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Old April 21st, 2010, 10:27 AM
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Default Re: Sound Error

That sound is new for this last release and there WAS a new sounds.ini issued that pointed sound093="93.WAV" so even if there is a copy of that WAV file in your sounds folders it won't play unless the new SOUNDS.INI is there too as that's what tells the game what to look for and play.

I checked the patch, the new sounds.ini was in the correct folder and I checked the copy of the game I keep just for testing patch installs and it is correct as well. Testing that unit in that patch install game does give the correct sound.

I suspect, as Andy said, Vista/Windows 7 has "decided" it knows a better place for that file and the replacement sounds.ini wasn't put in the sound file and you are still running from the old one

We have been suggesting anyone running Vista or Windows 7 take their game out of program files and put it in their C: drive in the information page of the last few installers becasue of this problem.

Don

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