SC:Chaos Theory - Sound Loop Problem

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Originally Posted by fearwhatnow

I have via vinyl deck audio AC'97.and updated.the game runs like hell!1024*768,2X anisotropic and antialising,high textures,high detail,triple buffering.only shadows are at the medium setting.even Prey runs at high detail without frame loss.that's because it does not support directx 9.0c and forces games to run in directx 8.0.of course with the loss of all special lighting effecs and all..anyway.i replied a little late because of this:when the problem occured again i alt-tabbed the game and realized that the sound problem continued on the desktop.e.g. mp3's looping fast forward.tried from control panel to resolve it without any success.this problem is only on SC:Chaos Theory.other games have stable sound.i checked that the game supports ac'97 on-board sound.

Hm... Well... Only an idea... Coz I cannot believe that SCCT will run smooth with such settings on such hardware (I tried it on the same cpu and a ti4600 and ist still sucked...), try to set the gfx settings a bit slower. maybe the game runs fine when there is a bit more cpu time left for your soundchip...

[fearwhatnow]

Tried that Hagar the first time the problem occured.i set now NB Audible Voices to 0 from 64.now i hear only the characters talking and no enviromental sounds.think there's a conflict with these sounds.i'll try the 8 setting.

[fearwhatnow]

Ok!sound problem solved!set the NB Audible Voices in DARE.ini to 8 and now it's all fine!have checked and 16 with no success.i'll try settings from 9-15 just to experiment but sound is alright now.maybe the problem had to do with the number of sounds playing the same time.strange.on-board sound cards are full duplex.anyway,hope this thread will help anyone who will experience the same sound loop problem in the game.

[Grumpy]

@fearwhatnow
Ive changed the title of your thread to:

"SC:Chaos Theory - Sound Loop Problem"

It will make it easier for those with a similiar problem.

[fearwhatnow]

Update:Finally discovered that game's sound issues are caused by a 2-speaker configuration!checked that on 4 systems with 2 speakers(all high-end) and the sound corrupts when Soundcard configuration is set to 2 speakers.even if you have 2 speakers you can set the 4 speaker configuration to solve the sound loop.so just leave DARE.ini on default and move to 4 speaker config or to 6.seems that the game is coded enhanced(if this is right to tell) for surround systems.if anyone have an update on that i'll be pleased to be informed.