Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 2, 2009 I have the latest drivers for all hardware, a fully up to date install of Vista, and both the 1.14 and 1.15b patch, and I still have this issue, which was also present in the 1.06 demo version. The only way I can load the game is to put the -dsound parameter in the command line of the shortcut, otherwise, I get the "progress bar gets to all checkmarks except the last 2, then nothing happens but ARMA is running as a process but never starts" issue. WITH the -dsound parameter added, it loads fine, but throughout the menus and the game, I get random commands, partial commands, and random garbled gibberish, like many commands at once for a split second, and it never stops. Things like "move to!", out of nowhere. Has anyone found a way to stop this? I have the latest drivers for my Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2 and I have tried with and without the game added into the ALchemy software that adds OPENAL support to Vista. EDITED: OK, so I definintely know it is my sound card or the drivers for it. If I disable my sound card as a playback device in Vista, ARMA loads just fine without the -dsound parameter, but then I have no sound. I actually got it to work once where I disabled the sound card, started ARMA, then as soon as ARMA loaded to a black screen, I alt-tabbed to the desktop and re-enabled my sound card, then went back to the game. It loaded fine, but had no music on any of the menu screens. I joined a server, and had all sounds just fine. I restarted my pc at that point to see if that would affect it, and I have not been able to reproduce it. It will still load the game with the sound card disabled, but it will not have sound, and I have tried alt-tabbing and re-enabling the sound card at several different points as ARMA is loading, and I have no luck. So, something about my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Openal must be crashing ARMA. If I use directsound by forcing it in the command line it laods fine but with garbled random commands being yelled out, or I can disable my sound card, and it will load fine with no sound. My complete specs: Asus Crosshair II Formula, AMD dual core 6000+ @ 3.21ghz, 6GB dual channel DDR2 (4GB OCZ Reaper 1066mhz + 2GB GSkill 800mhz, till I get my Phenom II cpu) memory @ 917mhz, 2x 320GB 16MB cache SATA HDD's in RAID 0, Gigabyte 9800 GTX+ 1GB, Soundblaster Audigy 2, Turtle Beach 5.1 Surround headset, Logitech G15 keyboard and G7 mouse, Vista Home Premium 64bit, Antec TruPower Tri 650W PSU, Antec Twelve Hundred case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted March 2, 2009 Powered by USB connection.... i think you have two devices fighting for primary, and when you use -dsound you get one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 3, 2009 None of my sound hardware is USB, the only USB connections I have are my mouse and keyboard. Are you saying that if I connect my USB mouse to a USB-to-PS1 adapter to a PS1 port on my mobo and leave my keyboard as USB along with nothing else, the problem will go away? Thanks for the reply! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted March 3, 2009 i thought your headphones connected thru USB..? "Turtle Beach 5.1 Surround headset" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 3, 2009 My headset is the Turtle Beach EarForce HPA 5.1 surround headset with boom mic. It connects to my sound card via the usual jacks. Thanks for trying. If you ever hear of a solution, please don't forget me! Hopefully I can find a solution somewhere. Even with the constant garble, I still am becoming an ARMA-holic. Just have to tune out the "static". Can't wait to see ARMA 2, especially if the AI is no longer frustrating to the point of wanting to shoot them myself... If you use xfire, I am tom43491 on there. Again, thanks for trying! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 4, 2009 OK, so I definintely know it is my sound card or the drivers for it. If I disable my sound card as a playback device in Vista, ARMA loads just fine without the -dsound parameter, but then I have no sound. I actually got it to work once where I disabled the sound card, started ARMA, then as soon as ARMA loaded to a black screen, I alt-tabbed to the desktop and re-enabled my sound card, then went back to the game. It loaded fine, but had no music on any of the menu screens. I joined a server, and had all sounds just fine. I restarted my pc at that point to see if that would affect it, and I have not been able to reproduce it. It will still load the game with the sound card disabled, but it will not have sound, and I have tried alt-tabbing and re-enabling the sound card at several different points as ARMA is loading, and I have no luck. So, something about my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Openal must be crashing ARMA. If I use directsound by forcing it in the command line it laods fine but with garbled random commands being yelled out, or I can disable my sound card, and it will load fine with no sound. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted March 4, 2009 in your difficulty settings you can turn off allot of the chatter/noise. In some mods you can adjust the script. You can also turn the Radio down to 0. I have had mixed up sound issue with my X-fi, and had to do all the uninstall reinstall ect dance for it to work, and at times is it would still fall in to wacky stuff. Up dating Vid drivers and sound drivers seemd to set it straight since last October. Running the latest SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0008, December 2008. Not sure on the real issue of not starting? How many Sound Devices do you have in your Device manager, and do you us a ARMA cd in your CD player? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 5, 2009 I have all the latest drivers for my system, I keep it up to date. I only had the sound blaster device in control panel, as it should have been. Apparently, the Audigy 2 has pretty bad Vista support, from what I am reading in various forums. I recently noticed that Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 and 2 were no longer working as well. So, I disabled the sound card, and, just like ARMA, they launched fine. So, for now at least, I reinstalled my SupremeFX II add-in card that came with my mobo, and I'm not using my Audigy 2. Now everything works fine, ARMA loads fine without modifying the shortcut to force directsound, and I havent noticed a difference in sound quality yet in ARMA, even though I had to disable EAX. Thanks for all the effort! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RKSL-Rock Posted March 5, 2009 Just a though but are you sure you've disabled the onboard Audio device in the BIOS? I'm running Vista x64 Home Premium, Asus P5B Deluxe, 8 Gb Dominator RAM and a Sound blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX. I get the odd dodgy sound issue but it usually runs ArmA ok. The only time i've ever had a problem with the audio was when i had both the SoundBlaster and the onboard sound card enabled at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse4349 0 Posted March 6, 2009 The "onboard" sound is actually a PCIe x1 card, the SupremeFX II, for the ASUS Crosshair II Formula mobo I am using, and it was not installed. Using the SupremeFX II, which uses SoundMax drivers, instead of the Audigy 2, which is still in my pc with the drivers installed, but it set to "disabled" in my sound profile, has cleared all my problems with ArmA, GRAW and GRAW 2 up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
