Sound Stuff!

bigboywooly · 07-20-06, 08:58 AM

Ever thought about running a second monitor - with your word on the 2nd one while game still playing on the first ?

Dowly · 07-20-06, 09:31 AM

Hehe, I remember one time when I was playing SHIII at night and browsing on internet at the same time. All of the sudden I heard the sound of thunder, I almost pissed my pants! :rotfl:

stabiz · 07-20-06, 09:44 AM

:rotfl:

johan_d · 07-20-06, 10:45 AM

After looking at them, it might have something to do with the fact that thunder is a stereo file, and speech isnt. Or am I wrong here?

NeonSamurai · 07-20-06, 11:07 AM

It probably has to do on if the game considers the sound, directional or not.

Have you tried running the game windowed instead of minimized?

Darksun · 07-20-06, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

It probably has to do on if the game considers the sound, directional or not.

Have you tried running the game windowed instead of minimized?

I have, and I get the same result (can only hear thunder.) I suspect this is not a solvable problem without a patch of some kind. I don't know enough about directsound to make an educated guess on how to go about fixing it. Something like the "window" fixers for FFXII and EQ that "hooks" into the system calls might be required. (Or a binary patch from UBI, yeah, good luck on that!)

On a side note, word is a terrible memory hog. I would use notepad or wordpad instead.

-D

NeonSamurai · 07-20-06, 01:13 PM

I dont think its solvable, it certainly has to do with how the game classifies the sounds as to why it will play them in the background.

Myxale · 07-20-06, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Hehe, I remember one time when I was playing SHIII at night and browsing on internet at the same time. All of the sudden I heard the sound of thunder, I almost pissed my pants!

Oh god i know what you mean!

I was playin in the middle of the night and had barley escaped a 2 hour DC'ing.
Everything was quite so i switched from head-phones to speakers!

While i was surfaced later and Alt-Tab'ed back to Words to write the recent hours into my KTB, as a booming thundering suddenly errupted from my speakers at full cranked volume! Good God! Man it made me jump outta my wet pants! :rotfl:
For some reason ( I play the game with lower volume settings and when switching back to desktop it was equal the master volume! Which was high!)
It woke the whole house!

Myxale · 07-20-06, 03:03 PM

But i found out that, if you go to a higher TC and then back to 1xTC on the nav-map, if you switch now to the desktop, the next thunder won't be played outside SH3:hmm: Worked for me!

I usually write KTB in 1xTC. I love the fact that the game still runs in the background!

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	It probably has to do on if the game considers the sound, directional or not. Have you tried running the game windowed instead of minimized? __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I dont think its solvable, it certainly has to do with how the game classifies the sounds as to why it will play them in the background. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	But i found out that, if you go to a higher TC and then back to 1xTC on the nav-map, if you switch now to the desktop, the next thunder won't be played outside SH3:hmm: Worked for me! I usually write KTB in 1xTC. I love the fact that the game still runs in the background! Last edited by Myxale; 07-20-06 at 03:07 PM.

07-20-06, 09:31 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hehe, I remember one time when I was playing SHIII at night and browsing on internet at the same time. All of the sudden I heard the sound of thunder, I almost pissed my pants! :rotfl:

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stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	:rotfl:

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johan_d Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 556 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 1	After looking at them, it might have something to do with the fact that thunder is a stereo file, and speech isnt. Or am I wrong here?