Need help testing some things - Version 3

[sparow]

Hi Pyro!

Tested the new version. Report:

- mouse lock: problem solved;
- changing arenas or leaving: solved;

Sound: all works fine for me; tested all sliders and all work fine (still don't know what the Music does...); Effects sounds are loud, had to tone down to 50%... Voice is ok, just have to keep it at 100%, otherwhise, I have a hard time listening; quality is good, voice of people I know sounds the same.

Windowing of the system works fine!

All fine for me, thank you for your work!

[Raptor03]

um, Well im trying this, and when i try to switch countries, it colors in the current country, and when i click the country i want, the current country stays selected, and the one i want also gets selected, but i dont change countries when i hit ok...

[Ghastly]

Issue 1: Exit Crash not fixed.

Both htsim8r.exe dated 6/25/2010 and htsim8r3.exe consistently crash upon clicking "Quit" in the tower from offline play to return to the game selection screen (1st clipboard, containing Online Arena's, Offline Practice, etc.) - except when I use the following procedure before exiting the offline arena:

select Options,Preferences,Game Sounds
change Either "Speakers" or  "Speaker Layout"

It doesn't matter WHAT I change, what I have it set to upon entry or what I have it set to upon exit, as long as I hear that momentary "break" in sound while it reconfigures the sound when I make one or more changes, I can exit the arena back to the Game Selection Screen without the crash.  If I make any change that doesn't cause that momentary break in the sound of the circling aircraft and ack, it will crash upon exit.

Entering and exiting an online arena is not similarly affected - I can enter and exit an online arena without the game crashing without performing the "cause a sound reinitialization" process described.

Tigger - you mention what sounds like it could be the same issue.  Were you working offline?

(Haven't had a chance to fly online, but no anomalies have been noted in the sounds while flying offline)

Issue 2: GUI change of country does not work (discovered while jumping in out of the DA testing issue 1) - selecting another radio button does not deselect the current radio button, nor is there any effect when pressing OK after clicking another radio button - except when you have clicked the radio button for Bishop while either Rook or Knight. When you do not change countries after clicking OK no "Country changed to" text is shown from the Host. Using the . command to change to either Knight or Rook works normally.

P.S.  Per Skuzzy's observation, I installed an updated sound card driver retrieved from the Asus site, and the pertinent section of my DXDiag now looks like this:

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_989B&SUBSYS_10438334&REV_1003
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6600 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 6/27/2010 21:13:26, 478208 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: SPDIF Interface (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_989B&SUBSYS_10438334&REV_1003
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6600 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 6/27/2010 21:13:26, 478208 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Digital Output (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_989B&SUBSYS_10438334&REV_1003
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6600 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 6/27/2010 21:13:26, 478208 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
            Description: Microphone (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6600 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 6/27/2010 21:13:26, 478208 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x0
           Format Flags: 0x0

            Description: Line In (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: No
  Default Voice Capture: No
            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6600 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 6/27/2010 21:13:26, 478208 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x0
           Format Flags: 0x0

[Ghastly]

Issue 3:  What I hear on voice transmissions (both Range and when I've self selected on Radio 5) is not playing correctly.  

The first roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of a second of the transmission will play, followed by a pause of nearly a second, then the remainder of the transmission will play in it's entirety.  From what I can tell, this is on every transmission I receive.

My own transmissions to other players was reported to be normal, without the same pause I was hearing.

Issue 4:?  I'm having a hard time hearing others, in large part because I'm having a tough time setting the voice high enough relative to game sounds to hear everyone over the game.  And The "Effects" slider on the Voice Options page does not seem to control the volume of the "beep", such that by the time I get the voice playback loud enough, the beep is loud enough to be painful.  (Nor do the sliders - other than Master Volume- on the general sound settings screen seem to affect it).

Is the Voice volume control slider on the general sound settings screen supposed to have some sort of effect at this time? (if so, it doesn't seem to.)  

P.S. Just noticed the Wave In checkbox.  Didn't test that as a solution, perhaps tomorrow.
<S>

[Chilli]

Issue reported by others as well:  Vox transmissions clipped, missing 3 to 4 seconds of vox transmission intermittently.  All others hear me fine. 

  Thanks for the test version.  The sounds and options are awesome.  No other issues at all.

