Alech 0 Posted December 30, 2002 I run the latest version of OFP resistance. The game looses sound in games where the Russian Anti-Air tank fires, and if I try to exit the game at that point, my PC shuts down… :o I run on WinXP, AMD 2000+ XP, GeForce4 4200, VIA chipset. Anybody have any idea what’s going on? I have current versions of all drivers, and BIOS. My system is in good shape, with a fairly fresh installation of WinXP and I run with no background programs… -Alech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted December 30, 2002 how about VIA chipset patches? do you have them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted December 30, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ Dec. 30 2002,05:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">how about VIA chipset patches? do you have them?<span id='postcolor'> Also video and audio driver updates. BTW, what audio card do you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antiac 0 Posted December 30, 2002 I get the same problem exactly and it's annoying. But I switch to hardware audio and it comes back on, mostly, then when i switch off hardware audio I have some sounds but no weapon or engine sounds. this is weird. I have an Athlon XP 2400 (got it for only$175) soundblaster live and 512mb ram. It's really bad when sound doesn't work right and sometimes it will lock up my game during play and restart. I'm going to reinstall and see if that works. I have updated my video and audio drivers and i don't have a via chipset so that's not it either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alech 0 Posted December 31, 2002 Yes I have the latest 4in1 drivers. (and the latest Nvidia drivers, and the latest drivers for everything else on my system) I have a Creative Live! card... And yes I run with the Hardware setting off... If not Engine sounds "crackle" and sound really bad. And now that you mention it, I think the gun sounds are the only sounds that disappear... -Alech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 2, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Alech @ Jan. 02 2003,06:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Anybody?<span id='postcolor'> This is not exactly a problem we hear about, not even once in a while. This is a farshot but search The FAQ for "lost sound" and see if the first matching item is potentially your problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 4, 2003 This is (sounds like) exactly the problem I reported a while back and had extensive dialog with Creative Labs, brief dialog with Code Masters and absolutely none with BIS. When the 'shilka' fires at you, the sound stops, then later, the game will blue screen crash WindowsXP. I tracked this to a 100% reproducable bug in the latest Sound Blaster Live drivers. Â Here were my fixes: 1) You can go back to the older drivers and enjoy their bugs. 2) You can Turn on HW sound and experience their bugs. 3) You can not use SBLive and use another sound source (I now use on board sound chip that is better than SBLive anyway) Check this link: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2781 which links to: http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....t=20999 (Edit) Side note: Try actually searching for that last link. Â I couldn't find it using variety of searches from keywords to my name. Â What's with the search engine in this forum? Â (No need to respond in this thread.) Â Search did show a number of other similar posts though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taly01 0 Posted January 4, 2003 I had exact same problem........ guess what i got AthlonXP,VIA M/B,GF4 ti,SBLive! also. To be 100% stable i had to set BIOS AGP aperture to 8Mb and 1x mode. Also try get the latest BIOS for your M/Board - if it still crashes try PCI latency patch 0.19 http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 5, 2003 Unfortunately for me tally01, I have not been able to make the latest SB drivers stable. I tried dropping AGP size and 1x. The Via latency patch doesn't apply to my since I have AMD 761 chipset (mentioned in your link). It took me many days of tests to isolate the problem to that particular version of the SB drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DragoFire 0 Posted January 16, 2003 I'm having the same problem with the sound and also dropping to desktop every now and then too. I don't the a VIA chipset, but do have a SB Live 5.1 Plat. I've also turned off the hardware acc. and EAX ingame. PC specs; Xeon 1.7ghz SuperMicro P4DC6+ Â Chipset Intel 860 512mb RIMM GF4 128mb SB Live 5.1 Plat Win2k SP3 DirectX9 56Gb Ultra160 6Gb free on OFP drive. DragoFire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nopulse 0 Posted January 18, 2003 I have the exact some problem too. During any MP game, the sound abruptly stops, then about 20 sec later, I get the BSOD and my XP system crashes. I have the latest