Sound in v6?

ZXLT · 04-16-2004, 02:40 PM

Let me say first that I haven't downloaded yet, but...

I remember in OOTP5 that on some systems (including mine) that enabling in-game sounds would cause the game to freez/hang on the loading screen after the pre-game screen. Is this still an issue? Thanks.

Steve Kuffrey · 04-16-2004, 02:45 PM

No changes were made in the sound configuration that I know of.

Bald Eagles · 04-17-2004, 12:46 AM

Yes. I cannot hear the "in game" sounds, but I still hear the clicks when I roll over a menu option. Clicking the (music note?) next to the - and + (which should be an x) in the upper right corner crashes my v6. I have to reboot the computer to get back into it. I had to turn sounds completely off in v5 to avoid this problem.

I run WinMe (yes I know) on a 1.5Ghz P4. I don't have a fancy sound card or video card, and the drivers were up to date as of late last year.

mh2365 · 04-17-2004, 12:54 AM

I'm having the same issue ... playing on the same computer as I played ootp 5 on but I can't play with the in-game sounds it freezes every time on initializing sounds

birdsofprey02 · 04-17-2004, 03:42 AM

Same thing here...

Running windows XP professional. OOTP menu sounds work but the "in game" sounds fail to initialize and the game crashes. This only happens when I click on the musical icon at the top of the game.

StormcloudCreations · 04-17-2004, 09:35 AM

Having the same problem here...Win XP, basic SoundMAX digital audio card that came with my HP Pavilion system, with the latest DirectX and sound card drivers. Menu clicks work fine, in-game sounds crash the game.

Strangely enough, the in-game sound in V5 worked fine for me, so this is very odd.

antonym · 04-18-2004, 12:21 AM

Add another. Two machines same thing.

Machine 1
-------------
WinXP Home
p4 2.6c
1024 MB RAM
Creative SBLive

Machine 2
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WinXP Pro
AMD Duron 1.3
512 MB RAM
VIA AC97 (Sound)

No problems with OOTP5.

Rizon · 04-18-2004, 12:34 AM

I had the same freezing sound problems with v5.

I actually found out the game didnt "freeze" freeze on me ... even though Close Program showed that OOTP5 was "not responding" all I had to do was wait a minute and then it started up again.

Course, this is kinda annoying so I just turned the sound off.

oregon · 04-18-2004, 12:55 AM

Count me in on the "sound worked fine in OOTP5, but crashes the game in OOTP6."

XP Pro

Terp 714 · 04-18-2004, 09:25 AM

here's a weird one....

OOTP5 sound used to work for me, can remember for sure last year when I bought the game the sound was fine. formatted my hard drive around christmas time and when I reloaded the game the sound did not work anymore... tried everything to figure it out.... (audio settings, properties, ect....)

now...

OOTP6 sound does not work either...

hell if I know....? wish someone could figure it out, the fact that it at one time worked on my PC tells me it can be addressed....

Steve Kuffrey · 04-18-2004, 09:27 AM

There have been a couple of folks who had sound work on v5 but not v6, this is something that we will look into.

joshuaaaaaa · 04-18-2004, 05:37 PM

As mentioned elsewhere, sound does not work in V5 or V6 for me. Crashes the game, not necessarily right away, however it can be during a game, a sim, or even when an e-mail is received.

Win2K Professional
Athlon 1.4 GHz
20GB HD
128 MB Memory

antonym · 04-18-2004, 09:49 PM

For whatever it's worth...

I can confirm that the work-around posted by GonzagaFan does indeed work in my case. It seems, in my case, the the problem is only when trying to initialize sound with the "note" icon from the manage/play interface.

GonzagaFan's thread --> If you can't get In Game Sound to work, CLICK HERE

silent · 04-19-2004, 02:11 PM

I didn't have OOTP5, so I can't say if that worked or not.

