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Sound problems...?

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:33 pm
by o'dium
Anybody else get random sounds just not playing sometimes?

For example, I was firing the GL, no problems at all, then all of a sudden the last shot just never made a firing sound... Noticed it a couple of times now.

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:09 pm
by d3fin3d
Yes.

Whats your setup?

I have:

AMD XP 2500+ (underclocked from a 3000+, long story)
1GB RAM
Geforce 6800 GT 256MB
Soundblaster Live!

Basically, randomly, sounds cut out, repeat, or are delayed, and I havn't been able to find a fix yet. I've tried updating Soundcard drivers, to no avail. I've made sure my HDDs are set to DMA mode and not PIO. I have the latest Directx and Nvidia drivers.

Can't figure out the problem. My only other thought is that my CPU is struggling, thus causing dodgy sounds.

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:13 pm
by o'dium
The same, but with a 3200 64bit AMD and a... Damn, cant remember the sound card, its a 5.1 ready creative one, bought it last year...

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:15 pm
by d3fin3d
Ahh. Well, with a bit of luck someone will post a fix for us.

BTW, what kind of FPS are you getting with your setup? Mine is pretty bad (20 - 60.. and only 60 in tiny areas) considering my card, but my CPU is probably the bottleneck.

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:50 pm
by chris
I've had a few weird missed sounds in single player and i'm an AMD 3800 (Venice) Dual, the problems was only in SP mind, MP runs brilliant.

Re: Sound problems...?

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:02 pm
by [TJD]Rico
o'dium wrote:Anybody else get random sounds just not playing sometimes?

For example, I was firing the GL, no problems at all, then all of a sudden the last shot just never made a firing sound... Noticed it a couple of times now.
Yes, same here. Sometimes I'm not sure my weapon is actually firing, so I have to stop/start. Quite disconcerting.

P4 2.4, 1Gb, GF6800. I'm using 800x600 medium settings.

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:59 pm
by d3fin3d
Ok, I've found something regarding the repeating, non existent, and delayed sound that q4 pumps out (for some people).

Basically, for some reason, when I turn on V-Sync, these dodgy sounds stop happening, but unfortunatly I get laggy mouse movements with it on.

With it off, mouse movements are better, but these odd sounds keep happening.

Not sure why this is. A temporary fix (for me) none the less.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:33 am
by blakjack
just a quick +1, i noticed some missing sounds as well, only once or twice so far tho. amd64 3500, 1GB, 6800GT, sb live 5.1