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Article #160814Re: WC Prophecy on a newer machine
From: Death
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:15
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On 22 Sep 2003 01:37:35 GMT, ethesis@aol.comkosher (Stephen R. Marsh) wrote: > Ok, I decided to try playing some prophecy, with all the options installed, > figured it would be fun on a system with about ten times the recommended > resources. > > Problems. > > The movies play much to fast, skipping between various parts. > > I can't seem to find a resolution control (so I can change the resolution). I > don't recall if it had one or not. Nope, WCP only plays at 640x480, without the assistance of a fan-made patch for 1024x768 resolution, available from the WC CIC's files section (<http://www.wcnews.com/files.shtml>). As for your problem, it sounds, without knowing what hardware you have, like the old hardware sound acceleration bug, most commonly found with SoundBlaster cards (and their external sound thingy, too). To fix it, you need to turn down the hardware sound acceleration to "none". Easiest way to turn the acceleration down is via dxdiag.exe, in the "Sound" tab, but can also be done through Multimedia properties, in the Control Panel. You don't need to reboot after turning it down, but when you turn it back up afterwards you _do_ need to reboot. SubCrid Death -- Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild http://www.wcnews.com/loaf/ ICQ UIN 3908950 <http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3908950> A Meeting of Minds <http://nohbody.com/schtuff/meeting.html> - a (mostly) cliche-free first contact story (updated periodically)
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!news5.aus1.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border3.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!bigfeed.bellsouth.net!bignumb.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!bignews5.bellsouth.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Death <look@my.reply-to.address> Newsgroups: alt.games.wing-commander Approved: By LMG High Command Subject: Re: WC Prophecy on a newer machine Organization: LOAF's Merry Guild Reply-To: nohbody@mail.com References: <20030921213735.14261.00001205@mb-m18.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <yVsbb.10920$iO.1514@bignews5.bellsouth.net> X-Trace: ldjgbllpbapjglppdbdpiflmbcekedmfhojhikkbagflhcboddaboadeokoiaikiacmjijfmbljakhllhdioknkneamnlnpfenhcokpdiifknenhapknbmobcaopclbmhlecjbphnbdplbfephdbpkpbdmpmlgfj NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:13:50 EDT Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:15:20 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit