Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Forum

Hi !

Here is my report :

• installation : OK

• launching the game : OK

• Menu, changing options : OK

• Playing the game : OK, works fine but...

• Audio : Audio is proper in "emulation mode" (wine config), but with lags (about 1-2 seconds). , and crashes (lot of noises, incorrect sounds) with "full hardware mode".

• Tests on my Audio config of Wine :
  Driver OSS : doesn't work
  Driver Esound : Sound with bad quality (like "under water"), but responsive, without lags
  ** Driver ALSA : sound has a very good quality, but with a short lag

My config :

System Information

Time of this report: 12/6/2010, 17:48:48

Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10

       Language: French (Regional Setting: French)  

System Manufacturer: Clevo Co.
System Model: M570RU
BIOS: BIOS Revision: 1.00.08
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 468MB used, 3470MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Display Devices

    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX   
 Manufacturer: NVIDIA  
    Chip type: GeForce 8800M GTX  
     DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC  
   Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_060C&SUBSYS_05731558&REV_A2  

Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Écran par défaut
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6099 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/16/2010 19:55:00, 6359552 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/16/2010 19:55:00, 9623680 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-454C-11CF-3B61-7F2503C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x060C
SubSys ID: 0x05731558
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2

Sound Capture Devices

        Description: Realtek HD Audio Input  

Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5433 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 6/14/2007 09:41:58, 4429312 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0xFFF

Paoli wrote:

Hi !

• Audio : Audio is proper in "emulation mode" (wine config), but
  with lags (about 1-2 seconds). , and crashes (lot of noises,
  incorrect sounds) with "full hardware mode".

** Driver ALSA : sound has a very good quality, but with a short lag

Sound works fine with this tip, found here ( http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18504&iTestingId=51870 )

[i]in your Usersettings find SeriousSamHD.ini and change or add if not there.
sfx_iAPI 0=none 1=OpenAL 2=DirectSound 3=XAudio2

Type like "sfx_iAPI = 2" without quotes in the sfx section for easy access.[/i]

Steps :

• Launch CrossOver
• Go to "advanced settings"
• Go to "c:"
• C:/Program Files/Steam/userdata/
• Search a folder with SeriousSamHD.ini
• on my PC (userdata/47293131/41 000/local)
• open the file SeriousSamHD.ini
• change sfx_iAPI : "sfx_iAPI = 2" without quotes in the sfx section

Now, it may work properly !