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AirHippo · 03-08-13, 11:47 AM

Hi all, quick question: I went back to DW recently, only to find myself contending with a very weird sound emerging from my loudspeakers. Thinking it might be LWAMI 3.08, I disabled the mod; nope, still there, so it's definitely something to do with the stock DW engine.

On every screen in the game, except the 3D view, I hear a constant, high-pitched, fairly quiet screeching noise. It sounds quite like that odd hissing noise one gets from duff capacitors. In the sound setup screen, I have an error message saying that the game failed to find 3D Hardware Sound, and could not create a 3D Hardware Sound buffer; could this be my problem? I have no idea what the heck else it could be. This sound makes DW all but unplayable, to be honest (it's supremely annoying), so any help would be appreciated.

03-08-13, 11:47 AM	#1
AirHippo Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 46 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Strange high-pitched sound in DW Hi all, quick question: I went back to DW recently, only to find myself contending with a very weird sound emerging from my loudspeakers. Thinking it might be LWAMI 3.08, I disabled the mod; nope, still there, so it's definitely something to do with the stock DW engine. On every screen in the game, except the 3D view, I hear a constant, high-pitched, fairly quiet screeching noise. It sounds quite like that odd hissing noise one gets from duff capacitors. In the sound setup screen, I have an error message saying that the game failed to find 3D Hardware Sound, and could not create a 3D Hardware Sound buffer; could this be my problem? I have no idea what the heck else it could be. This sound makes DW all but unplayable, to be honest (it's supremely annoying), so any help would be appreciated.