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It could be that sound precaching is disabled. Check your ~/.ut2004/System/UT2004.ini file, in the section [ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem] make sure the option "UsePrecache" is set to "True".<BR>
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- Wes<BR>
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On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 19:37 -0800, TheGsusFreek wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hey. I've switched to SuSE 9.1 recently and I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">installed UT2K4. It's strange, but it seems that the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">weapon sounds don't load until they are first used. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">When I start up the game and start a level, every time</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I pick up/fire a new weapon, the game pauses for about</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">half a second and jerks a few times before returning</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to normal play. It takes about two minutes of playing</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">before I can play without a hitch.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I've tried the .openalrc file in my home directory</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">with the lines:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(define devices '(alsa))</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(define alsa-out-device "hw:0,0")</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(define alsa-in-device "hw:0,0")</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">but when I do that, the game makes very loud and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">annoying clicking noises in my speaker while it loads.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oh, and it still pauses too! So, something must be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">wrong with that.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Any idea whats up? Is it just a SuSE problem? Thanx</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">=====</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Because of Christ,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Phillip Baxter (TheGsusFreek)</FONT>
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