Problem solved - it wasn't audio!

shegeek72 · 07-27-07, 02:57 AM

I was reading "Windows XP Tips and Tricks," by Stuart Yarnold (great book), doing tweaks and getting rid of unnecessary junk on my HD, clicked on the HD properties and discovered the disk was almost full!

After reinstalling SH3 I had four installs of SH3, two heavily modded, so I deleted two (a clean install backed up on DVD and an extra GW) and now both the other (GWX & WAC) work! I wondered why my system seemed slow.

I'm so happy! I was almost ready to cry after I'd rebuilt my computer, did a repair of windoze and couldn't relax with a SH3 session!

I'm still having audio problems with other programs that play video, but so far both SH3s sound fine. Thanks to Tarjak, Reece and Canovaro! I've never met a better bunch of gamers than on subsim!

btw, anyone know how much HD space SH3 uses to run?
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TarJak · 07-27-07, 04:14 AM

Aww shucks. Thanks Shegeek.

Good to see you've been able to solve the problem. nothing worse that cracking your head against a nasty that crops up and stops you playing one of your favourite games. And well done you for working it out. There is no replacement for reading and researching when it comes to this sort of thing. In almost every case someone somewhere has come across your problem before and written about it on the innernet.

The box says 2GB but that doesn't count having a mods file or multi-installs. It will depend on what mods you use. IIRC GWX in the MODS folder will add at least 1GB once its there in all its glory.

Lzs von swe · 07-27-07, 05:17 AM

SH3 uses every bit of your Ram it can lay it´s hands on and then it will use as much of your swapfile it can force Windows to release. Something like 2Gigs hd space or more, depending on how much Ram you have. I have 1024Mb Ram and have set my swapfile to 5Gig once and for all

Canovaro · 07-27-07, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by shegeek72

... so far both SH3s sound fine. Thanks to Tarjak, Reece and Canovaro!

Hey I didn't do anything, you mean somebody else

Glad it works anyway!

SmokinTep · 07-27-07, 05:37 AM

Glad you worked it out, now get back to sea..........

shegeek72 · 07-27-07, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzs von swe

SH3 uses every bit of your Ram it can lay it´s hands on and then it will use as much of your swapfile it can force Windows to release. Something like 2Gigs hd space or more, depending on how much Ram you have. I have 1024Mb Ram and have set my swapfile to 5Gig once and for all

5 gig swap file? Microshaft says 4095 is the max: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ab3a78c3c.aspx

Giving yourself some extra headroom?

Thanks for the post. I just checked and I had the pagefile set to OFF on my backup (80g) HD! I set it min. 2046, max. 4092. That should speed things up a bit! I have 2 gigs of RAM.

PS Got an AMD 4200+ X2 mobo coming.

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TarJak · 07-27-07, 05:51 AM

Get youself some more HDD space. 80GB won;t do for all those DL's to come!

Canovaro · 07-27-07, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Get youself some more HDD space. 80GB won;t do for all those DL's to come!

Not to mention all the career data

danurve · 07-27-07, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by shegeek72

PS Got an AMD 4200+ X2 mobo coming.

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I'm a bit jealous

Still using a 3200 939 with DDR and AGP, but it's holding it's own.

Isn't it funny how we build systems around our favorite pc habits?

TarJak · 07-27-07, 08:07 AM

Funny no. Predictable yes. What's currently driving PC tech for the last 5 years has been gaming and 3d video not business apps. Bloody glad it is too. This much more fun than playing with Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets on an XT dual floppy with no HDD and 640KB of RAM.

Nobody needs more than 640kb or RAM. Bill someone...

shegeek72 · 07-27-07, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Funny no. Predictable yes. What's currently driving PC tech for the last 5 years has been gaming and 3d video not business apps. Bloody glad it is too. This much more fun than playing with Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets on an XT dual floppy with no HDD and 640KB of RAM.

I rememeber those daze and getting my first 10 mb hard drive, double-spaced to 20 megs!

Quote:

Nobody needs more than 640kb or RAM. Bill someone...

Actually, in an interview ol' Bill denies saying that...
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shegeek72 · 07-27-07, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokinTep

Glad you worked it out, now get back to sea..........

