help w/ Road to India

[biggorda]

I need help with Road to India I install the game and when I try to play the game I get a error message saying : couldn't intialize sound system please close any application that may be using windows sound system and restart game. I have a pentium -4 60 gb cd-dvd recorder sound card video card windows xp .I tried to contact the game web site to asks for support and they still haven't responded. and I close any open programs even on the taskbar and I uninstall the game and I re-install the game and still no luck, so can any one give me any good advice that can help me !!!!!!!! :crazy: ;(

[Iceadventure]

I have the same problem. I contacted support on one of the webpages that are mentoned on the cover and I still have this problem.

[hj2004]

Which sound cards are you using ? E.g Builtin the motherboard type or standalone sound cards like from creative etc..

[Iceadventure]

I think it´s called ac 97. I don´t know if it´s a standalone or motherboard type.

[hj2004]

Looks like a builtin sound chip thingy. Well try to experiment the sound settings in the game if possible . Also try to update the AC 97 sound drivers from your motherboard's support website. Also update the direct x maybe its having some currupt file problems. If nothing else works just get a creative sound card from market and install it in your pc and you will notice everything is working great.

[Iceadventure]

I have the sound card drivers updated and my direct x is also up to date. So it looks like this game just has a problem with my sound card. I have a win 98 computer also which I can use to run the game but the screen on that one is not working right so that is why I am still trying to get it to work on xp.

[Iceadventure]

I guess that not many people have this problem. But if someone is having this problem also then I would like to hear from them.

[fov]

On your XP machine, have you tried putting the game in compatibility mode before you run it? Seems counter-intuitive, since it's a sound issue, but sometimes compatibility mode takes care of weird situations. Try all the different settings (win95, win98, etc.)

[Iceadventure]

Yes I have tried the compability modes on the desktop shortcut for the game. I have tried experimenting with the sound options in direct x. I think I have tried all the common sence methods of fixing it so if I can´t fix it soon then I will just play it on my win 98. The screen on that one is kind of compressed from the sides. It´s like widescreen but it has got the left and right part of the screen cut of.