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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: pocketpal on December 08, 2017, 06:20:03 AM

Title: No sounds at first
Post by: pocketpal on December 08, 2017, 06:20:03 AM
I am running AM 2.3 as the shell in WinXP SP3.  When it boots, I don't get any sound effects in AM. Once I launch a game, the sounds work fine in that game, and upon exiting, sound works in AM, too.  If I exit the frontend and reopen it, sounds work from the start, which makes the issue appear to be related to the fact that AM is the shell.  It should be noted, however, that the espeak plugin works right from the beginning, even though the other sounds do not.  Thoughts?
Title: Re: No sounds at first
Post by: keilmillerjr on December 08, 2017, 07:59:46 AM
I have no issue using attract as a shell. Then again, I haven’t used XP in over a decade.
Title: Re: No sounds at first
Post by: IceLancer on December 10, 2017, 07:31:37 PM
Maybe its focus, try turning off console in options
Title: Re: No sounds at first
Post by: pocketpal on December 11, 2017, 09:13:26 AM
I have no issue using attract as a shell. Then again, I haven’t used XP in over a decade.

My cabinet is over a decade old  ;)

Maybe its focus, try turning off console in options

Thanks for the suggestion, but I am running the "no-console" version.
Title: Re: No sounds at first
Post by: pocketpal on December 20, 2017, 08:05:56 AM
For what it's worth, in addition to the UI movement sounds and video snap sounds not working, each video snap will only play through once and quit instead of looping, like it should.  After I launch a game and return to AM, however, it all works as it's supposed to.