Well, that's about it for me...

[MadJeff 3]

Well, now that I've had a day or two away I fell a little better about things.

 

To start with, I've solved my no-engine sound problem. I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz with a set of 4.1 Atlec Lansing speakers. After tweaking a bunch of stuff trying to get the sound back, I found that if I switch the sound card from 4 speaker to 2 speaker setup, I now get engine sounds! So there's one for the buglist... :D

 

Next up, upgrade my ATI drivers to 3.0 to see what that does. I usually stay on top of my vid drivers but just haven't had the time to do the new Catalyst 3.0 install. I'll report my finding...

 

After installing the 3.0's, MP on HL seems much more stable! I actually played a game for almost 15 minutes... :D Maybe there's some hope yet...

[+pcpilot 181]

MJ, are you using DX9? Ive had some strange video anolomies since installing it. Im going back to 8.1 till a new version of 9 comes out.

[Dagger 21]

DX9 has a bug that I've read causesd all kinda head aches for everyone IF the host has it and the others aren't using it yet...I'm not sure if this is true but it would answer some questions...

[MadJeff 3]

No, I haven't upgraded yet, I've been waiting for a little more feedback on it. But I seemed to have fixed at least some (but not all) of my issues.

 

- No Engine Sounds in Cockpit

 

My engine sounds have returned only after I switched my 4-speaker setup to a 2-speaker setup in the sound control panel. I have a TB SantaCruz, and this is the only game that I've ever had a problem with sound-wise.

 

Black Screen on MP Game Launch

 

Not sure if this is what fixed it or not, but I removed my Catalyst 2.5's and installed the latest Catalyst 3.0's. Since then I have had no black screens, although I still have had 1 or 2 weird CTD's. both while in external view during a mission. I have joined MP at HL several times since with no issues.

[Dagger 21]

cool...glad to hear that...I just upgrade my sound card and speakers(Thanks to my wife)...will look for ya at HL..I was lucky enough to have played several times and only crash came from onw stupidity..was D/Ling a patch,had it min. and forgot about it..went to HL and started to fly..d/l finished system went crazy.