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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:42 PM
    
Quick newbie-ish question. I use a CDR with baseq2/action v1.52 to install on my/my roommates' computers. Only problem is, on my new machine, quake has no sound. Sound in windows, but not Q2. I'm running win98 on a 700 Athlon, using an Asus K7M mobo for sound purposes. Any ideas? And yes, the speakers are plugged in. Wiseass. ------------------ -[ST7]Rawlings, the realism nut, out. IP: 24.169.89.234 |
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Psychotakes[NSV] Citizen Posts: 4533 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:45 PM
/me scratches head.. so you DO hear all sounds in windows, just not in q2? try resetting everything to defaults in q2... check yo driverrrrrrrrrs.. check yo onboard sound disablednessssss i have no clue. IP: 199.74.100.192 |
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XCheckR Citizen Posts: 2836 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:45 PM
try toggling the max compatability / max whatever option under the options menu in quake2. IP: 208.208.131.2 |
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MP*Yogurt Citizen Posts: 2715 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:45 PM
cl_sound 1 IP: 130.85.20.10 |
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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:52 PM
Psycho: I hear everything in windows, from the lame startup sound that I haven't disabled yet, to the sound of my brains dribbling out my ears whenever it starts up. Defaults reset... nada. Drivers *should* be fine, because I hear everything else. X: I've switched between compatibility and performance several times. nada. Yog: nope. IP: 24.169.89.234 |
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Sure Shot Flavor Flav Posts: 2558 |
posted 09-26-2000 04:58 PM
quote: And make sure the speakers are plugged in to output not input. IP: 24.13.134.133 |
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Psychotakes[NSV] Citizen Posts: 4533 |
posted 09-26-2000 05:01 PM
make sure just for the helluvit you do "snd_restart" when you get in. fool around with other sound binds too IP: 199.74.100.192 |
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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-26-2000 05:04 PM
Another thing just happened. I'm installing the software for my CD-R, and normally the install program plays this stupid music while it's running, but now it's not. Checked that the volume was all the way up, yes. Hmmm. IP: 24.169.89.234 |
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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-27-2000 09:27 AM
The current theory is that something's amiss between my video card (Voodoo3 3500 TV) and mobo (Asus K7M). It shipped with the VidCard's AUDIO OUT plugged into the mobo's CD AUDIO IN. I've since switched that so the CD-ROM's AUDIO OUT leads to the mobo's CD AUDIO IN, and the VidCard's AUDIO OUT leads to the mobo's AUDIO AUX IN. (Bear in mind that Q2 sounds didn;t work before I did this, and they still don't work afterwards.) My thinking is that Windows sounds work because they're just using the sound board built into the mobo. But when I start 3D accelerating a game, the VidCard's sound takes over, but it's not reaching my speakers through the mobo. Is this reasoning fucked? If not, I'm stumped as to what to do. The mobo has three Audio ports: CD, VIDEO, and AUX. I've tried plugging the VidCard's audio out into all three of these, to no avail. All the mobo's audio codecs are enabled, and I'd really rather not fuck around with them. Ah well. When I get home I'll try some shit they suggest on the 3dfx website. ------------------ -[ST7]Rawlings, the realism nut, out. IP: 128.253.48.187 |
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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-27-2000 05:16 PM
Well, none of that shit worked, but by fooling around in the control panel I managed to tell it to use "Any device" as the primary sound controller, and it works! I can only assume from this that the VidCard was trying to do Q2 sounds, but Windows wouldn't let it because it was insisting on using the integral sound card. So keep that in mind in case anybody else asks such an inane question in the future. Oh, and another tip: if your monitor isn't receiving a signal, check the connections on the hard drive. IP: 24.169.92.93 |
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Milfman Citizen Posts: 246 |
posted 09-27-2000 05:55 PM
I doubt this is it but are you running quake off the install cd (IE you didn't do full install)? If so check your cable from the CD-Rom to the mobo... though you should still be hearing some sounds in quake. IP: 152.7.71.120 |
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Lt.Hawkins Citizen Posts: 5681 |
posted 09-27-2000 07:27 PM
anyone else find it fucked up that the video card has audio out? IP: 24.188.200.148 |
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Smoke Citizen Posts: 1040 |
posted 09-27-2000 07:46 PM
Hehe  Wow, I've never ever had a problem with Q2 sound. Just made me realize that... Hope you figure it out. ------------------ IP: 24.4.252.77 |
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Buggerguns Citizen Posts: 1124 |
posted 09-27-2000 07:51 PM
hrm..hrm..IRQ! ahem hrrmm. IP: 24.42.234.115 |
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Rawlings Citizen Posts: 1939 |
posted 09-27-2000 08:08 PM
Umm, thanks but... I did figure it out.  And the video card has audio out because it has TV-in. So audio would help. IP: 24.169.92.93 |
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