Static instead dialogue sometimes...

[Chrysilis]

Hi all
First, the problem is, sometimes when a NPC in the game says something it isnt words...... but a really loud (in my headphones anyways) static hiss. Sort of like an untuned radio. Ive updated my drivers: MB with Soundstorm, vid card etc. And it still does it. Next idea is to replace my GCFs with a friends, but he probably isnt awake yet
Also tried lowering hard ware acceleration on the sound, no affect.

I have played about 3 hrs just ignoring the static and it continues on into the game, also affecting sound effects such as explosions and also

Spoiler

cannon fire from the helicopters

The static makes the game far less immmersive though

Specs are:
SILVER Steam release of HL2
AMD Athlon 2400+
Asus A7N266-VM (Built in Soundstorm as is Nforce2 also network etc)
Asus 9600XT
512Mb DDR400
200Gb IDE HD
Dvico Fusion HDTV

Any help would be much appreciated I have searched all through here and HLFallout to no avail.


Thanks,

Chrysilis
MSN: [email protected]

 

[Chrysilis]

Oh and OS is WinXP SP2 with all updates

 

[Chrysilis]

OK a bit more testing, the crowbar. initial swish works, but the noise after that IS ALWAYS STATIC... ALWAYS
the thing is its like thatfor most noises, some of them work perfectly and sound amazing, others are static. I shall investigate further (BTW that friend of mine is asleep its 11:00 am here)

Cheers,

Chrysilis

 

[sgupta]

Hmmm. Wondering if this might be related to the other "sound problems" thread (involving stuttering and sound looping instead of static). Might all stem from the same basic problem.

 

[Chrysilis]

it seems more like the sound itself doesnt exist which is a bit weird...

and its VERY annoying now cause combine weapon sounds seem to be very affected

 

[Chrysilis]

Problem Solved!

I deleted steam sounds.gcf and redownloaded it, now all is well

Thanks for the help guys