OEM Creative Soundblaster Audigy
AMD Duron 800mhz (yes, simming is slow!)
Windows XP pro
256mg RAM
FIC AZ11 motherboard (onboard sound disabled in BIOS).

mh2365 · 04-19-2004, 05:26 PM

Any word on if this is being worked on???

Steve Kuffrey · 04-19-2004, 05:53 PM

Not currently.

ricky j · 04-19-2004, 11:00 PM

I had the same problem. What you have to do to fix it is go into game setup on the opening screen when to start the game. The sound is disabled, you just have to turn it on there.

reds1 · 04-21-2004, 12:31 PM

I don't think that's the problem ricky j, as I remember enjoying the in-game sound last summer (I upgraded my video card at the time w/o a hitch). Then, for some inexplicable reason, I started having the same problem many others are experiencing. This a 4-yr old computer, WIN98, 550Mhz, 10 GB, AMD or whatever.

My laptop is WIN XP, 1Ghz, 20 GB, Intel with OOTP6 and it has the exact same problem.

Did one of the OOTP5 patches tweak something that affected our audio playability? Is there a conflict between Winamp and WIN media player? I'm not too savvy on these things, so I'm just throwing out ideas, dumb or not.

mh2365 · 04-21-2004, 01:23 PM

The problem isn't knowing how to turn the sound on. The problem is when you go into the game it freezes on initializing sounds. I have the exact same system as I did for OOTP5 and had no problem with in game sounds on v5. Now on v6 I don't get to have the in-game sounds .... It doesn't make the game unplayable, but it'd be nice to have

ricky j · 04-21-2004, 01:43 PM

That is what my game was doing, freezing when I tried to intialize the sounds. But when I went into game setup and enabled the sound this fixed the problem for me

04-16-2004, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
ZXLT Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 247 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Sound in v6? Let me say first that I haven't downloaded yet, but... I remember in OOTP5 that on some systems (including mine) that enabling in-game sounds would cause the game to freez/hang on the loading screen after the pre-game screen. Is this still an issue? Thanks.

04-16-2004, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	No changes were made in the sound configuration that I know of. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

04-17-2004, 03:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
birdsofprey02 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Baltimore Posts: 177 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	Same thing here... Running windows XP professional. OOTP menu sounds work but the "in game" sounds fail to initialize and the game crashes. This only happens when I click on the musical icon at the top of the game. __________________ -Mike

04-17-2004, 09:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
StormcloudCreations Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Having the same problem here...Win XP, basic SoundMAX digital audio card that came with my HP Pavilion system, with the latest DirectX and sound card drivers. Menu clicks work fine, in-game sounds crash the game. Strangely enough, the in-game sound in V5 worked fine for me, so this is very odd. __________________ Derek Stormcloud Creations www.stormcloudcreations.com

04-18-2004, 12:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rizon All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Total Posts: 112,854 Posts: 1,824 Thanks: 47 Thanked 43x in 29 posts	I had the same freezing sound problems with v5. I actually found out the game didnt "freeze" freeze on me ... even though Close Program showed that OOTP5 was "not responding" all I had to do was wait a minute and then it started up again. Course, this is kinda annoying so I just turned the sound off. __________________

04-17-2004, 12:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bald Eagles Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Waveland & Sheffield Posts: 402 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Yes. I cannot hear the "in game" sounds, but I still hear the clicks when I roll over a menu option. Clicking the (music note?) next to the - and + (which should be an x) in the upper right corner crashes my v6. I have to reboot the computer to get back into it. I had to turn sounds completely off in v5 to avoid this problem. I run WinMe (yes I know) on a 1.5Ghz P4. I don't have a fancy sound card or video card, and the drivers were up to date as of late last year.

04-17-2004, 12:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3x in 3 posts Infractions: 0/2 (101)	I'm having the same issue ... playing on the same computer as I played ootp 5 on but I can't play with the in-game sounds it freezes every time on initializing sounds

04-18-2004, 12:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
antonym Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Add another. Two machines same thing. Machine 1 ------------- WinXP Home p4 2.6c 1024 MB RAM Creative SBLive Machine 2 ------------- WinXP Pro AMD Duron 1.3 512 MB RAM VIA AC97 (Sound) No problems with OOTP5.

