Sound Buffer/Sound Stuttering

Ryan Timothy B · Tue 06/04/2010 01:13:14

Me as well. McCarthy stutters during each room change on my 1.6GHz Quad Core laptop with what I imagine has onboard sound.

xenogia · Tue 06/04/2010 01:27:39

Hi CJ, I sent you a PM with the url but I accidently sent it as (no subject). Just thought I'd let you know.

xenogia · Fri 09/04/2010 07:20:31

Hi Chris just wondering if you got PM okay to test it out. I did some interesting testing actually, under the latest development version of Wine for Linux I loaded the game up and there no stutters at all. Is it something to do with DirectSound at all?

As I had to choose WaveOut for the sound to play correctly on Linux due to Wine's incompatibility. I might actually try WaveOut when I get home on my Windows machine.

EDIT: Back at home I figured out that the lower the resolution the less stuttering. For example in McCarthy if you run it at 320x200 there is no stuttering at all. Also Quest For Glory II Remake from AGD also stutters constantly. Is this a Windows 7 thing I wonder.

2ND EDIT: Well I tried my personal game on my girlfriends computer which is an AMD64 3800+/Win 7/Onboard Sound and it works fine. My PC is a Q8200 with an Auzentech Prelude X-Fi. My theory is that it could well and be how the game interacts with the drivers. I know that the X-Fi drivers aren't the best which is a damn shame.

Pumaman · Sun 11/04/2010 19:33:35

Yes I got your PM, thanks -- I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.
It must be sound driver-related if this problem only happens on some PC's, I'll see if I can reproduce it.

xenogia · Mon 12/04/2010 05:16:26

Cheers, tell me if you need help testing it.

Mehrdad · Mon 12/04/2010 15:32:38

I had this problem too for "The Marionette "game(640*480- true color(dont remember good)).I have laptop 1.60 pentium IV -256 ram-64 memory graphic card.

uswin · Thu 15/04/2010 08:05:06

Hi guys, i've faced the same problem before,
but it is solved now after i use .WAV sound files instead of reguler mp3 or ogg.

i don't know why .wav files worked and other format stutter.

Calin Leafshade · Thu 15/04/2010 22:24:26

the other files require decoding before they can be played.

PCM wavs are essentially the raw sample data so it doesnt need decoding in any real sense.

I shouldve made the door sound in mccarthy a wav... nevermind..

xenogia · Fri 16/04/2010 00:15:09

Realistically you could only use WAVS for small sound effects otherwise the game would be ridiculous in size.