DxDiag

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/27/2010, 08:10:51
       Machine name: GENESIS
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
       System Model: n/a
               BIOS: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.0GHz
             Memory: 1024MB RAM
          Page File: 141MB used, 1296MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 6600
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00F2&SUBSYS_161619F1&REV_A2
   Display Memory: 256.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (72Hz)
          Monitor: SONY SDM-HS75
  Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9745 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 4/3/2010 18:55:31, 6432128 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 4/3/2010 18:55:31, 10232128 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43B2-11CF-505C-1D3603C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x00F2
        SubSys ID: 0x161619F1
      Revision ID: 0x00A2
      Revision ID: 0x00A2
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
 Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                   {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
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                   {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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            Description: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: NFORCE_VAD
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: nvapu.sys
         Driver Version: 6.14.0462.0000 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 4/13/2005 13:34:02, 414464 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: NVIDIA Corporation
         HW Accel Level: Full
              Cap Flags: 0xF5F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 200, 100000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 52, 49
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 48, 48
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
               Registry: OK
      Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
            Description: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: nvapu.sys
         Driver Version: 6.14.0462.0000 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 4/13/2005 13:34:02, 414464 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x41
           Format Flags: 0xCC0

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DirectMusic
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        DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
     DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
    Acceleration: n/a
           Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
                  NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio, Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
                  Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
                  Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
        Registry: OK
     Test Result: Not run

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DirectInput Devices
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      Device Name: Mouse
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Keyboard
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Saitek Magic Hotkey Device
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x5081
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Saitek X52 Flight Controller
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x075C
        FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No
         Registry: OK

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x10DE, 0x01C2
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub
| Service: usbhub
| Driver: usbhub.sys, 8/4/2004 00:08:44, 57600 bytes
| Driver: usbd.sys, 8/23/2001 08:00:00, 4736 bytes

[Raptor03]

Dont know if this is new or not, game crashes when i try to switch countries offline mode....

DXDIAG can be found here: http://raptors-projects.co.cc/dxdiag.txt

it wouldnt let me post it

[sparow]

Hi Pyro!

Sorry, have one bug to report: the slider position does not save when you press "Apply". So, I must constantly move the sliders for Voice and Effects up because the voice levels where too low...

Just FYI.

Cheers and thank you all,

[hlbly]

All settings return to default . Including sliders . Speaker configuration etc .

[DREDIOCK]

OK after 3 nights of testing. So far nothing major to report.

Vox reception is fine although a bit loud. Cant seem to turn it down without turning down internal engine sound.
Just a suggestion. Maybe put a separate volume control for Vox. As this may be a personal preference thing.
"voice" volume control seems to do nothing.

Aircraft on high speed passes are mostly better though still a bit high revving, but only on some planes. If that makes any sense.  La's and.... (damn, my mind just went blank on the two other planes)

Anyway. There were 3 specifically but nothing that while noticeable, wasn't intolerable. And at this point may be just being a bit nit picky on my part.

[dkff49]

I had the problem with getting the mouse to move after quitting out of an arena before.

With this I get the white screen of death in the windowed screen after leaving an arena or offline.

[BulletVI]

I've just finished my initial test of version 3

only thing is i found that my frame rate dropped so low down 2 12 or 10 fps and caused my advanced graphics to disable by them self's.
now i've had this problem before and it appear's to iron it self out over time or it may be that i was also running Google Chrome in the background.

But i Shall let you know after a few more days of play.

P.S my graphics card is a wee bitty old lol

BulletVI

[hlbly]

Unable to switch sides .

[Chilli]

Duyam hlbly, your a super spy    All 3 countries at the same time, does that make you a triple agent?

[morfiend]

 I was having an issue and I wasnt sure it was the game or my equipment!

  It had to do with the "look up" view,I had a button set to it and with the hatswitch could use both to take advantage of all those views. However it seemed to be giving me a problem,it only worked if I went to default view,lookup then to where ever I was looking before that. So I couldnt be looking back left and go to up back left,without releasing hatswitch to get up view working,then I could look back up left.

 I thought it was a problem with my buttons and tried programing another button but that made no difference.

 I just tried the version 3 and this seems to have fixed the issue.

   If you need any imformation on setup or computer just ask!

   

[JonDoe999]

Auto Take Off is on but it won't work. I would show you but, I don't have Photo Bucket or Shop or whatever. And, the Mossie won't get in the air. Right as you put full throttle, it does a noes dive into the runway.