SH4 v1.4 Sound.act causing CTD's

[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by meerkatt

Hopefully, I think I solved the sound.act error which causes CTD's! I started a career 12/1941 and had no problems until 7/1943. After reading some posts here about sound files, stereo vs. mono and file extension missing and other theories; I used my JSGME to remove a radio add-on and the one I removed (sorry to say) was "Captain Midnight's" radio mod (CBS News). Reloaded the game and no more CTD sound.act error!

My SH4 is running under the 1.4v upgrade.

So maybe there is a glitch in the July 1943 radio file(s).

Hope this helps any squids out there with the same problem.

Oh nooo! I love that mod.

Do you happen to have an exact date for that?

[meerkatt]

All I know is that is started in July 1943 when I left Pearl and headed toward Truk. Wait a second; now I remember it started July 19th, 1943 or after. When I viewed the radio files, I believe in the CBS ones there where only two to three July 1943 radio files. Because I remember turning on the radio on that date and no CTD's until a couple days later of traveling.

[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by meerkatt

All I know is that is started in July 1943 when I left Pearl and headed toward Truk. Wait a second; now I remember it started July 19th, 1943 or after. When I viewed the radio files, I believe in the CBS ones there where only two to three July 1943 radio files. Because I remember turning on the radio on that date and no CTD's until a couple days later of traveling.

Congrats MeerKat you nailed it.

I fixed it.

See this post for fix:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=149497


NEON

[Munchausen]

Originally Posted by NEON DEON

Congrats MeerKat you nailed it. I fixed it.

Is there any way to ammend Midnight's original post and link it to this fix? The bug has been around since before the dodo went extinct ... and it's probably to blame for more game crashes than any other. Granted, it's a nice mod. But in its current state, it's a real gotcha!

[NEON DEON]

You could also use Digital Truckers tool.

Radio Station Manager.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=120510

That looks way kewl and probably could have found it faster than I did manually.

I do find it strange tho that no one bothered to fix it and post it up before this.

[Sniper31]

Well, I was having this problem today and I was getting frustrated...until I found this thread. I too love the "Captain Midnight's" radio mod (CBS News) and now I am happy again, thanks to this fix! Thanks guys!