Sound problem

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:41 am

For the past day or two, I've been playing simearth pratically nonstop. Now, when I load another game, the sound doesn't work. I tried the "save/load state" thingamajig, as well as the autosave, but neither are working. Right now, the sound will work only on SimEarth.

Any advice?

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:22 am

Are you using the latest WIP version?

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:29 am

Thanks for the link. I downloaded the latest version, but I still have the sound problem, unfortunately.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:38 am

I just tried what you were doing and I didn't get any problems. Post your rom info.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:46 am

Do you mean this:

This is the info for the last game you ran.

File: Sim Earth (U).smc Header: Yes
SIMEARTH TYPE:NORMAL
INTERLEAVED:No BANK:Lo CHKSUM:OK
VIDEO:NTSC CRC32:7FA5B218

Or something else?

hydr0x · Post by **hydr0x** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:35 am

PlutonianEmpire @fruity site (CR) board wrote: I didn't know where to post this, so I posted here.

When I'm in Map view in SimEarth, the map doesn't display at all. Is it something with the ROM, or the emulator I'm using, ZSNES?

how on earth are you playing this "for days" when the map doesn't work?

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:43 am

Because the map isn't actually required for gameplay. I can just switch between Edit view and Globe view.

And I've had the emulator only since saturday, when a friend told me about it, so i am VERY new to this emulator stuff.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:52 am

Try NSRT 3.2. You can save the ROM info to a text file, post it's content.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:17 am

Here's the content:

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Sim Earth (U).smc
Name: SIMEARTH Company: Pony Canyon
Header: SWC Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 64 Kb
Type: Normal + Batt ROM: 8 Mb
Country: USA Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 200ns (SlowROM) Version: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0xCE31 CRC32: 7FA5B218
--------------------------Database--------------------------
Name: Sim Earth
Country: USA Version: 1.0
Port 1: Gamepad Port 2: Gamepad

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:10 pm

The Sim- games (simearth, simant...) are not currently properly emulated.
Try to quit zsnes, then restart it before playing another game.
Tell us if that fix your sound.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:20 pm

grinvader wrote:The Sim- games (simearth, simant...) are not currently properly emulated.

Oh, so its with the ROM, not the emulator?

grinvader wrote:Try to quit zsnes, then restart it before playing another game.
Tell us if that fix your sound.

Nope.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:25 pm

PlutonianEmpire wrote:
grinvader wrote:The Sim- games (simearth, simant...) are not currently properly emulated.
Oh, so its with the ROM, not the emulator?

Well no, it's an emulator issue. Even if your ROM is good, zsnes won't emulate it the right way.

grinvader wrote:Try to quit zsnes, then restart it before playing another game.
Tell us if that fix your sound.
Nope.

So you don't have sound in say... Super Mario World ?

What are your sound settings ? (Config -> Sound, tell us what is checked).

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:41 pm

grinvader wrote:
PlutonianEmpire wrote:
grinvader wrote:The Sim- games (simearth, simant...) are not currently properly emulated.
Oh, so its with the ROM, not the emulator?
Well no, it's an emulator issue. Even if your ROM is good, zsnes won't emulate it the right way.
grinvader wrote:Try to quit zsnes, then restart it before playing another game.
Tell us if that fix your sound.
Nope.
So you don't have sound in say... Super Mario World ?

Actually, when I first download it, the sound actually works wonderfully, but, as the day goes on, the sound works less and less. Then I have to redownload it. Still, great sound at first, but then there is no sound at the end of the day. Basically, I'd have to download it over and over and over.... once a day for the rest of eternity just to hear that nuke go off in simearth or listen to the music in simcity.

I tried Aerobiz, still no success.

Also, I'm hard of hearing, so when I can't hear when I want to, I get cranky. (I'm "anal" as some would put it.)

EDIT: BTW, I use Zsnesw for Windows.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:49 pm

I seriously doubt that you have to download ZSNES over and over again. Are you removing the ZIP file after each "installation"?

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:52 pm

illegal eagle wrote:I seriously doubt that you have to download ZSNES over and over again. Are you removing the ZIP file after each "installation"?

No, why? I keep it just in case something happens, such as a virus deleting the program files.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:08 pm

PlutonianEmpire wrote:Actually, when I first download it, the sound actually works wonderfully, but, as the day goes on, the sound works less and less. Then I have to redownload it. Still, great sound at first, but then there is no sound at the end of the day. Basically, I'd have to download it over and over and over.... once a day for the rest of eternity just to hear that nuke go off in simearth or listen to the music in simcity.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:21 pm

I deleted the zip file. No change.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:37 pm

...

But you know the difference between downloading and unzipping?

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No idea about your sound problem.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:36 am

I could be wrong, but this seems like a virus is attacking his config files. Try a virus scan, as well as an ad/spyware scan. Follow Paul Bunyan's sig for such tools.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:43 am

adventure_of_link wrote:I could be wrong, but this seems like a virus is attacking his config files. Try a virus scan, as well as an ad/spyware scan. Follow Paul Bunyan's sig for such tools.

I did a viruscan and deleted the stuff, but still, no sound.

EDIT: Just so you know, I DO have the SNES console, and the simearth cartridge, etc. I have it on my computer because some of the music sounded better coming out of my computer's speakers than from the TV's speakers.

ThunderClaw · Post by **ThunderClaw** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:43 am

PlutonianEmpire wrote:EDIT: Just so you know, I DO have the SNES console, and the simearth cartridge, etc. I have it on my computer because some of the music sounded better coming out of my computer's speakers than from the TV's speakers.

Those details are really none of our business, to be honest.

Anyway, we could really use the stuff Grinvader asked for; under Config -> sound, there's a whole mess of options like Enable Sound, Stereo Sound, sampling rate, and lots more picky stuff like Gaussian interpolation, sound buffering, disable SPC emulation...all that stuff. It'd be a real help if you'd post what's checked and what's not. Specifications on your sound hardware would also be useful.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:46 am

Ok, where do I find this stuff in windows? Under what file/folder/etc?

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:17 am

Those are options within ZSNES. Click Config>Sound

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:20 am

EDIT: Nevermind.

PlutonianEmpire · Post by **PlutonianEmpire** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:03 am

Here's what's checked:

Enable sound
Stereo sound

Sampling rate at 48000Hz
Volume level at 100%

Surround sound
Sound buffering
Disable SPC emulation

Interpolation:
8-point

Lowpass:
Hi-quality.

This is what IS checked in the sound box.