drivers for everything, inlcuding my Motherboard. Never had this problem before with OFP. I'm wondering if its the 1.91 patch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 19, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">nopulse: I'm wondering if its the 1.91 patch. <span id='postcolor'> The same/similar crash I experience due to SBLive is 100% reproducable in ALL OFP and OFP:R versions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadeater 0 Posted January 19, 2003 Have you all checked what IRQs the cards are using? If they are sharing an IRQ with anything, it tends to cause problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyles 11 Posted January 20, 2003 same bug here. it's so damn annoying. I have tried about everything... I truly hope BIS will programm there next sound engine something like most other games do. OFP is the only game where I experience the sound crackling/vanishing and entailed system lock-ups... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Nyles @ Jan. 20 2003,03:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I truly hope BIS will programm there next sound engine something like most other games do. OFP is the only game where I experience the sound crackling/vanishing and entailed system lock-ups... Â <span id='postcolor'> So do I. I own a bunch of games and have played oodles of demos and OFP is the only game with sound problems. My sys has AMD chipset not VIA, has no device conflicts and is 100% stable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DragoFire 0 Posted January 21, 2003 There's something to do with ether the 1.90 patch or DirectX9, as before upgrading to both of these I had no problems. DragoFire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted January 21, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DragoFire @ Jan. 21 2003,03:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">There's something to do with ether the 1.90 patch or DirectX9, as before upgrading to both of these I had no problems.<span id='postcolor'> Did you happen to install the latest SBLive drivers recently as well? I finally traced the problem to that. If I uninstall the 5.12.01.0244 drivers and reinstall the old ones, the problem goes away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gandhi 0 Posted February 11, 2003 pIII 2400 512 DDR ati 9700 pro soundblaster live. edit xp pro edit i have the same shit 3 days ago i got me direcxt9 .. system will crash when i launch OFP version 1.91 other games i play have no problems. i am not planning to go back to 8.1 cuz the ati 9700 is made for directx9 i duno how to install it & do not feel for a format. i cannot find sound old drivers at creative.com pls advise i think step by step more ppl will download DX9 and have the same problem .. time will tell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted February 12, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i am not planning to go back to 8.1 cuz the ati 9700 is made for directx9<span id='postcolor'> That's irrelevant until you get an application that takes advantage of DX9. If none of the games you play do so, I would stick with DX8 and let someone else sort out the bugs in DX9 and the supporting drivers. On the other hand, DX9 had made some changes that may make it far less desireable than DX8. The author of FRAPS has remarked on the fact that video capture performance, for instance, in DX9 is far worse than in DX8: DX8 - 640x480x32 with 4xAA - 30 fps DX9 - 640x480x32 with 4xAA - 6 fps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erfworm 0 Posted February 14, 2003 Hey guys I to have the same problem and pretty much the same set-up. Win XP Pro AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 512MB DDR Via MB GF4 Ti 4400 SB Live! 5.1 DX9 40GB HD RES V1.91 All of them have the latest drivers...the weird thing is I used to run FAT32 reformatted my HD to run NTFS thats when the problems began to occur. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted February 15, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (erfworm @ Feb. 14 2003,05:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the weird thing is I used to run FAT32 reformatted my HD to run NTFS thats when the problems began to occur.<span id='postcolor'> That is interesting, but it could be that when you reformatted, you installed later drivers than you were using before? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q_the_Q 0 Posted February 27, 2003 don t install latest drivers!!!!!!!!!! i did reinstall origin drivers delivered with my sound card and with my video card and now it s ok!!!! last time did install latest drivers and it did crash + crackling sound + missing sounds!!!!! now i just have a little little bit of crackling sounds.. ( i have sound blaster live player 5.1 + GEFORCE 4 ti 4600 128 MB ULTRA TD MYVIVO LEADTEK). :] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
