Questions About Audio & Sound Track.

[Jatycre]

Ok, I have a very funny problem. I have this game installed on two computers. One is mine, and one is my brother's. On my brother's computer, everything works fine. On mine however, the radio seems to be broken. I cannot turn it on, or if it is turning on, I can't hear it at all. And when I get phone calls, or pick up people, I can't hear their dialog.

The only glaring difference between our computers is he's running windows XP, and I'm running windows 7 ultimate x64. The thing is, I know plenty of you are running windows 7 too, so I'm hoping you have a solution to this one.


Specs:

AMD Phenom II x6 3.0 ghz

XFX Nvidia Geforce GTS 250

4 gigs Corsair DDR3 ram


P.S. Please don't tell me to select other audio devices in the game menu, as I've already tried that. It doesn't make a difference.

[bjorn324]

I am not familiar with windows 7, but have you tried to execute the game in administrator mode?

[Jatycre]

Yep tried that. Also tried running it in compatibility mode for Windows XP (SP3), and that made the game run terrible, and still didn't fix the problem.

[USA Trucker]

Hello, and welcome to the forum,

@Jatycre,
I can only assume that Phenom II x6 indicates a 6 core machine. If so, then your problem lies here. There have been some reported issues with running multi-core processors above 4 cores. I don’t know why, except that RNR just simply can’t handle these more advanced machines.

@Dighit,
MP3, WMA wave files work. Just put the song in the MyRadios files. Don’t create sub-folders. Just leave them in there loosely

[Jatycre]

That's strange, cause the game runs really really well.

So then there's no way to fix the radio and audio issue?



EDIT: I actually tried rebooting my computer and only running 4 cores of my processor (using MSConfig). It had no effect whatsoever on the game. So I'm fairly sure the radio/sound problem is something different.

[USA Trucker]

Originally Posted by Jatycre

I actually tried rebooting my computer and only running 4 cores of my processor (using MSConfig). It had no effect whatsoever on the game. So I'm fairly sure the radio/sound problem is something different.

I don’t think that trick works all that well. I tried using it. I set my processors from 4 to 1 or 2, but when I viewed my CPU usage all 4 cores were still in use. So I’m a little skeptical about it. Other than that, I’m at a loss of what the problem is except for a sound card incompatibility issue (must be DirectX 9 compatible, or above), or something else that I’m just not familiar with, and would have to defer to our more tech savvy members here. So if any of them are viewing I would hope they lend a hand for you.

Where did you purchase the game, and is it a DVD, or downloaded version?

[Jatycre]

Yeah, I agree with being skeptical of that trick, as I am myself. Although I've been told many times that it can fix some games, (and it does in fact fix the Scarface game for PC), it really doesn't work very often. Although when I reboot, and look at my task manager, it does show that it's only using 4 cores. However, there doesn't seem to be a noticeable difference in performance from my CPU, which there should be if it is actually cutting off two cores.


Anyway, it's a retail disc. I was able to snag it at my local game store (called Gamerz, in Des Moines, Iowa) for just ten bucks!

So far the game is great, but it's really irritating that I can't hear my radio and/or most of the character dialogs.

I'm not sure about sound card problems, as I actually have two different sound setups on this computer. One is a Realtek HD sound card, and the other (the one I typically use) is a Phillips stereo system with it's own sound card inside hooked up to my PC through USB. I've tried using my Realtek sound card, and the USB connected stereo system. Neither one seems to change anything.