[Sir Heinrich Godfrie IV]

Sound in my opinion, is very critical in this game, as you will be able hear enemies (sometimes) before you can even see them.

Also, the spoken dialogues that you get to randomly hear between your own NPCs, really adds to the wonderfull atmosphere of this game.

Not to mention the dialogues of 'non-joinable NPCs' and major enemies which you get to hear at specific times.

It would be really tragic if you played this game without sound.

Do you have any idea why your sound card is not compatible with the game?

Is it really old?

Have you looked at the manufacture's website for possible patches to the sound card?

I'm not a computer guru by any means, but I thought that heard from someone that some motherboards have a sound device built into it which can act as a default for sound without a separate card.

Now if this is the case, I would venture to guess that any voices or other complex sounds may come out as distorted and would force you to eventually get a newer upgraded card.

I don't know how straped yor are for money but an average to decent soundcard shouldn't cost too much these days, especially if you looked around on ebay or Amazon.com