Game making annoying sounds...

Totenkopf · Post by **Totenkopf** » Sun May 27, 2001 8:55 am

Sometimes the game gave me this wierd sound, like a radio out of tune, in the main menu and in gameplay. Is this a bug?

Stukadawg · Post by **Stukadawg** » Sun May 27, 2001 6:27 pm

I think those are the environmental sounds. Crickets chirping, wind blowing, that sort of stuff.
Personally I like it, I'd hate to have a silent battlefield.
I think they can be turned off in the preferences section.

Warrior · Post by **Warrior** » Sun May 27, 2001 6:32 pm

Weather & Battle FX is the one to turn off. You're probably hearing the wind effect.

fontenoy · Post by **fontenoy** » Sun May 27, 2001 6:47 pm

In my own experience,there is sometimes a noise at the start of a turn when I'm playing.It sounds like feedback from a guitar amplifier.The sound stops when I click on to another unit,other than the Headquarters unit.
Regards,
Fontenoy.

Mumdaan · Post by **Mumdaan** » Sun May 27, 2001 10:00 pm

I know the sound you're talking about.
Very screechy, verrry annoying. I've noticed that it happens mostly if i've played another game since rebooting. But.. i think the real culprit is my sblive.

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Sun May 27, 2001 10:53 pm

Originally posted by Mumdaan:
I know the sound you're talking about.
Very screechy, verrry annoying. I've noticed that it happens mostly if i've played another game since rebooting. But.. i think the real culprit is my sblive.

Yeah, I get that too..and I also have an Sblive, on a VIA KT133 board.

Timo

Fuerte · Post by **Fuerte** » Sun May 27, 2001 11:18 pm

Originally posted by Timo:
Yeah, I get that too..and I also have an Sblive, on a VIA KT133 board.

Got that once too, SBLive 5.1, VIA board as well.

Colonel von Blitz · Post by **Colonel von Blitz** » Mon May 28, 2001 12:10 am

Originally posted by Fuerte:

Got that once too, SBLive 5.1, VIA board as well.

Same thing occurs too...SBLive + VIA KT133 board

Colonel von Blitz

crazyivan · Post by **crazyivan** » Mon May 28, 2001 2:59 am

same probplem to i have a sb live platinum with a 1.2gt-bird266front side bus and new asusmboard 266 fsb as well.it only happens when the HQ unit is selected mostly at the start of your turn.

Don · Post by **Don** » Mon May 28, 2001 3:33 am

Crazyivan,

We have similar - I have Live X-Gamer, 1.33ghz 266 FSB and ASUS A7M266 mobo. But, I hear that screeching ALL the time, just about on every turn. It really drives me nuts!

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Mon May 28, 2001 6:11 pm

This sure is worrying. Does this happen on any Intel-based systems? Anyone? Or with other soundcards?

Timo

Belisarius · Post by **Belisarius** » Mon May 28, 2001 7:48 pm

Happens to me, too. But only in the Encyclopedia when going from unit info back to the index, or looking at the map after battles.

Mumdaan · Post by **Mumdaan** » Tue May 29, 2001 12:51 am

I'm getting it with a pIII-800 on a BX motherboard with sblive x-gamer (not 5.1)

And, this isn't the first sound-related problem i've had with games and my sblive.

To this day, CL doesn't have a 100% certified driver set for the dang thing.. if you do a little researching, you'll find a lot of criticism of the live cards. I'm almost decided to replace mine with something else.. older SB maybe, or possibly a TB santa cruz.

risto.nikula · Post by **risto.nikula** » Tue May 29, 2001 11:25 am

Same thing happened to mee too with cel 540 + sblive under win98se.

This is a soundcard driver/win98 related problem.

I haven't experienced these problems under w2000 after a month of play-testing whilst i had several problems with spwaw and other games on w98se.

Yes, issues with sblive!(c) are commonly known with ANY game expecially with that darn w9x.

Downloading and installing the latest live!ware(c) will most propably help.

Warm spring greetings from lappland!
(+-0 C in here)

[ May 29, 2001: Message edited by: Jolly Roger ]

Sturm · Post by **Sturm** » Tue May 29, 2001 11:45 am

I have experienced the "feedback sound" as well.

I run 5.01 on a laptop (AMD K-6 II 366 Mhz, 160Mb RAM) with a non-SBLive soundcard.

Only happens sometimes, and usually consists of one loud burst of noise, maybe 10-20 seconds at most, and then goes back to normal.

Tends to happen ONLY when the human player is active, and not necessarily connected to firing at targets.

risto.nikula · Post by **risto.nikula** » Tue May 29, 2001 12:22 pm

Yup, Agree with sturm 'there with "sound-bug" happening only in human turn.

Hmm, what OS do you use Sturm? Maybe this is spwaw vs win9x issue instead of live! ?

Or is there a corrupted sound file around?

I cant point out a single event that triggered the "bug" that lasted for ab, 10secs (like sturm said) but i came back randomly, and only thing that helped was to restart game.

maybe some in-game event triggers the bug that ghosts the game until restart, i quess.

[ May 29, 2001: Message edited by: Jolly Roger ]

TheChin · Post by **TheChin** » Tue May 29, 2001 10:27 pm

I have the same issue, usually with leaving the encyclopedia. Since the 'e' key is so close to the 'r' rally key, I often hit it by mistake. All I have to do is make the game make another sound (like just clicking a unit) and the screech stops.

(SBLive also)

Oh, and if I alt-tab to windows it gets really bad and almost anything will set it off until I restart the PC.

[ May 29, 2001: Message edited by: TheChin ]

waynef · Post by **waynef** » Wed May 30, 2001 3:20 am

I have the same problem... SB DF80 card (SB LIVE)in my Dell PIII 800.

This needs to be addressed by Matrix. Almost makes the game a waste. Very Disappointed with this.

Stukadawg · Post by **Stukadawg** » Wed May 30, 2001 6:42 am

I have the VIA motherboard and the SBLive X-Gamer. I get sputtering in games that use the EAX feature (Ultima IX, Unreal Tournement). I haven't heard the "feedback" noise many others are hearing(thank God).

The only thing I noticed are the burning sounds interrupting and restarting. Not annoying enough to ruin the game.

waynef · Post by **waynef** » Thu May 31, 2001 2:42 am

BUMP....

;( what can we do?