Torque kills my soundcard?
by Wash U Student 4 · in Torque Game Engine · 02/08/2006 (1:08 pm) · 8 replies
Hey everyone
Been programming with Torque for about a semester now in one of our Game Development classes. The engine itself is great, but Torque had a problem for as long as I can remember and it's beginning to drive me nuts!
I enjoy listening to music when I program. However, whenver I start up a Torque executable my music player apparently gets muted. This usually wouldn't be a problem if the sound came back once the executable closes... unfortunately that's not the case. My music player won't play music (even though it is trying), and my entire system is incapable of playing any type of sound. Volume control says that nothing is muted and all volumes are at 90% full volume. Torque executables are still able to play sound even after closing and restarting the executable, but nothing else. The only fix I've found is to completely restart my computer... a real pain in the butt if I have to restart every time I try to test the program.
Has anyone else heard of anything like this? Is this a known problem?
Note: The problem happens with the reference Starter.FPS exe or my group's game exe, does not matter.
Been programming with Torque for about a semester now in one of our Game Development classes. The engine itself is great, but Torque had a problem for as long as I can remember and it's beginning to drive me nuts!
I enjoy listening to music when I program. However, whenver I start up a Torque executable my music player apparently gets muted. This usually wouldn't be a problem if the sound came back once the executable closes... unfortunately that's not the case. My music player won't play music (even though it is trying), and my entire system is incapable of playing any type of sound. Volume control says that nothing is muted and all volumes are at 90% full volume. Torque executables are still able to play sound even after closing and restarting the executable, but nothing else. The only fix I've found is to completely restart my computer... a real pain in the butt if I have to restart every time I try to test the program.
Has anyone else heard of anything like this? Is this a known problem?
Note: The problem happens with the reference Starter.FPS exe or my group's game exe, does not matter.
#2
The problem has persisted over two different hardware configurations. Originally I was using the Intel i875p integrated Realtek AC97 audio device, with multiple different versions of the driver. After much experimentation, I caved in and bought a Sound Blaster Audigy 4 in the hopes that it might solve my woes. The problem still shows up using current driver version 5.12.10.1162.
02/08/2006 (1:25 pm)
Thanks for the quick replyThe problem has persisted over two different hardware configurations. Originally I was using the Intel i875p integrated Realtek AC97 audio device, with multiple different versions of the driver. After much experimentation, I caved in and bought a Sound Blaster Audigy 4 in the hopes that it might solve my woes. The problem still shows up using current driver version 5.12.10.1162.
#4
02/08/2006 (1:54 pm)
It happens with 1.3. Haven't tried 1.4 yet, but since we have four months worth of work done in the 1.3 frameworks, upgrading to the 1.4 is somewhat out of the question.
#5
02/08/2006 (2:09 pm)
Unfortunately I'm on the road and don't have the resources to test. I believe I have the AC97 device on a machine at home and will play with it a bit when I return this weekend. What media player are you using for the music and what format are they in? Mp3, cd audio, etc... maybe a codec is getting stomped on when the game launches.
#6
02/08/2006 (9:27 pm)
I use winamp mainly, but it's a universal problem. I thought it might be the player, but it turns out that any sound - regardless of where it's played - is being muted. IM sounds no longer work, windows "Error" beeps no longer work, video has no sound, etc etc until I restart. I'll do some more testing tonight and see if I can get any more specifics.
#8
02/09/2006 (5:47 pm)
... weird! Guess it was a driver issue somewhere: I just upgraded to the most recent creative drivers (released just yesterday) and no more Torque problems. Odd... oh well. Thanks for listening I guess :) 
Torque Owner Jon Ferris