Win 7 64 Bit

[665c5a0ab9e6dpr0jectbadass]

So I had a hell of a time getting the game to work and ended up doing absolutely everything I read on this site and finally got it working. But as soon as I started year one I had absolutely no sound. Now when I start the game it freezes if I click options or if I try to load any save. I checked for the ogg files and setup, but I don't have any of those files. Help!

[665c5a0aba5d0Kolya]

Which just means you don't have the HOTU version, no problem.
Please post a screenshot of the contents of the shock folder as it looks right after installation before using the SS2Tool or anything else.

[665c5a0aba77dpr0jectbadass]

Oops. Here are all the files. Thanks for the help by the way. This site is a HUGE help.

Image: http://i51.tinypic.com/wvy3rm.png

[665c5a0aba908Kolya]

This looks fine.

The sound issue may be a driver problem, cf. this thread. Update your sound card drivers if possible.
The crashing is probably a consequential error of this.

[665c5a0abaa35pr0jectbadass]

I'm 99% sure it's up to date. My device manager just told me as much. I'll hunt the net and see if I can find anything. Also, I had to do the instructions to get the cutscenes to work.

[665c5a0abab30Kolya]

The device manager only checks Microsoft which delivers very basic drivers usually. Check your card's manufacturer's site.

[665c5a0abac35pr0jectbadass]

My onboard realtek audio drivers are up to date. Just checked my mobo's website.

[665c5a0abad47pr0jectbadass]

So I reinstalled my audio drivers and the game and I've gotten into year 1 with no problems as of right now.

[665c5a0abae3dpr0jectbadass]

Now I'm losing sound after finishing year 1. ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

[665c5a0abaf42pr0jectbadass]

I tried installing 3D Soundboard, but the sound still cuts out. I tried opening 3D Soundboard from the start menu and it doesn't do anything.

[665c5a0abb06fKolya]

I guess you mean "3D Soundback". That program is not useful when you can't get sound to work stable in the first place. You should uninstall it for now.

Did you uninstall the old drivers before re-installing? To do that rightlick and "delete" the soundcard from the device manager. Reboot. Windows will detect the soundcard again and ask for drivers. Point it to the ones you downloaded.

[665c5a0abb577Enchantermon]

Also, if that doesn't help, uninstall your sound card driver and let Windows install one for you, then try it.
It sounds crazy, but I found that for some reason on Windows 7 (for me, anyway) Realtek's and the manufacturer's drivers messed up my sound card (specifically, my microphone), but the default Windows 7 drivers worked perfectly.

[665c5a0abb8b1pr0jectbadass]

I uninstalled my sound driver before i reinstalled it.

Also, if that doesn't help, uninstall your sound card driver and let Windows install one for you, then try it.
It sounds crazy, but I found that for some reason on Windows 7 (for me, anyway) Realtek's and the manufacturer's drivers messed up my sound card (specifically, my microphone), but the default Windows 7 drivers worked perfectly.

I guess I'll try that although I seem to remember having to update to this driver to fix a different problem.

[665c5a0abb9a3pr0jectbadass]

I uninstalled my driver and let windows find it and the sound still cuts out.

[665c5a0abbae7pr0jectbadass]

So I messed with the cam.cfg file to get the hardware acceleration turned on, but that completely took away my sound. Still can't get EAX turned on. Every time I pick a door for year 1, it takes 10 to 15 seconds of black screen before it tells me I received 2 strength etc. Then no sound.

[665c5a0abbcd0voodoo47]

have you tried lowering the sound acceleration? it may be a crude fix,but still better than no sound at all..

edit: seems like you can't do that in win7.anyway,have you tried renaming/moving away the cutscenes folder? that's the first thing I do when troubleshooting dark engine games..

[665c5a0abbdddpr0jectbadass]

I just tried that and nothing. I ended up finding 2 newer sound/graphics drivers. I updated and still the same problem. Something is happening when I go through that first door to get +2 strength. Sometimes it flickers to the desktop for a split second before the 10 seconds of black screen.

[665c5a0abbefapr0jectbadass]

I redid everything except installing the mods and now it works. So I guess I know what the problem is. Now what to do.

[665c5a0abbff7pr0jectbadass]

Actually it's not the mods. If I start a new game and make it to year 2 without saving it works fine, but if I save before I go to year 2 it messes up. When it messes up it skips a cutscene.

[665c5a0abc164Kolya]

Which wouldn't be much of a problem, saving during training is unnecessary. Does the problem continue when saving on the Von Braun though?

[665c5a0abc2fapr0jectbadass]

Nope. Only the cutscenes mess it up, so I should be fine for awhile. I figured out I have the same problem as this guy(https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=1786.0), except I also lose the sound with the cutscenes.

[665c5a0abc428pr0jectbadass]

Thanks for all the help and the spectacular patch tool!

[665c5a0abc54eKolya]

Sure thing.
It seems there is a bug with saving/loading of regular save-games (not auto-saves) on some 64bit systems that affects the cutscenes and then audio in your case.
Currently my bet is on the OS interfering with the save/load feature.
Anyway, I'll keep that in mind.

[665c5a0abc76aTwerty]

I'd almost dare to say that it might even be as simple as remembering to run the program as Administrator, if it's the OS interfering with the save/load feature. You can get all kinds of funky save/load problems in other games just by not having that enabled, and I don't see the admin blue-and-yellow shield icon on the main .exe in that screenshot.

But hey, if the problem's already solved, problem solved.