Thank you for the responses. I hope I did not give the impression I am snobbish with regard to posting on the forum. I noted, with sadness,the passing of Leo Vampire and commented on the classiness he displayed as a member of the group, welcomed newbies, and posted a tip regarding NVidia driver issues. I come to the forum to learn, see what's new in the mods, and keep abreast of the ever changing community.
I've been a "sub gamer" since Silent Service, played 688 and was hooked with the first SH. I was greatly disappointed with SH4, and really don't even start it up any more. I view that version as a hastily constructed version that came through with a lot of good stuff, but greatly lacking the quality in SH3. (JMHO).
As to my present dilemma:
I have tried deleting ALL SH3 files, cleaning the registry of any SH3 related entries, ran a clean installation, upgraded to1.4. installed GW2.0 then 2.1.
I've run it w/o any mods running, ran single missions and still the same. The odd thing is that I've got all other sounds, wind, torpedo running, bulkhead rupture,engine sounds etc., but no sound from deck gun, depth charge, underwater sinking explosions etc. I'm inclined to think it's possibly a Windows related issue, but what it can possibly be, I am clueless. I've got no problems with any other playback on other applications. I AM STUPEFIED!!!!
