crackling sound and pauses or stutters in the game even when I was > getting 36 fps. Getting the latest SoundBlaster drivers cured thecrackling > but not the pauses. The only thing that fixed that was going into theSounds > and Audio Devices control panel and turning Hardware Acceleration (under > Advanced | Performance) all the way down. Problem solved! GPL is as smooth > as a baby's bottom again. Others report they achieved smoothness after > turning Hardware Acceleration down a notch or two - I had to go all theway > off. > > Seems Windows XP has exposed a deep rooted bug in the Live drivers that > affects some games coded for non-current versions of DirectX (EAW flightsim

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> had same problem; cured same way). > > Dan Thorpe > (remove "nospam" from my return address to reply) > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QGGY8.124892$[email hidden]... > > Sound works fine with all other games, I have all the patches for GPL > > loaded, will try the SBlive drivers and see what happens. > > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:wBGY8.547372$cQ3.49784@sccrnsc01... > > > Tom... > > > > > > Make sure if you have "onboard" sound on your mobo....that it is > properly > > > disabled. Then, if that's not it......make sure your drivers for the

SB

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> > > Live Value are for WinXP....not Win98se. Do you have sound problems > with > > > other games? > > > > > > TP > > > > > > > > > "Tom Osbon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:4xFY8.123956$[email hidden]... > > > > I just got done installing GPL on my machine again. Problem is the > sound > > > is > > > > all hosed, when car runs through the gears, the sound of RPM

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> > > seems > > > > to procede in steps. Also the sound is terrible, nothing like it was > on > > > the > > > > old machine. Any input would be appreciated, below are details of my > > > system. > > > > > > > > Epox 8K7A+ > > > > 512megs PC2100DDR > > > > AMD 1.6Ghz 233FSB > > > > Soundblaster Live Value > > > > Geforce2MX400 > > > > Hard drive thats spins real fast > > > > Windows XP > > > > ECCI Controller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >