The sound problem culprits as far as I can tell

Mobhack · #1 June 27th, 2005, 05:40 PM

Or - navigate to that directory, and double click on loads of files to have several playing simultaneously. If this then chokes, your sound card does not like playing nultiple MP3s simultaneously. This game plays multiple MP3 tracks simultaneously.

Cheers
Andy

Alby · #2 June 27th, 2005, 06:54 PM

So does the below still hold true??
copied from another thread.
I gots to know...

"We are working on a fix for the sound problem now. The delays between sounds were a bit too long. Some machines seem to be more sensitive to it. We had two playtest groups and nobody commented on it though so this is was not a problem for everyone

This is NOT sound file related. If anyones busily trimming sound files to make them sound "better" you may cause yourself more trouble when we issue the patch

Don"

JPYBasser · #3 June 27th, 2005, 07:06 PM

I downloaded the Goldwave program, copied the MP3 files to a new folder and converted all the MP3 files to WAV files at 16 bit mono attribute. Then I replaced all the mp3 in the sound.ini file with wav. That solved all sound problems, except for the delay when a round hits a tank. Thank you for the fix. I hope that you get the delay problem fixed soon.

Alby · #4 June 27th, 2005, 08:05 PM

I downloaded Goldwave too...
converted all sounds to 16bit STEREO Wav file
Fixed all my problems.
Thanks...nice tool to have!

Only thing left is to get rid of ricochet sound before a tank blows.

DRG · #5 June 27th, 2005, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Alby said:
I downloaded Goldwave too...
converted all sounds to 16bit STEREO Wav file
Fixed all my problems.
Thanks...nice tool to have!

Only thing left is to get rid of ricochet sound before a tank blows.

You won't need to. When we issue the patch EXE the new sound routine eliminates it

Don

Alby · #6 June 27th, 2005, 09:48 PM

You guys are great!!

Coleco · #7 June 29th, 2005, 05:44 AM

Thanks a ton for the sound fix!

DRG · #8 June 27th, 2005, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Alby said:
So does the below still hold true??
copied from another thread.
I gots to know...

"We are working on a fix for the sound problem now. The delays between sounds were a bit too long. Some machines seem to be more sensitive to it. We had two playtest groups and nobody commented on it though so this is was not a problem for everyone

This is NOT sound file related. If anyones busily trimming sound files to make them sound "better" you may cause yourself more trouble when we issue the patch

Don"

Yes, we've speeded up the sound file response so the Hit+zing+pause+BOOM is no longer there. Now it's Hit-BOOM

Don

DRG · #9 June 29th, 2005, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Alby said:
So does the below still hold true??
copied from another thread.
I gots to know...

"We are working on a fix for the sound problem now. The delays between sounds were a bit too long. Some machines seem to be more sensitive to it. We had two playtest groups and nobody commented on it though so this is was not a problem for everyone

This is NOT sound file related. If anyones busily trimming sound files to make them sound "better" you may cause yourself more trouble when we issue the patch

Don"

The delays in the sound reproduction were due to added millisecond delays in the code which we have reduced or removed. There WERE slight delays at the start of some of the sounds but they only added a very small % to the overall delay. The EXE we are testing now brings the game much closer to what you were used to in the DOS version and that is without trimming the sound files. The sequence now when a tank is hit and destroyed is "Hit-BOOM". ( i.e. just as fast as you could say "Hit-BOOM")

Don

Alby · #10 June 29th, 2005, 05:47 PM

Excellent!!
Thank You sir.