Help!! Playing An Old Game - Sound Is Jumpy

[Aaron1927]

I'm playing an old PC game from 1999 called Rome: Caesar's Will. The video works but the audio is terrible, it keeps jumping. The game was designed for Windows 98. I tested the game on my Windows XP (with Creative sound) and my Dad's Windows XP (with Realtek sound). I even tested it in Windows 98 compatible mode, as well as all the other modes in the properties tab. Still the audio is jumpy.


Below is an example of the audio problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smhi9I0X9No



Here is what the init file says:


[Loading Settings]
Value PATH = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\
Value DATAC = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\DataC\
Value CDDRIVE = E:
Value MOVIE = E:\Media\Data\
Value SCRIPTS = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\SC_Rome\
Value RENDERER = 0x0 (0)
Value OVERLAY = 0xffffffff (-1)
Value CMO = E:\Media\Cmo\
Value SOUND = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\Data\
Value VOX = E:\Media\Data\
[Computer Registry Loaded]
Value SAVE = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\Save\
Value VOLUME = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLAMB = 0x20 (32)
Value VOLNOISE = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLVOICE = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLMUSIC = 0x20 (32)
Value TEXTVISIBLE = 0x0 (0)
Value CONSOLE = 0xffffffff (-1)
Value SNDFREQ = 0xac44 (44100)
Value SNDCHANNELS = 0x2 (2)
Value SNDBITS = 0x10 (16)
Value STARTOK = 0xffffffff (-1)
Value INIT = 0xffffffff (-1)
[User Registry Loaded]
Value SAVE = C:\Program Files\Montparnasse Multimedia\Rome\Save\
Value VOLUME = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLAMB = 0x20 (32)
Value VOLNOISE = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLVOICE = 0x40 (64)
Value VOLMUSIC = 0x20 (32)
Value TEXTVISIBLE = 0x0 (0)
Value CONSOLE = 0xffffffff (-1)
Value SNDFREQ = 0xac44 (44100)
Value SNDCHANNELS = 0x2 (2)
Value SNDBITS = 0x10 (16)
Value STARTOK = 0xffffffff (-1)
Value INIT = 0xffffffff (-1)
[Starting Inputs]
[Starting Nemo]
RenderEngine 0 : vx3d_d3dr
Using Renderer 0
1 render driver(s)
Pass 1, Device display : 531636224 bytes of memory
Found mode 45, on device 0
[Starting Screen r5v6b5 (11,5,0)]
[Opening Files]
[Setting up cursor]
DirectSound Primary buffer caps:
Size = 32768
Caps = 0x89h
[Starting SndManager (44100 Khz, 16 Bits, Stereo)]

[johns0]

Theres a lot of games designed for win98 that wont play properly in winxp and theres nothing that can be done to get them to work right,only thing you can do is check for an update or install it on a win98 machine,maybe dual boot if you know how to do that.

Too bad you cant use a virtual win98,the video in virtual pcs are only good for pre 95 games.

[ocgw]

Theres a lot of games designed for win98 that wont play properly in winxp and theres nothing that can be done to get them to work right,only thing you can do is check for an update or install it on a win98 machine,maybe dual boot if you know how to do that.

Too bad you cant use a virtual win98,the video in virtual pcs are only good for pre 95 games.

Try switching from direct3d to waveout if you can

ocgw

peace