04-18-2004, 12:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
oregon Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 136 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Count me in on the "sound worked fine in OOTP5, but crashes the game in OOTP6." XP Pro

04-18-2004, 09:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
Terp 714 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	here's a weird one.... OOTP5 sound used to work for me, can remember for sure last year when I bought the game the sound was fine. formatted my hard drive around christmas time and when I reloaded the game the sound did not work anymore... tried everything to figure it out.... (audio settings, properties, ect....) now... OOTP6 sound does not work either... hell if I know....? wish someone could figure it out, the fact that it at one time worked on my PC tells me it can be addressed.... Last edited by Terp 714; 04-18-2004 at 09:27 AM.

04-18-2004, 09:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	There have been a couple of folks who had sound work on v5 but not v6, this is something that we will look into. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

04-18-2004, 05:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
joshuaaaaaa All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 633 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	As mentioned elsewhere, sound does not work in V5 or V6 for me. Crashes the game, not necessarily right away, however it can be during a game, a sim, or even when an e-mail is received. Win2K Professional Athlon 1.4 GHz 20GB HD 128 MB Memory __________________ Baltimore Monarchs-GUBA Baltimore Orioles-ORB2 "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." ~Henry Ford ~

04-18-2004, 09:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
antonym Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	For whatever it's worth... I can confirm that the work-around posted by GonzagaFan does indeed work in my case. It seems, in my case, the the problem is only when trying to initialize sound with the "note" icon from the manage/play interface. GonzagaFan's thread --> If you can't get In Game Sound to work, CLICK HERE Last edited by antonym; 04-18-2004 at 09:54 PM.

04-19-2004, 02:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
silent Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	No in-game sound either I didn't have OOTP5, so I can't say if that worked or not. OEM Creative Soundblaster Audigy AMD Duron 800mhz (yes, simming is slow!) Windows XP pro 256mg RAM FIC AZ11 motherboard (onboard sound disabled in BIOS).

04-19-2004, 05:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3x in 3 posts Infractions: 0/2 (101)	Any word on if this is being worked on???

04-19-2004, 05:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	Not currently. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

04-19-2004, 11:00 PM	#17 (permalink)
ricky j Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I had the same problem. What you have to do to fix it is go into game setup on the opening screen when to start the game. The sound is disabled, you just have to turn it on there.

04-21-2004, 12:31 PM	#18 (permalink)
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 2,639 Thanks: 81 Thanked 159x in 96 posts	I don't think that's the problem ricky j, as I remember enjoying the in-game sound last summer (I upgraded my video card at the time w/o a hitch). Then, for some inexplicable reason, I started having the same problem many others are experiencing. This a 4-yr old computer, WIN98, 550Mhz, 10 GB, AMD or whatever. My laptop is WIN XP, 1Ghz, 20 GB, Intel with OOTP6 and it has the exact same problem. Did one of the OOTP5 patches tweak something that affected our audio playability? Is there a conflict between Winamp and WIN media player? I'm not too savvy on these things, so I'm just throwing out ideas, dumb or not. __________________ My Photobucket Zip Files available at the links below:

04-21-2004, 01:23 PM	#19 (permalink)
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3x in 3 posts Infractions: 0/2 (101)	The problem isn't knowing how to turn the sound on. The problem is when you go into the game it freezes on initializing sounds. I have the exact same system as I did for OOTP5 and had no problem with in game sounds on v5. Now on v6 I don't get to have the in-game sounds .... It doesn't make the game unplayable, but it'd be nice to have

04-21-2004, 01:43 PM	#20 (permalink)
ricky j Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	That is what my game was doing, freezing when I tried to intialize the sounds. But when I went into game setup and enabled the sound this fixed the problem for me Last edited by ricky j; 04-21-2004 at 01:47 PM.

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