X-wing Alliance Bug?
Peter Lai
I preordered Alliance and just got it today... it looks
terrific so far, only I think I might have discovered a bug already.
It may be my own incompetence, but I'm not sure. In the mission where
you have to inspect all the cargo containers (Mission 3, I think, in
the prologue campaign,) one of the mission objectives (inspect all in
Cargo Area 2) will go to completed even though all the containers
haven't been inspected. I saw it go to complete as it hit 98% or
something, and I couldn't complete the mission the first time I went
through, even though it said I completed all the goals. I eventually
got it by watching the percentages and inspecting all the containers,
but it was annoying the first time it popped up. Anyways, it's a great
game so far, and I'm going back to play some more... :)
Peter Lai
Tom Chick
I suspect you let the raider get away with one of your containers. If
that happens, I think the mission will be a failure. Note the color
coded mission goals in the goal MFD display.
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Peter Lai
As for the two similar but unrelated subjects... :)
I destroyed the cargo ferry, I'm sure of that. It took me a
little while to find, but I destroyed it. I suppose it may not count
the half stolen container as one of yours, but you still have to
inspect it anyway. I'm pretty sure I got it, though.
As for the MX300, there are the standard answers like updating
drivers and all that. Maybe check out Diamond's new beta drivers--then
again, if you have those, that might be the problem. I have the
original drivers that came out of the box and it works fine. I turned
on 3D audio for mine, and everything seems to run smoothly. Maybe you
may want to try Aureal's own drivers at http://www.a3d.com. I can't
really give an answer better than that, but since it was in the same
thread I decided to reply anyway. :)
Gamer Man
in the game, and I'm still not getting any in-game sounds. I get
voices, but no lasers firing, etc. Are there any ideas that as of yet
have been unmentioned? Of course I made the requisite call to Diamond
tech support and they were completely clueless. He never even asked
about my system configuration, just said he had no idea why such a
thing would be happening. Far and away, they are the worst in the
industry! So, can anyone else help???
Gamer Man
Gamer Man
Gamer Man
Michael O'Pezio
http://www.lucasarts.com/support/tg.asp?id=75
Technical Guide for XWA
Before printing, be warned it's 75 pages!
Gamer Man wrote in message <36f6dba...@news.earthlink.net>...
Wolfe
>
> Incidentally, that's for a Diamond Monster Sound MX300...
>
> Gamer Man
>
> >in the game, and I'm still not getting any in-game sounds. I get
> >voices, but no lasers firing, etc. Are there any ideas that as of yet
> >have been unmentioned? Of course I made the requisite call to Diamond
> >tech support and they were completely clueless. He never even asked
> >about my system configuration, just said he had no idea why such a
> >thing would be happening. Far and away, they are the worst in the
> >industry! So, can anyone else help???
> >
> >Gamer Man
Turn off the 3D sound and turn down the sound quality to Low or Normal
or whatever the lowest setting is. Don't know of a real fix for this.
- Chris
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This one gave me a lot of trouble, too. The trick is to be careful when
destroying the cargo ferry to not also accidentally destroy the container.
Make sure that you're shooting at the ferry from above, or there's a good
chance that you'll blow up the container.
Dan
Peter Lai <peon...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Gamer Man
>>
>> Incidentally, that's for a Diamond Monster Sound MX300...
>>
>> Gamer Man
>>
>> >Okay, this 3D audio card is on its last leg. I've turned off 3D audio
>> >in the game, and I'm still not getting any in-game sounds. I get
>> >voices, but no lasers firing, etc. Are there any ideas that as of yet
>> >have been unmentioned? Of course I made the requisite call to Diamond
>> >tech support and they were completely clueless. He never even asked
>> >about my system configuration, just said he had no idea why such a
>> >thing would be happening. Far and away, they are the worst in the
>> >industry! So, can anyone else help???
>> >
>> >Gamer Man
>
>Turn off the 3D sound and turn down the sound quality to Low or Normal
>or whatever the lowest setting is. Don't know of a real fix for this.
>
> - Chris
Thanks for the suggestion, but already tried those. I'm ready to give
up on this card...
