Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Hi, I'm using the unregistered version of Avernum III in Windows, and when I start the game, I am immediately bombarded by error messages reading: "DirectSound Error: Failed to create sound buffer" I use Windows NT. Another PC with the same system, but without a soundcard, had no problems at all with executing the game. Does anyone know how I could fix that? The game works ok without sound, but I get a message every 2 seconds or so, which makes playing almost impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Wizard Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 well there are several steps that you could try to fix the problem: 1. Update your sound card drivers 2. Get the newest DirectX version also I suggest testing DirectSound in dxdiag (start - run - type "dxdiag" - sound - Test DirectSound) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 There *is* no Directx available for Windows NT , or I haven't searched well enough. On some support boards I read that the newest version of directx for NT is 3.0, which is hardly up to date. Anyway, I didn't find any links for that one either. The easiest way to solve the problem would probably be to switch off the Avernum 3 sound somehow; for Exile 3 there was a patch file that could do this, but not for A3. And the "dxdiag" doesn't seem to work for some reason, the program can't be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Arctic dreams of... Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Windows NT is not meant for games, and even Microsoft has warned that games don't work on it well. Use Win95/98/ME/XP instead. And dxdiag doesn't exist in the ancient directx versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan ef Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 The only DirectX-version that is compatible with WinNT 4.0 is DirectX 3.0a If you want to use that you'll also have to download the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6. The DirectX does not function properly without the Service Pack. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 Thanx for the info. I'm probably going to switch to XP any time now; I am really fed up with all that incompatibility . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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