Sound issues

[Steel Panther]

Hello, I bought this thinking I wouldn't have the issues I have with the CD's but I'm having sound issues in both Gold and Thief 2.

I even downloaded and added the tool in the one guide for the game.(the resolution is so nice.)
However I still have sound issues. Mostly I have 0 ambeinet noise, and voices sound like they are trying to come from a suround system I don't have.

I can hear someone just fine if I have them to my direct left or right, but if I face them they are muted and metalitc. Also if I go into the menus I lose sound completely.

Took me so long to get it going before steam,(HDD failure sucks). I really don't want to go though another major ordeal involving selling major organs and my soul like last time so help would be wonderful.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

So first thing: did you use TGtool or TFix? Second, what are you using? Headphones or speakers?

[Steel Panther]

Speakers, and I believe I used TGtool first, than tried tfix. They gave me sound back but that's causing the surround problems. Think it has to do with I can't go below 4 Channels.
I'm using speakers.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

Try the Audio options in game. See if setting hardware acceleration on helps. Do you get audio problems in any other games or normally?

[Steel Panther]

Hardware acceleration is not an option it allows me to change, it's off and it won't allow me to turn it on.

And that's a negative on problems with other games. I have no such issues.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

You can only change hardware acceleration from the main menu. Not when a mission is loaded.

[Steel Panther]

Yeah, I don't get that option there either, I'll go double check but I'm sure of it.

[Steel Panther]

And I was wrong, go me. Takes away all sound however.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

Hmmm... that's odd.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

Pageing Voodoo47. We need a Dark engine expert.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

Okay, I have one more idea. Open your Thief installation folder and find cam_ext.cfg. Open it and look for the line ;snd_oal_device Generic Software. Remove the ; and save the file.

[Steel Panther]

Ok, I've found the problem. And it did affect other games, I just didn't know it as apperantly something in either windows updates or installing Thief did it. In other words it had to have happened last night.

Basicly once again, the problem is windows thinking it is smarter than me and setting my sound to 7.1 surround instead of stereo............

Thanks for the help it's much appericated.

Baffles me how that got changed on me like that. Sure wasn't me and I'm the only one that uses this computer.

[😎 𝓣𝓪𝓯𝓯𝒆𝓻𝔀𝓸𝓬𝓴𝔂 😎]

Haha computers are just weird like that! No problem.

[Steel Panther]

I've been trying to ignore it. But I'm still having some problems with the sound, and it happens on my Asus Transformer tablet with Thief 2 as well.

Voices pass in and out sometimes, I'll never hear an entire conversation if I hear any of it, I'll hear parts at most. And some loot items and some chests don't make sound though I'm credited the money.

[*Fallout*]

my solution for windows 10 NO SOUND IN-GAME (it`s a windows thing, not a game or update)

i also found out that the NO SOUND problem was actually already there - and i couldn`t TEST my SOUND options (i manually installed the audio-driver just before)

(from the internet)
Turn off Audio Enhancements
Follow these steps:
Select the Start button, type Sound in the search box, and then select Sound Control Panel from the list of results.
On the Playback tab, right-click (or press and hold) the Default Device, and then select Properties.
On the Enhancements tab, select the Disable all enhancements check box and try to play your audio device.

----THAT`S IT. it works