Lost some sounds

[Ziggurat]

Hmm, sometime this week I started losing some Wiz 8 sound effects. I still hear some (such as walking, talking, using gadgets, music, area sounds) but no spell effects or lock/tumblers, etc. I don't miss the terror spell and some others but it is a bit weird. Has this happened to anyone else?

I had a similar prob when I had less RAM and I either used the map or changed areas too much. But this one doesn't go away on a reboot like the previous problem did. The 256 Meg RAM is 80% free and seems OK as I write this.

[Scatter]

Maybe it's just a bit worn out and needs to be reinstalled?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Maybe you hit a key on the keybord by accident. Go into your settings and see if anything is off.

[Ferret Druid]

I encountered a similar problem after using that gas-door in Lower Marten's Bluff to try to raise Iron Will (clicking it over and over eventually made a bunch of sound effects disappear, and they wouldn't come back on restart so I had to RELOAD to a point before I messed with the door).

On a related note, I'd kill to get rid of the "chime" that it makes in combat to signify the start of a new combat round.

Originally posted by Ferret Druid: I encountered a similar problem after using that gas-door in Lower Marten's Bluff to try to raise Iron Will (clicking it over and over eventually made a bunch of sound effects disappear, and they wouldn't come back on restart so I had to RELOAD to a point before I messed with the door). On a related note, I'd kill to get rid of the "chime" that it makes in combat to signify the start of a new combat round.

Gas-Door.

I don't recall anything like that. Or do you mean the electrifying door that shocks you without the T'rang arm?

[Ferret Druid]

The door that you need to enter the passcode (with the, I think, Mindblast Rod beyond it). If you don't enter a code and try to open the door it sprays gas that may paralyze a random character in your party.

[Ziggurat]

I think a reload is in order. I will have to move the saved games elsewhere...that's life.

[Ziggurat]

Reinstalled, no spell sounds. (There are atmospheric effects, not the same thing as a Tsunami spell). But I have still the footsteps, voices, and some music. Reinstalled from my second Wiz 8. I actually bought 2 of this game, the reason was I don't want to lose this game. And the CDROM was acting up. Whatever. So...sound is not the thing. I guess my question is still: has anyone lost spell sounds so far? OK, give me a fix. There was no need to move game files (as far as I know, which I did just in case) unless you have to manually delete everything. Maybe I have to delete everything? The sound is not that important as far as spell sounds go. The game is still great. Just asking for bad dice...er, advice.

[Wild Rose]

Just lost my sounds too. No reason, and as you say, some of them do work - just the spell sounds (and dragon breath). Oh, well

[Ziggurat]

It's either a corruption of a file or three, or some other entity has pre-empted the sounds. I tend to think it's another application since I have been fighting spam and spyware tooth-and-talon this year (never had a problem before, I think the enemies on the Net have gotten more insidious).