Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 Gnat @ Feb. 01 2006,10:29)]What sound card are u using?Sound Blaster Live! for example can cause crashes when only certain sounds are played. I have this problem. When a shilka or other high ROF heavy weapon fires for a certain period of time, first my sound effects go (not the ambient or music sounds, just the sound effects), then it goes crackly, then if I don't quit OFP, I get a blue screen crash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted February 21, 2006 Gnat @ Feb. 01 2006,10:29)]What sound card are u using?Sound Blaster Live! for example can cause crashes when only certain sounds are played. I have this problem. When a shilka or other high ROF heavy weapon fires for a certain period of time, first my sound effects go (not the ambient or music sounds, just the sound effects), then it goes crackly, then if I don't quit OFP, I get a blue screen crash Search for shilka and blue screen, common problem reported numerous times. Lowering/disabling sound hardware acceleration is the only solution (other than getting a better/different soundcard) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 Gnat @ Feb. 01 2006,10:29)]What sound card are u using?Sound Blaster Live! for example can cause crashes when only certain sounds are played. I have this problem. When a shilka or other high ROF heavy weapon fires for a certain period of time, first my sound effects go (not the ambient or music sounds, just the sound effects), then it goes crackly, then if I don't quit OFP, I get a blue screen crash Search for shilka and blue screen, common problem reported numerous times. Lowering/disabling sound hardware acceleration is the only solution (other than getting a better/different soundcard) Yeah that doesn't help I can fiddle around with hardware acceleration on or off, still happens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted February 21, 2006 Have you tried updating the drivers? To the best of my memory installing new drivers and/or reducing/disabling EAX or sound acceleration fixes the problem 100% I don't remember anyone saying they did all that and it still crashed continually. Are you sure you disabled it correctly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 Have you tried updating the drivers?To the best of my memory installing new drivers and/or reducing/disabling EAX or sound acceleration fixes the problem 100% I don't remember anyone saying they did all that and it still crashed continually. Are you sure you disabled it correctly? By "disabling it" I assume you mean turning off hardware acceleration in the OFP options? If so then yes. I wasn't able to find the "latest" SB Live! driver, or at least I wasn't able to figure out which one I needed, because they have pretty complicated sounding names I have the latest BETA nVidia driver (ForceWare 86.30) The last time I got a blue screen crash, the error was regarding a file called ctaud2k.sys ... That's definately a SB Live! related file, but I don't know what's going on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted February 21, 2006 By "disabling it" I assume you mean turning off hardware acceleration in the OFP options? If so then yes. Nope not there. Control panel - sounds and audio devices - Audio - Advanced (on sound playback tab) - performance There you see the hardware acceleration sliders, first test by moving it all the way to the left for "none", a reboot might be required. I wasn't able to find the "latest" SB Live! driver, or at least I wasn't able to figure out which one I needed, because they have pretty complicated sounding names Hmm I have a Soundblaster Live and IIRC the "latest" drivers are from 2003, I'll have a rummage myself. Edit: Looks like this is still the latest soundblaster live driver. Quote[/b] ]Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni-Pack (English) (23.32 MB) 28 Feb 03 There was a group working on some 3rd party Soundblaster drivers but I don't recall their name, I'll rummage some more Edit x2: KX Project, that's them. http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/down.php?language=en Their latest version are from 17th Feb 2004, might be worth a try Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 My SB Live! driver : Driver Date: 24/07/2002 Driver Version: 5.12.2.252 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 By "disabling it" I assume you mean turning off hardware acceleration in the OFP options? If so then yes. Nope not there. Control panel - sounds and audio devices - Audio - Advanced (on sound playback tab) - performance There you see the hardware acceleration sliders, first test by moving it all the way to the left for "none", a reboot might be required. I wasn't able to find the "latest" SB Live! driver, or at least I wasn't able to figure out which one I needed, because they have pretty complicated sounding names Hmm I have a Soundblaster Live and IIRC the "latest" drivers are from 2003, I'll have a rummage myself. Edit: Looks like this is still the latest soundblaster live driver. Quote[/b] ]Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni-Pack (English) (23.32 MB) 28 Feb 03 There was a group working on some 3rd party Soundblaster drivers but I don't recall their name, I'll rummage some more Ah ok thanks for that, I'll try with that driver I've also slid the acceleration to the left, one notch before completely off... EDIT: OK I just downloaded the LiveDRVUni Pack and noticed you edited your post... Which one then? The 2004 or the LiveDRV one? lol EDIT2: Ah I just realised that that LiveDRVUni pack is in fact the last one I downloaded. I'll use this KX one then, see how that sorts things out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted February 21, 2006 Woohoo!! Thanks a million, looks like the KX Project driver fixes all the issues I had! (crackly sfx, total loss of sound and system crashes) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berghoff 11 Posted March 1, 2006 I'm going to try this aswell as I now have this shilka problem too. :/ Time to get me a new soundcard I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted March 1, 2006 If you have an onboard sound you might find it actually works better than the SB Live, worth looking into Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shashman 0 Posted March 2, 2006 Well, almost a week on of OFP gaming everyday since installing this KX Driver, and not a single system crash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitufo 0 Posted March 2, 2006 Hmm... never heard of this Kx driver before. Â But, like I do in all posts like these, I am going to suggest: Open up your CPU case and spray it with canned air. Â Overheating, or dust buildup was my problem. Â But no-one listens to me..... Â O yeah, -NOMAP as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berghoff 11 Posted March 2, 2006 Oh yea with, I got on-board sound. Going to test this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted March 2, 2006 Most onboard sound these days seems to be based on the realtek AC'97 Audio Codec, if that's the case the latest drivers will be these...... ftp://202.65.194.18/pc/ac97/alc650/WDM_A384.exe http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloa....re=True Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berghoff 11 Posted March 2, 2006 It seems It works. Now I can use Onboard for OFP and other games with my main soundcard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
