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I've had to reinstall MSTS after a full computer crash (winME is a GONER ) and am having some weirdness in the sounds that had never happened before. While driving a locomtive (doesn't seem to matter which, has happened on several) the sound while just go silent. Sometimes changing views while restart it, sometimes it won't. I've come a cross a few posts that recommend pulling the sliders back to reduce the # of sounds and another to reduce the sound acceleration of directx. Neither has made a difference. I seem to remember seeing some posts about upping the number of '.wav' files that MSTS can handle, but have been unable to locate those posts. I don't if that's even a factor here. However, since I lost the FAT table in the crash, I'm starting with an essentially new installation. I'm upgraded to 1.2 MSTS, etc., and all drivers are up to date. I am testing the install as I go before adding too many enhancements and would like to resolve this first. Any and all thoughts on the matter are welcome. Thanks for any and all help. Lyle
Hi Lyle, You said WinME is a goner, what O/S are you using now??. If it is XP check for IRQ conflicts with your sound card, XP has a bad habit of auto selecting IRQ`s for the system, if there is any conflict try moving the sound card (if you have one fitted) to a different PCI slot with luck that should resolve any problem, onboard sound is another problem, not as easily fixed.Stew aka 6330trainfan Albany WA Australia
Yes, if its Win98 there is a sound fix, but we don't know your OS. You also don't say if you are using mobo onboard sound (which can lead to problems) or a separate soundcard. The advice about moving an expansion card to a different slot is a good one: I've had systems absolutely, flat refused to run with a modem card anywhere but the last PCI slot. Happened twice, with a Win95 and then a win98 system. Why? Ask Redmond. Something to do with those dumb IRQ's, I would guess. The message you refer to I can get for you, but let me say this first: Running WinXP HOme, 512 Meg RAM and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard, I have tried pumping the soundcfg.dat file per the suggestion. It has not made a bit of difference. I put it back to default settings, the sound is no different, if anything the system probably has a bit more RAM to play with. A swapfile or paging file - can't they decide what they want to call it? - can make a difference, as can various cache settings. All depends on your OS and sound setup, per above. Sound problems are extremely tricky to islolate and fix. I run all TS sound settings maxed, no problem, but sound is variable. A LOT of variables. Bing