No sound from Vice City...Can Anyone Help?

[Gouki]

This is a question originally from runawaytom...he's new here at TechIMO so I thought I'd post his question in a new thread and see if we can help him out.

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Originally posted by runawaytom
the game is great but i have a problem i get no sound when i load vice city can anyone help me
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runawaytom:

First off, tell us about your system...what version of Windows are you running on, how fast is your processor, how much ram, that sort of thing...

Second, I take it this is the only game you have trouble with? In other words, the sound works fine in every other game but when you try to play Vice City you don't get any?

[poopeyhed2]

Maybe an updated drivers for the sound card will help and possibly installing the latest patch for VC.

[Good Charlotte]

What audio card does he use? If it's old it might not work.....my Alienware machine has an Audigy2 card, that it's like i'm in a theatre and the sound is really high quality!

[runawaytom]

mother board -msi kt3-ultra
cpu - amd atholon xp(tm) 2100+
ram - 512 ddr
videio card -ati radeon 64 mb
windows - xp professional
yes its the only game with sound problems i have gta3 and it plays great and the sims as well , i've tried downloading sound drivers but did int work maybe i'm not doing it right

[eagle1]

Is it an original copy or a backup copy?

Also, I think the game has like different audio options like surround, and all that stuff. Just check if it works in normal 3d mode or something like that! (sorry for the vague response ... I'm not in front of the game right now!).

[Good Charlotte]

try turning off the hardware accelaration......some games require that if u have poor sound.

[runawaytom]

it's a backup copy ,the audio setup in the options menu in the game is switched off , when i click on it ,i get ( no audio hardware ). i've tried in 4 speaker mode and 6 but nothing

[Good Charlotte]

maybe u need a technician

[Gouki]

Someone else mentioned this earlier...have you tried getting the patch for Vice City?

[poopeyhed2]

Since you say it's a backup copy, have you tried uninstalling it, and reinstalling it from the originals, and running it from the originals to see it can be played?