sound

[MADe]

Went to fly tonight and sounds were screwy.
no vox, engine, flap, gear etc.... sounds.
Bullets worked, environment sounds was there...
Pressing buttons on my throttle unit seemed to have somekind of crossover affect. ie: pressing a view button affected sound........
dxdiag, no issues.
I was using the sketchworks sound pack.
re installed sound drivers.
I deleted game and getting ready to re-install.

Anyone else have issues with sound tonight?

All pc sounds, video sounds, music playback worked, only AH was wrong.

[MADe]

Re-installed.

Using standard sounds, no help.

[MADe]

So I unplugged all keyboard and and controller stuff, no joy.

However, I use a set of cheap head phones plugged into side of monitor. The jack into the HDTV seems to have been the issue. I unplugged in order to see if speakers in TV held the sounds, they did. When I jacked back in, the headphones worked properly..................... ..............
I do not get why only AH was affected and why only certain sounds were affected. As I stated before all pc related sound worked and maybe 50% of AH sounds worked....................... ...................
What a pain! Least now I know what the issue is if it happens again.
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[SIK1]

If you are using custom sounds try deleting and going back to original sounds. See if that fixes your problem. For some reason some custom sounds do not like certain machines.

[Chalenge]

It sounds like you are using the HD sound line through your video card? That's probably the worst thing you could do. The reason would be a conflict with onboard sound. It would be a really good idea to post the first 1/3rd of a dxdiag so we can narrow it down for you.

[Skuzzy]

I need to see a DXDIAG output.

The game uses the devices Windows presents to us.  There are many programs which can change the default devices, for various aspects of Windows sounds, without your knowledge.  Check to see what devices the game uses in Options->Game Sounds.  Make sure they are correct.

If I recall, you also said you went back with the default Microsoft supplied sound driver for your Realtek chip, which we already know has many issues with games using DirectSound.

[MADe]

Thanx gents for assist.

But it appears to have been the headset cord or the jack into the HDTV. Just pulling it out and reseating, did the trick. Should have done this first, not last. Maybe some type of carbon build up or a deteriorating solder point on jack. We'll see if it happens again.

I do not use or install the nVidia HD sound thru the vid card. Use the analog port and not the digital port, s/pdif, back of mobo.

Skuzzy,
Yes I am still using the MS default drivers. The realtek drivers cause pc freeze.????????? By using the ms drivers no freezes. I tried several versions of Realtek drivers, everyone caused the pc to crash.
The dxdiag stated no problems either way, I checked...................... ..........
In game, I use the primary sound selection, microsoft mapper selection. Using primary sound select vs Realtek HD sound select seems to work better, I do not know why.
It was just annoying, plugging, unplugging, installing, uninstalling. I had saved my config files so I am again good to go. The sketchwork pack is back in.
 
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