No Sound in Civ 4

[Inarus]

Hello,

I am having a problem getting sound to work with Civilization 4 version 1.61.

I KNOW my computer is more than capable of handling the game, and I KNOW I have the correct settings on my sound card, as I can open up windows media player and get sound.

I have tried adjusting the in-game sound options, and still no avail.

Below is a copy of some of the info on my DXDIAG file.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide,

Inarus

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)


Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 344MB used, 4620MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode


VIDEO DEVICES

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8600 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0402&SUBSYS_40161682&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.5822 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/20/2007 06:05:00, 5434880 bytes

SOUND DEVICES

Description: C-Media CM6501 Like Sound Device
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: USB\Vid_0d8c&Pid_0201&Rev_0010&MI_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: c6501.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0002.4219 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Debug
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 9/5/2006 17:04:38, 1419968 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: C-Media Inc.
HW Accel Level: Full

That should be all relavent information, if you need more, ask.

 

[Vander]

I am having the same problem. I get great audio in any other game or program, just not Civ 4. Help?

 

[Thotmes]

Okey, this solution is as wierd as is the problem. I spent several hours searching for the solution. I have ASUS M2N-Plus Vista edition motherboard (but I use XP of course) and it has CM6501 onboard audio chip (some sorth of USB audio chip). I have no problems with other games, only with Civ4. After reading several articles about problems with CM6501 I desided to try "activating" the chip before launching Civ4. So i first launched WOW but didn't sign on (I haven't tried this with other games), I left it running on background and then launched Civ4 and I had sounds. Well for me this is good enough, now I can start playing Beyond the Sword.

 

[auldian]

Thanks for posting a work-around Thotmes. Hopefully we'll see a patch address this stuff one day.