Civ4 Warlords - Sound Glitches

godpuppet · Jul 27, 2006, 01:20 PM

Is anyone getting any sound glitches?

When I reach modern age (mech inf etc etc) I start to get what sounds like TV static. It lasts about a second, but hella annoying...

Is this common?

StreetX · Jul 27, 2006, 03:18 PM

I just had a sound glitch. My sound is very loud (because of the game) but when it glitched it was very loud and it scared the **** out of me.

Still shocked

kurtkage · Jul 29, 2006, 02:32 PM

I am having the same problem. I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, winXP. I upgraded to the latest drivers from the Creative website hoping that it would resolve the issue but it continues to happen. I also changed the sound settings in game, it was on mono by default for some reason, I changed it to discrete 5.1 and the problem continues. No other problems with the game. No problems at all with 1.61.

The problem does not start until the modern age. It is not only mech inf but other modern units in combat will randomly cause a very loud static sound for a few seconds.

Anyone have a suggestion?

godpuppet and StreetX do you also have a SB Audigy?

warbean · Jul 30, 2006, 01:21 PM

EXACT same problem with me. Played fine till Modern Age, then averaged about once every half hour, making me crap myself when it did it the first time. Lasts about 1-2 seconds, then regular music resumes perfectly fine.

Athlon 64 3800+
Geforce 7900 GT
2GB RAM
ON Board Realtek Audio through my MSI K8n Neo4 Platinum.

(no audigy installed!)

crunch · Jul 30, 2006, 01:39 PM

Also mentioned here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=179593
No solutions so far it seems.

skallben · Jul 30, 2006, 01:53 PM

Have it too. First time it happened was like 4 olock at the night...Scared the **** out of me.

Btw, I got onboard Realktek audio aswell.

Dearmad · Jul 30, 2006, 04:24 PM

Ditto. I posted in the other thread too I think, but jsut want Firaxis to have a heads up:

SB Audigy 2zs latest driver.
nvidia 7800 gs
amd 3200+
2gb ram

reinstalled the game from the ground up- STILL have the problem.

jcontre905 · Aug 02, 2006, 06:48 PM

heres how to fix it.

There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn". It should be the third yawn down

Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the noise goes away. Apparently the yawning of the SAM's was causing this to happen.

All credit of this should be given to Tattila the Hun as he/she found this on apolytons site. I did this for myself and works perfectly now

geebo · Aug 03, 2006, 12:48 AM

thank both of you, that problem was very irritating...

Dearmad · Aug 03, 2006, 12:26 PM

THANK YOU! This fix should be stickied somewhere!

Norseman2 · Aug 04, 2006, 02:12 AM

I agree, this should be stickied.

Andraeianus I · Aug 04, 2006, 08:42 AM

Thanks a lot! This thread should be stickied! Does Firaxis already know about this, so that they can include this fix in the warlords patch?

Archmage Rashak · Aug 05, 2006, 03:18 AM

Thanks for the fix. This glitch was annoying me to no end. It managed to scare the heck outta me every single time, even when my headphones were on the table, the sound was so loud.

Sphinx · Aug 06, 2006, 05:53 AM

THANK YOU!!! This was so annoying. I thought artillerys do that, i even played modern ages without sound. Thanx for the solution

Artosoft · Aug 07, 2006, 07:28 AM

I've got the sound problem too. Now I can't play Warlords at night because of that!

Onboard soundcard.

Regards,
Arto.

crunch · Aug 07, 2006, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artosoft

I've got the sound problem too. Now I can't play Warlords at night because of that!

So why don't you apply the fix, then?

DsevenO · Aug 07, 2006, 03:06 PM

I can't for the life of me find AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW in audioscripts3d - could someone point me in the general direction (near the top, middle, bottom) of this line in the file - thanks.

Norseman2 · Aug 07, 2006, 03:13 PM

Use Edit>Find and type in the text you're looking for.

DsevenO · Aug 07, 2006, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norseman2

Use Edit>Find and type in the text you're looking for.

Thank you - you learn something new every day. Unfortunately, I have an outstanding problem - iminvolume is already lower than imaxvolume. The fix suggests that iminvolume needs to be changed from 75 to 50 or so, but my iminvolume is 45 by default. I'm wondering where to go next in terms of altering the xml file - any suggestions?

Norseman2 · Aug 07, 2006, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DsevenO

Thank you - you learn something new every day. Unfortunately, I have an outstanding problem - iminvolume is already lower than imaxvolume. The fix suggests that iminvolume needs to be changed from 75 to 50 or so, but my iminvolume is 45 by default. I'm wondering where to go next in terms of altering the xml file - any suggestions?

