Loud Distortion/White Noise Bug? FIX Here.

[yin26]

I'm readying some bananas for shipping just in case...

[TheArsenal]

I've got it. I clicked onto a group of bombers and was blasted by the noise. Irritating.

System Information
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Time of this report: 8/2/2006, 20:15:18
Machine name: ARSENAL
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
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Memory: 2040MB RAM
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Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
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Sound Devices
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Description: Realtek HD Audio rear output
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0880&SUBSYS_08800000&REV_0905
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5123 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 4/15/2005 18:05:42, 2564032 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 33, 32
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 33, 32
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

[MattPilot]

Originally posted by jcontre905
awesome i havent had any sound glitches since making the change.

/signed

[MightyTiny]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Man, have I got a fix for you guys...

There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn".


Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the guy yawns as he should. (Wasn't a scratch, after all...)

Yummy banana.

Tattila has definitely earned his Banana!

Hadn't yet encountered this bug in game (fortunately), but tested it by starting a new one, going into world builder and placing a half a dozen SAM units around my city - and sure enough, the fidget -> horrible sound causal relationship was promptly observed!

Went into the XML file, edited it, and tried the same new game-> world builder -> instant fidgeting SAM army test. Result: problem corrected - my SAM's fidget quietly again!

One thing to add to Tattila's solution - I actually went into the Civ4 XML files to check the corresponding values for the yawn-sound in the vanilla game. The values were:
iMinVolume: 45
iMaxVolume: 70

So that's what I edited them to in the Warlords XML file.

Perhaps it would be a time for someone (mod or Tattila?) to start a new thread titled something like "SOUND BUG SOLVED", with this solution, and make it a sticky?

I just reported this to Firaxis - giving credit for the solution where credit was due of course: Tattila and the Apolyton forums!

[Tattila the Hun]

I bask in glory.

[jcontre905]

Cheers Tattila you rock!!!!!

[CarnalCanaan]

Originally posted by bahoo

If you haven't heard the sound, be glad, it's about enough to put you into a cardiac arrest when you first hear it.

Oh no. Firaxis is gonna get Congressional Hearing'd.

"Are you aware, Mr. Meier, that a video game with your name on it is causing heart attacks among the American people?"

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn".

Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the guy yawns as he should. (Wasn't a scratch, after all...)

Nice catch.

But looking at the file... that "70" should actually be "100" for the iMaxvolume.

Edit: or what MightTiny said...
iMinVolume: 45
iMaxVolume: 70

[Slippery Jim]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Man, have I got a fix for you guys...

There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn".


Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the guy yawns as he should. (Wasn't a scratch, after all...)

Fantastic work Tattila the Hun (and the rest). This fix worked perfectly!

Not had that blast of static since I did the fix.

[Slippery Jim]

How could this thread not get stickied?

[Henrik]

I've had this sound effect as well but never use SAM units at all (don't like them and have never found a need for them). What gives?
My modern armies are made up of tanks, artillery, marines and later mech inf/modern tanks.
I do use bombers, I don't use spies.

Also this distortion is murder on people using headphones :/

[Tattila the Hun]

You enemies tend to use them. If you can see a SAM-unit, you can hear them, too... (ow...)

[MightyTiny]

Originally posted by Slippery Jim
How could this thread not get stickied?

...Or better yet, a new thread that summarizes the solution should be made, and THAT stickied. A thread with a title that tells you it's got the solution... if this thread was stickied, then probably many people encountering the bug wouldn't know that this thread isn't just about lamenting the deploraple condition of our tortured ears, but that that the solution lies within!

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Man, have I got a fix for you guys...

There's a typo (?) in Audio3dscripts.xml, in Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\Audio-folder. Search for "yawn".


Notice how iMinvolume in "AS3D_UN_YAWN_VOX_LOW" is actually larger than iMaxvolume. Replace 75 with 50 or something, and the guy yawns as he should. (Wasn't a scratch, after all...)

Yummy banana.

Hmm, that's not the case for me, as mine is already at 45 and 70 for the low ... hrm. Interesting file to look at though, will look at it some more ...

[yin26]

There is a file that looks very similar to that one. Maybe check twice (I believe it was the second file down in the folder)? It wouldn't make sense for you to have a different file...but who knows?