Problem with sound in Colin McRae Rally 04

[luco]

Hi,

When I play CMR04, all I can hear is co-driver voice. I get no engine sound, no gearbox sound, no crash sounds. IN the Options, I have noticed that EAX 4.0 is disabled and there's not even an option to turn it on.

I have Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard with drivers that support DirectX9 sound, which is a requirement for this game. Is there any way I can get this game to work on my soundcard?

I also have onboard 5.1 sound. My motherboard is Asus K8V Basic. I don't wanna uninstall TBSC unless I know the onboard sound is a better solution for this.

I appreciate all of your help.

el

 

[igowerf]

I don't think the TBSC supports EAX 4.0. Are you sure the other sounds are enabled? Latest drivers? Latest patch?

 

[luco]

I've got the latest sound card drivers and there's no new patch for the game.

In the Sound Options I've got my "Sound Effects" turned all the way up and nothing.
I guess it's time to see what Codemasters have to say.

Any other ideas?

 

[luco]

Found my answer:
Add NOHARDWARESOUND to the end of the "target" in the shortcut properties.