Make sure you use Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio\Audio3dscripts.xml

I noticed when I went into my regular civ audio folder the iminvolume was 45. It was only 75 in the warlords folder (well, 75 until I made it 50).

Jul 27, 2006, 01:20 PM	#1
godpuppet Chieftain Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7	Civ4 Warlords - Sound Glitches Is anyone getting any sound glitches? When I reach modern age (mech inf etc etc) I start to get what sounds like TV static. It lasts about a second, but hella annoying... Is this common?

Jul 29, 2006, 02:32 PM	#3
kurtkage Warlord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 208	I am having the same problem. I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, winXP. I upgraded to the latest drivers from the Creative website hoping that it would resolve the issue but it continues to happen. I also changed the sound settings in game, it was on mono by default for some reason, I changed it to discrete 5.1 and the problem continues. No other problems with the game. No problems at all with 1.61. The problem does not start until the modern age. It is not only mech inf but other modern units in combat will randomly cause a very loud static sound for a few seconds. Anyone have a suggestion? godpuppet and StreetX do you also have a SB Audigy? Last edited by kurtkage; Jul 29, 2006 at 02:39 PM.

Jul 30, 2006, 01:21 PM	#4
warbean Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 20	YES, not just Audigy users EXACT same problem with me. Played fine till Modern Age, then averaged about once every half hour, making me crap myself when it did it the first time. Lasts about 1-2 seconds, then regular music resumes perfectly fine. Athlon 64 3800+ Geforce 7900 GT 2GB RAM ON Board Realtek Audio through my MSI K8n Neo4 Platinum. (no audigy installed!)

Aug 03, 2006, 12:48 AM	#9
geebo Prince Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 411	thank both of you, that problem was very irritating... __________________ I Rather Die on My Feet, Than Live on My Knees...

Aug 07, 2006, 03:06 PM	#17
DsevenO Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 42	I can't for the life of me find AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW in audioscripts3d - could someone point me in the general direction (near the top, middle, bottom) of this line in the file - thanks. __________________ It's Tenacious D Time

Jul 27, 2006, 03:18 PM	#2
StreetX Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 9	I just had a sound glitch. My sound is very loud (because of the game) but when it glitched it was very loud and it scared the **** out of me. Still shocked

Jul 30, 2006, 01:39 PM	#5
crunch Emperor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Slovakia Posts: 1,100	Also mentioned here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=179593 No solutions so far it seems.

Jul 30, 2006, 01:53 PM	#6
skallben Holy Megalomaniac Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cold Country in Europe Posts: 955	Have it too. First time it happened was like 4 olock at the night...Scared the **** out of me. Btw, I got onboard Realktek audio aswell.

Jul 30, 2006, 04:24 PM	#7
Dearmad Dead weight Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,288	Ditto. I posted in the other thread too I think, but jsut want Firaxis to have a heads up: SB Audigy 2zs latest driver. nvidia 7800 gs amd 3200+ 2gb ram reinstalled the game from the ground up- STILL have the problem.

Aug 02, 2006, 06:48 PM	#8
jcontre905 Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	heres how to fix it. There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn". It should be the third yawn down Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the noise goes away. Apparently the yawning of the SAM's was causing this to happen. All credit of this should be given to Tattila the Hun as he/she found this on apolytons site. I did this for myself and works perfectly now

Aug 03, 2006, 12:26 PM	#10
Dearmad Dead weight Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,288	THANK YOU! This fix should be stickied somewhere!

Aug 04, 2006, 02:12 AM	#11
Norseman2 Commy from the North Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 457	I agree, this should be stickied.

Aug 04, 2006, 08:42 AM	#12
Andraeianus I Warlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 180	Thanks a lot! This thread should be stickied! Does Firaxis already know about this, so that they can include this fix in the warlords patch?

Aug 05, 2006, 03:18 AM	#13
Archmage Rashak Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 1	Thanks for the fix. This glitch was annoying me to no end. It managed to scare the heck outta me every single time, even when my headphones were on the table, the sound was so loud.

Aug 06, 2006, 05:53 AM	#14
Sphinx Warlord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Estonia Posts: 116	THANK YOU!!! This was so annoying. I thought artillerys do that, i even played modern ages without sound. Thanx for the solution

Aug 07, 2006, 07:28 AM	#15
Artosoft Prince Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 402	I've got the sound problem too. Now I can't play Warlords at night because of that! Onboard soundcard. Regards, Arto.

Aug 07, 2006, 03:13 PM	#18
Norseman2 Commy from the North Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 457	Use Edit>Find and type in the text you're looking for.

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