No sound

[XenonSurf]

Humm....Reading your computer specs, there is no reason why you should not get sound, and you should definitly be able to run any SH game with any mods if you setup correctly.


Stupid question: Did you plug your speakers correctly? There are 3 possible plugs (microphone, speaker, ext.) chose the right one...The fact that you hear other sounds on your computer tells nothing, it could come from the motherboard sound if activated.
What do you see when you go to

START > System > Hardware & Sound > Sound ?

Click the Speaker section and see if they are activated and set up as they should. In the Mixer there should be a testing tab so you can hear sound if the speaker is plugged correctly.
In order to check if the sound doesn't work because of DirectX, go to Start > Execute, and type "dxdiag" in the execute window. The DirectX window will pop-up, you should read DirectX 11 or higher, but as said, the game needs DirectX 9.0c files to run, if they are not in the list repeat the game installation and don't skip DirectX install - or run it separately before installing the game.

[Aktungbby]

Mr9million!

[Mr9million]

Originally Posted by XenonSurf

Humm....Reading your computer specs, there is no reason why you should not get sound, and you should definitly be able to run any SH game with any mods if you setup correctly.


Stupid question: Did you plug your speakers correctly? There are 3 possible plugs (microphone, speaker, ext.) chose the right one...The fact that you hear other sounds on your computer tells nothing, it could come from the motherboard sound if activated.
What do you see when you go to

START > System > Hardware & Sound > Sound ?

Click the Speaker section and see if they are activated and set up as they should. In the Mixer there should be a testing tab so you can hear sound if the speaker is plugged correctly.
In order to check if the sound doesn't work because of DirectX, go to Start > Execute, and type "dxdiag" in the execute window. The DirectX window will pop-up, you should read DirectX 11 or higher, but as said, the game needs DirectX 9.0c files to run, if they are not in the list repeat the game installation and don't skip DirectX install - or run it separately before installing the game.

Ok, so I tried plugging my Razer Kraken V2 into the motherboard directly. But that didn't change anything. I changed the standard audio device to my headphones for iphone. (You know the two separate piece ear thingies.) And now it plays the ubisoft logo sound, but nothing else. (In silent hunter 3).

When I open dxdiag it says that I have DirectX 12 installed. And every time I reinstall SH3 steam says that it's downloading/installing DirectX.

Maybe it has something to do with the sound settings? In sound everything is 0 dB. But if I turn the dials it goes to -1 dB etc. Is that right? What should they be at?

[THEBERBSTER]

MrM
Your problem lies with a setting not anything to with software or hardware as you say you hear sound without the game.

While your computer uses the latest version of Direct X this is of no use to any of the Silent Hunter versions that have to have Direct X 9C.

In your first post you say you have no sound but I take it you can see the game running.
Sound Options.



Cfg main file settings.

[SOUND]
Music=Yes
VolumeGeneral=100
VolumeMusic=100
VolumeFx=100
VolumeSpeech=100

Check that your SH3.exe is patched to the latest v1.4 version.

Uninstall your game.
Run a registry cleaner and re-boot your system.
Post #70 How To Use The Free Registry Cleaner 'Ccleaner' > Pictorial > Includes Download Link

You do not need any extras to run the SH3 stock game.
You must set your SH3.exe to run incompatibility mode for Windows 7 if you are running Windows 10 and also run as an administrator.

Check your SH3.exe is v1.4

Start the game.
At the main menu go to Options and check the settings.
Now go to the Naval Academy and select the Navigation tutorial.
When the tutorial loads to the command room you can check for sound from the game.
Exit the game.
The Naval Academy sets up your SH3 saved game folder in documents.

Peter