Drakan No Sound Effect

[Soundwave]

Hi i just got back Drakan i was missing the game

i just instaled it on my new pc and when i started the game it was working (Dev Mode) with Window 7

but....

in the start of the game in the intro.... i was earing the music but there was no sound at all !

no sound effect.... i was not able to ear the people talk..... and there was just no sound

how can i fixe this ?

where i can get the sound file ?

i would realy love to play this game again but with no sound at all it not the same


Tx for the help

(and yes i have checked the option music and volume and nothing work still)

[Arokhs Twin]

Hi there it probably won't be a missing file - it may be a sound effect option that is on e.g 3D sound effects such as EAX and A3D don't work on Windows 7 so if any are on you will have to turn them off.

Drakan does not work well with certain sound cards - try it with and without 3D sound buffers enabled and see if that works.

[Soundwave]

Hi tx for the reply

i have turn everything off in the sound place in the Dev mode

and still it not working


maybe my Drakan version is not good ? i dont know what is the probleme

do you know a place i could get a version that would work with window 7 ?


or a way to make my sound effect work with the version i have right now

[Arokhs Twin]

Do you have the English version of the game and is it a retail disk not a promo or bundled disk?
What sound chipset or sound card do you have?

You could try install of the directx9 dll files http://www.arokhslair.net/downloads/dx9dll.zip - be sure to read the instructions in the readme file or it could cause further problems.

[Soundwave]

I tryed to extract the file in Drakan but when i do they say error acces denied i dont know why they say that humm

that the only version of Drakan i have found

http://www.gameswin.org/gameen.php?id=1296

[Arokhs Twin]

That's a pirated game, so it could be incomplete or have some files altered & that's probably why it doesn't work. We can't offer support on pirated versions of the game - you will have to buy a genuine copy from ebay etc.

[UCyborg]

If anyone encounters this problem, IndirectSound is worth a shot. Or any software solution that comes with certain sound cards and claims to be able to restore 3D sound/EAX in older games.

IndirectSound is the only thing available freely AFAIK and doesn't implement EAX (it's on TODO list). In most cases, it shouldn't be needed; the cause of this particular problem is unknown.