Gamer Man
Wolfe
>
> >Turn off the 3D sound and turn down the sound quality to Low or Normal
> >or whatever the lowest setting is. Don't know of a real fix for this.
> >
> > - Chris
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but already tried those. I'm ready to give
> up on this card...
>
> Gamer Man
Sorry to hear it. Mine is still a no-go as well. I tried the newest S90
beta drivers from Diamond. Whoops! After rebooting, I couldn't even get
all the way back to the desktop (got a bluescreen right before the icons
showed up). Had to restart in Safe Mode, uninstall the drivers, reboot
and re-install the standard set from the CD-ROM. Ugly.
The troubleshooting list on Lucas Arts' page was no help. It looks just
like the readme that came with the demo. Oh well. A few people have had
this prob, so I guess I'll wait and see if Lucas Arts comes up with some
suggestions or a patch.
Derek Smart
Man) wrote:
>Incidentally, that's for a Diamond Monster Sound MX300...
>
>Gamer Man
>
>>Okay, this 3D audio card is on its last leg. I've turned off 3D audio
>>in the game, and I'm still not getting any in-game sounds. I get
>>voices, but no lasers firing, etc. Are there any ideas that as of yet
>>have been unmentioned? Of course I made the requisite call to Diamond
>>tech support and they were completely clueless. He never even asked
>>about my system configuration, just said he had no idea why such a
>>thing would be happening. Far and away, they are the worst in the
>>industry! So, can anyone else help???
>>
>>Gamer Man
My MX-300 worked flawlessly with XWA (though I don't care much for the
game. Just another shooter IMHO). Do you have the LATEST drivers from
Diamond and/or Aureal??
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Joe Granto
Man) wrote:
>>Gamer Man wrote:
>>>
>>> Incidentally, that's for a Diamond Monster Sound MX300...
>>>
>>> Gamer Man
>>>
>>> >Okay, this 3D audio card is on its last leg. I've turned off 3D audio
>>> >in the game, and I'm still not getting any in-game sounds. I get
>>> >voices, but no lasers firing, etc. Are there any ideas that as of yet
>>> >have been unmentioned? Of course I made the requisite call to Diamond
>>> >tech support and they were completely clueless. He never even asked
>>> >about my system configuration, just said he had no idea why such a
>>> >thing would be happening. Far and away, they are the worst in the
>>> >industry! So, can anyone else help???
>>> >
>>> >Gamer Man
>>
>>Turn off the 3D sound and turn down the sound quality to Low or Normal
>>or whatever the lowest setting is. Don't know of a real fix for this.
>>
>> - Chris
>
>Thanks for the suggestion, but already tried those. I'm ready to give
>up on this card...
The problem is NOT your card, most likely. The Vortex-2 based cards
are awesome. I have the Montego II, and it also does not produce
sound effects in XWA. However, for all other games (Unreal, Tribes,
Shogo, FreeSpace, you name it), it works fine. 3D sound works fine
EVERYWHERE except XWA. This is definitely an XWA issue; I simply
deleted the demo.
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Gamer Man
full game to test it out. It works like a champ (although with no 3D
sound). I guess it's a demo problem. They are coming out with an A3D
patch in a couple of days which should be awesome!
Gamer Man
great so I guess it's a demo problem. I still can't get 3D sound, but
I know they are coming out with an A3D patch in a few days so that
shoud fix that. I love the game though! It's a first rate effort!
Wolfe
>
> Don't know if you saw my other post on this. On a whim, I bought the
> full game to test it out. It works like a champ (although with no 3D
> sound). I guess it's a demo problem. They are coming out with an A3D
> patch in a couple of days which should be awesome!
>
> Gamer Man
Yeah, I saw that. Thanks. I gotta get this game. :-) Enjoy!
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I bought the game and it worked perfectly well in sound. I haven't analyzed
total sound, since I just popped in a multiplayer mission just to see the
Falcon in action, but as far as I could tell, I heard laser fire and
tie-fighters coming close by.
Amazing that it performed well at 1024x768 on a G200 with everything set to
high, now I gotta check the Voodoo2 SLI performance.
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