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Orinthe
March 5th, 2002, 13:48
I have issues with choppy sound (and choppy gameplay, perhaps as a result?) in Zelda: Majora's Mask (this is true of all my games, even Mario64, though to a lesser extent, but I only really want to play Zelda: MM... my N64 is defective and locks up when I play it on the console, possibly due to the expansion pack). Anyway, I had previously thought that it was due to my older computer. I however just upgraded to a computer four times as fast, with twice as much ram, and I'm still having the same problem, only very slightly improved. The background sounds skip horribly in my games, although sometimes little sounds that don't play continuously are fine. I've tried all manner of plugins and settings, but to no avail. Is there anything anyone can suggest?

Specs:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.532GHz)
512MB DDRAM
3DForce GeForce2 MMX 64MB 4x AGP Video Card
SoundBlaster Live! Value PCI Sound Card
MSI K7T266 Pro2 Mainboard w/ VIA Chipset
140GB Total Storage (Now I'm just bragging ^_^)
Windows XP Professional

Keep in mind that this runs just as well (read: just as badly) as my old system, with these specs:

Pentium III 650MHz
256MB SDRAM
GeForce2 MMX 64MB 4x AGP Video Card
SoundBlaster Live! Value PCI Sound Card
ABit something-or-other mobo
Windows '98

The sound card is literally the exact same card, being that I simply took it out of my old computer and put it in the new one, but when I switch to my integrated sound (Avance AC'97 Audio for VIA Audio Controller) it doesn't help anything, so I don't think it's the sound card, or, indeed, a hardware problem. So all that's left is software. Anyone have any idea what I could do?

- Orinthe Ducvantol
rtb
March 5th, 2002, 19:12
Try turning off sync game to audio.
if that doesnt work, try using another sound and/or video plugin or reinstall pj64.
Smiff
March 5th, 2002, 23:25
describe what the FPS counter is doing

post an MP3 recording illustrating your problem
frodo
March 6th, 2002, 00:53
I had the same prob, but smiff helped me , now i cant finfd what is was anymore :-((
Someting with 3 letters tlb or something, smiff you should know this!
Josep
March 6th, 2002, 04:09
Orinthe!! Question! with your athlon xp 1800 did you have any trouble with setting up the bios to read your processor? Like for it to read the proper speed and stuff, one of my friend's is having trouble with his 1800 but he has an abit motherboard;) i dunno, i have an abit motherboard too but didn't have those kinda probs;)
frodo
March 6th, 2002, 21:46
remember that a athlon 1800 runs at 1500Mhz! (in that neigbourhood)
MorpheusEternal
March 7th, 2002, 19:20
I think once you get to a certain level, proc speed is not an issue.

I have to SLOW pj64 down, using the frame ramte limit, else it's too fast, and my pc is not that hot..

(p3-800, 133 bus
512 M ram
32 M geforce 2 mx (not mx 200/400)
20 gig raid, 8 gig raid
Win me)

(aside - is xp any good for pj64 - it hates bleem and vgs for psx)

so I'd really suggest you look to other areas - eg, I'm using a cut down version of me called 98lite (www.98lite.com) which removes all the crap that m$ says you have to have - this improves the general speed heaps!
prs94
March 7th, 2002, 20:24
Erm,
I think you meant www.98lite.net (I just
went to www.98lite.com and it's a porn site!) Whoops....

Phil
MorpheusEternal
March 7th, 2002, 21:17
Oops, (blushes), yep, .net
micalex
March 8th, 2002, 22:03
I'M FAIRLY NEW TO THE EMULATION SCENE BUT I HAV EMULATORS FOR MULTIPLE CONSOLES ,THEY ALL RUN FINE TO FAIR WITH MY SYSTEM. BUT THE EMULATORS FOR THE NINTENDO 64 HAVE ALWAYS RAN WITH THE SOUND SNAPPING AND CRACKLING AND THE FRAME BEING AFFECTED SLIGHTLY.EVEN WITH THE SOUND OF IT SKIPS. ANY REPLYS TO THIS POST WILL BE APPRECCIATED.ANY HELP WOULD BE LOVED.

P.S.MY SYSTEM SPECS:
WINDOWS ME
INTEL CELERON~900MHZ
256MB RAM
DIRECT X 8.1
GEFORCE 2 MX 400
CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER LIVE! VALUE
zorbid
March 8th, 2002, 22:36
WAAAA DON'T SCREAM PLEASE...
We are not deaf. Writing capial letters = shouting... :angry:
micalex
March 8th, 2002, 22:46
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE YELLING.
I APPRECTIATE THE FEEDBACK.
I'VE ONLY HAD MY COMPUTER FOR SIX MONTHS
AND I'M NEW TO THE WAYS OF REPYING TO POEPLE ONLINE
AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY.
I'M ALSO STILL LOOKING FOR HELP WITH MY PROBLEM
micalex
March 8th, 2002, 22:52
Whoops , forgot to stop yelling sorry.
vileP
March 8th, 2002, 23:00
STTOOPP YELLING! :pissed:

And besides, the Sound Blaster Live! Value card always snaps, crackles, and pops, even with WinXP. I had mine's installed for about a week, and I went back to the onboard sound, just because of the sound.