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Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 27, 2004, 02:59:00 pm: Hi guys having some problems with the sound in FS2. the briefing and in game voices do not work. I have searched the forums to see if anyone else had this problem but i have not seen any answers. Can Anyone help me?

System:

3.0ghz Pentium 4
1gb ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
Audigy 2
Abit Ic7 MAX 3

Thx Guys!
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Flipside on January 27, 2004, 03:07:45 pm: Hmmm... This may sound like an odd question, but have you made certain that stu_fs2.vp is in your directory.
Secondly, make sure you have either all 4 speakers plugged in, or the sound set to 2 speakers.
They may sound like stupid suggestions, but best to start at the obvious and move from there ;)
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: karajorma on January 27, 2004, 04:54:50 pm: Sounds to me like a Home of the Underdogs download or a corrupt stu_fs2.vp file to me. Either way have a look at my HotU FAQ and follow the link from there to the Freespace FTP server and get it from there.
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: jdjtcagle on January 27, 2004, 05:04:40 pm: :welcome:
Eva:)
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 27, 2004, 06:03:18 pm: Thank you for the warm welcome and suggestions. karajorma
was right, downloaded through home of the underdogs, so i'll be downloading that file then :D
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Setekh on January 27, 2004, 09:47:32 pm: Hey, welcome to HLP, Eva! (Hmmm, 02? An Asuka fan?) :)

:welcome:

Glad you solved your problem. Feel free to stick around. ;)
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: karajorma on January 28, 2004, 01:40:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Eva02
Thank you for the warm welcome and suggestions. karajorma
was right, downloaded through home of the underdogs, so i'll be downloading that file then :D

I'm getting good at spotting people with the HotU download by now :) It's easy if you know what problems to look for :)

Unlike most game communities we don't mind people using the HotU download even if some would consider it piracy. FS2 has been out of print for a long time so we welcome newbies even if they didn't buy their copy cause quite often they are willing to but just can't find one.
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 29, 2004, 02:10:03 am: Yeah, thats the problem I have, I would buy it but no one has a copy anywhere. I had it once but traded it because I was young and had no money. Now I want to play it again. when you download the files from the ftp to you just extract them to the freespace folder (overwriting the small 1-5k files?) and then the in game voices and briefings should work?
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2004, 08:39:19 am: I've not tried the HotU version myself. From what I understood you may need to look in the Freespace2\data subfolders (especially voice) and remove the placeholder .wav files in there to make the real ones work.

I gave a few more details about that in my FAQ on how to do it.
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 29, 2004, 12:35:46 pm: do u need the extract the files from the .vp files?

if so how?
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Sesquipedalian on January 29, 2004, 12:44:05 pm: No need to extract. Just put the whole VP in the main FS2 directory. :)
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 29, 2004, 12:51:48 pm: right have done that and music and voices still not working any ideas?
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2004, 12:52:33 pm: You don't need to extract them.

But you may need to check the filenames of anything you delete depending on the way they are organised in the data folder.
The problem is basically this. The HotU build has a load of blank .wav files for all of the speech in the game. These are used in preference to anything in the .vp

My advice is to try this first. If you have a data\voice folder try removing it outside of your freespace2 folder.

If that works I'll re-write the FAQ a little to make it more clear. If it doesn't have a look for a file called 1_ADC.wav and tell me in which folder it is. The file itself isn't important but it will tell me where the voice files actually are located.
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 29, 2004, 12:56:42 pm: Thank you very much all is well in the world of FS2 now :D
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2004, 01:01:58 pm: Aha :) I'll edit the FAQ. Be sure to tell me if you find anything has gone missing. All the files you disposed of were probably only 1 or 2k in size anyway right?
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Eva02 on January 29, 2004, 04:14:13 pm: yeah all the files were definately placer holder files. everything seems to be fine seems to run exactly the same it did when i bought it all those years ago. :D going through the original campaign at the mo. god this is bringing back good space sim memories. just gotta find x-wing vs tie fighter now. :P
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Setekh on February 07, 2004, 08:55:24 am: Hahah, the memories... X-Wing vs. Tie? Oh no! :D
Title: Sound Problems with FS2
Post by: Lightspeed on February 07, 2004, 09:30:55 am: You know... installing The SCP can bring you to the glorious future of FS2 and space sims :rolleyes: ;7
Title: UM
Post by: Star Dragon on February 07, 2004, 01:04:11 pm: No offense Eva but you do realise you can have X-wing vs Tie now with FS2? The SW team released a skirmish pack that also has a y-wing and a Star Destroyer...

Personally I would like to have a place to upload my opt conversions that are non-cannon and not being used by the team for the community to use if so desired.