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WHy no sound in game but everwhere else?

Posted By : olivia of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on April 17, 2003

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Hi, there's no sound in my new game but it works everywhere else just fine. What should I do?

This question was answered on April 17, 2003. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.


This is either caused by a Dirrect X issue or the sound card settings.

First released in 1996 Direct X is a set of APIs (Application Program Interface) developed by Microsoft to allow all programs to write instructions for hardware without knowing exactly what hardware is within the computer Games which include Direct X will have the capability of utilizing multimedia and graphics accelerator features more efficiently.

Because of the various types of software and the high potential of errors or bugs when the software is created software can be the leading cause of computer issues These issues are generally resolved by either not running two or more programs at the same time if they are causing issues with on another, or reinstalling the software If the software has an actual software bug in the program these bugs are generally resolved by patches or software updates.

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Posted by olivia of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on April 17, 2003

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