You don't know how much I've missed salty, stinging spray hitting my face, the creaking and groaning of my IXC and the smell of dirty clothes and diesel fuel!

:p

KeybdFlyer · 07-27-07, 04:18 PM

September 1987. Acorn Archemedes. External 35Mb HD - £400 ($800 approx). No idea what that'd be in today's money. Double? Treble? 1 Mb RAM, it didn't need any more, but I bought another Meg "just because". 4096 colours, which was amazing back then - my previous BBC Model B had just 16 and 8 of those were just flashing combinations of the other 8! Just for the record, the Archemedes is still running. My ex-wife still uses it now and then! Those were the days (yeah, right) :rotfl:

danurve · 07-27-07, 04:32 PM

sheegeek72;

I see by your first post you have multiple sh3 (GWX & WAC) installs. This is what I was thinking of doing once new versions are released. Did you by chance move carrer saves or just start with fresh installs and go from there?

shegeek72 · 07-27-07, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by danurve

sheegeek72;

I see by your first post you have multiple sh3 (GWX & WAC) installs. This is what I was thinking of doing once new versions are released. Did you by chance move carrer saves or just start with fresh installs and go from there?

I moved the career saves. Have done it several times without problem.

07-27-07, 02:57 AM	#1
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	Problem solved - it wasn't audio! I was reading "Windows XP Tips and Tricks," by Stuart Yarnold (great book), doing tweaks and getting rid of unnecessary junk on my HD, clicked on the HD properties and discovered the disk was almost full! After reinstalling SH3 I had four installs of SH3, two heavily modded, so I deleted two (a clean install backed up on DVD and an extra GW) and now both the other (GWX & WAC) work! I wondered why my system seemed slow. I'm so happy! I was almost ready to cry after I'd rebuilt my computer, did a repair of windoze and couldn't relax with a SH3 session! I'm still having audio problems with other programs that play video, but so far both SH3s sound fine. Thanks to Tarjak, Reece and Canovaro! I've never met a better bunch of gamers than on subsim! btw, anyone know how much HD space SH3 uses to run? --

07-27-07, 05:17 AM	#3
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	SH3 uses every bit of your Ram it can lay it´s hands on and then it will use as much of your swapfile it can force Windows to release. Something like 2Gigs hd space or more, depending on how much Ram you have. I have 1024Mb Ram and have set my swapfile to 5Gig once and for all __________________

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danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	sheegeek72; I see by your first post you have multiple sh3 (GWX & WAC) installs. This is what I was thinking of doing once new versions are released. Did you by chance move carrer saves or just start with fresh installs and go from there? __________________

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07-27-07, 04:14 AM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Aww shucks. Thanks Shegeek. Good to see you've been able to solve the problem. nothing worse that cracking your head against a nasty that crops up and stops you playing one of your favourite games. And well done you for working it out. There is no replacement for reading and researching when it comes to this sort of thing. In almost every case someone somewhere has come across your problem before and written about it on the innernet. The box says 2GB but that doesn't count having a mods file or multi-installs. It will depend on what mods you use. IIRC GWX in the MODS folder will add at least 1GB once its there in all its glory.

07-27-07, 05:37 AM	#5
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Glad you worked it out, now get back to sea..........

07-27-07, 05:51 AM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Get youself some more HDD space. 80GB won;t do for all those DL's to come!

07-27-07, 08:07 AM	#10
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Funny no. Predictable yes. What's currently driving PC tech for the last 5 years has been gaming and 3d video not business apps. Bloody glad it is too. This much more fun than playing with Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets on an XT dual floppy with no HDD and 640KB of RAM. Nobody needs more than 640kb or RAM. Bill someone...

07-27-07, 04:18 PM	#13
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	September 1987. Acorn Archemedes. External 35Mb HD - £400 ($800 approx). No idea what that'd be in today's money. Double? Treble? 1 Mb RAM, it didn't need any more, but I bought another Meg "just because". 4096 colours, which was amazing back then - my previous BBC Model B had just 16 and 8 of those were just flashing combinations of the other 8! Just for the record, the Archemedes is still running. My ex-wife still uses it now and then! Those were the days (yeah, right) :rotfl: