counterstrike in xp = problem

[elimcpheron]

when im playing counterstrike and i get alt tabbed by aim or something or i alt tab myself, sometimes when i get back in counterstrike, i lose my sound.... i cant understand why i keep having this problem... any suggestions?

 

[Splork]

I think it's a problem with the game and not XP. I used to have this problem when I played it in Win2k.

-sp

 

[her209]

Ya... same problem here in both XP and 2K

 

[jfunk]

Same problem...loose sound when I task switch out.

I'm on a KT133A board with a Diamond MX300 soundcard...what about you guys?

BTW, this is on XP, but I never ran it on any other O/S on this system.

 

[Kartman]

I have this happen sometimes when switching out and back in under Win98FE.

 

[FuManStan]

Its a problem with Half-Life, not your operating system or sound card

 

[Zoltarc]

Once back in the game press ESC to drop back to the very first main menu then press "Resume Game" and the sound will be back.

 

[elimcpheron]

zoltarc that solution works, but obviously you have to exit the game you were playing to do that :-(

and i also freeze up sometimes when im exiting counterstrike

cs is very buggy they need a new patch

 

[S0me1X]

you don't have to exit the game, when you press escape.

 

[Zoltarc]

As long as you used a third party game launcher (GameSpy) pressing ESC will drop you back to the VERY first game menu, then press "Rresume Game" and the game you where playing and the sound will return.


This solution only works if the game was started from a third party launcher as you need to be returned to the first main menu not the multiplayer menu.