Trouble with sound

[HP1000]

Hi!

 

 

This is the first time I try to play Grim Fandango on my own. I've played it with a friend some years back and I just picked it up a few days ago thinking it would be hilarious to relive the old days.

 

But I have a problem with the sound. It starts fine and all but as soon as I hit F1 to enter the options menu's the sound vanishes and doesn't come back untill I restart the whole game from Windows.

 

I have of course used the patch but that doesn't seem to do anything for me. I use XP home edition with a regular soundcard for my laptop. Anyone out there who have been in the same kinda trouble and solved the problem?

 

I have looked forward to playing this for some time and it would be a shame to let it go to waste. (Can't imagine I would play it through without sound or bothering restarting the game all the time)

 

Thx in advance!

[robearth]

I have the EXACT same problem with my other computer!

I lose all sound when I hit F1... allthough sometimes the game manages to prevail and I get to keep my sound even though I hit F1 : )

 

the F1 button in general seems to be a real problemcreator! when I first installed GF on this computer (my regular computer), everytime I hit options in F1menu, the game locked up!

Anyone out here with solutions for us!?

[mudpie210]

I also have a similar problem. It's not always when I hit F1, but after playing shortly the game sound cuts off, any help please?

[AdrielFisher]

I have this problem too. I suspect it's a sound card issue, but hey ho. As a workaround I've installed a fan-made game launcher which is available from the downloads section of http://www.grimfandango.net. It doesn't fix the issue, but it does let you load the last saved game instantly, which means you can play the game, and only open the options menu when you need to save and quit. Unfortunately on my machine it won't let me have any conversations with people, but maybe it will work for you. Hope that helps!

[AdrielFisher]

Okay! Found something that works.

 

Download this.

 

Unpack it to C: or somewhere you can find it.

 

Start -> Run -> "cmd"

 

Navigate to the directory you put imagecfg in, for example:

 

cd c:\

 

When you're in the right directory, type:

 

imagecfg -a 0x1 "C:\Directory\Where\You\Insalled\GRIMFANDANGO.exe"

 

It'll output four lines of text, and then you're done. Turn off compatibility for GRIMFANDANGO.exe, and run the game.

 

Basically it sets the CPU Affinity before the game is running (since changing it in realtime doesn't help, and doesn't stick!), and saves it. It is woot.

 

Aha, found this solution that helps. Presumably it's a dual-core cpu issue. I had to Google to find the tool though, the link in the quote doesn't work anymore.