FEAR and problem with enabling Sounds?

Kaiju · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:51

I have an X-Fi and i've tried using all the drivers, but without disabling sounds in the configuration, the game won't get past a black screen. Any ideas?

Kaiju · 26 Mar 2006 at 23:38

You are right, it's not the X-Fi as i uninstalled the driver and it still doesn't work without disabling all sounds. I already had Window Media Format Audio Setup 7.1 installed from the FEAR CD, so i went the the Audio Codec area and set it to first priority, but this still does nothing. I then went to install Windows Media Format Audio Setup 9, but alas still no workaround.

I think it may be an issue with the other codecs i have installed. I will get rid of them all and see what happens. Any other thoughts on the matter would be most w3lcome.

Kaiju · 26 Mar 2006 at 23:42

Low and behold it worked, getting rid of the ACE Codec pack worked. Last time I install such pap. Cheers for the aid mate, most appreciated. *pats on back*

Kaiju · 27 Apr 2006 at 21:17

Does the codec have a configuration, as most codecs are able to disable themselves.

Is it also not in your Audio and Sound Properties? It can be removed there if it's listed.

If not, you could try making a note of all the files of the codec from the installation.exe, searching and deleting them (move into a backup folder), restart your computer and see whether that solves the problem.

Kaiju · 2 May 2006 at 18:57

Basically you need to get rid of all your audio codecs. So you have two options...

1.) Get rid of those codecs manually.

2.) Reformat your OS drive.