Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 After failing an attempt to dual-boot my computer, I did a full restore on it (Win98), and then reinstalled BoA. I got this error on the opening screen: Quote: Direct Sound Error: Failed to create sound buffer. Game will be quiet now. Most of the time, these problems can be fixed by installing a fresh copy of your sound drivers. Re-installing the sound drivers didn't help, neither did re-installing Blades. According to my DirectX diagnostic, Direct Sound works find. What version of DirectX is needed for BoA? (it's possible that beforehand I had updated the DirectX from the pre-installed version, I don't remember.) Otherwise, what else could be the cause? (I do know that the sound driver I have in now is the same one as beforehand.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Version 8 is the minimum I think. Also, for some reason, BoA needs I.E version 5 or above. I found this out after reinstalling Win98SE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 That would be the problem; the computer comes with version 6. I do have IE5, though. Murky buckets. EDIT: Fixed it. Youpi! -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will explain to my Legions of Terror that guns are ranged weapons and swords are not. Anyone who attempts to throw a sword at the hero or club him with a gun will be summarily executed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tyranicus. Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I'm curious, what were you dual-booting, and how did you muck it up? In my experience, dual-booting is fairly straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 I was trying Ubuntu (no particular reason other than the CompSci department had a few copies sitting around). I had installed a second hard drive as a slave beforehand. The first time I tried the 'normal' install, and it got hung up 'setting up the partitioner'. Not wanting to partition my drives, I tried again with the 'expert' install and skipped the partitioner, but it seem that that step also sets up the file system as well (neither GRUB nor LILO wanted to install). I'm not too concerned. It won't be necessary for me to dual-boot for a year or two yet, and by then I hope to change my computer anyway. -------------------- Factory Orders Dip - Headline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.