From what I've been reading on the boards, you're not alone. If you
simply can't back out of DX8, then try reinstalling your sound drivers -
some people have reported success with that. The other "standard" answers
that the guides are giving include reducing sound realism, and then
increasing it again.

Good luck :P

Talies

At 07:55 AM 11/16/00 -0800, you wrote:

>I think I made a boo-boo, I upgraded to DX8 when it came out last week and I
>noticed last night (post patch) that the sound affects for monster
>environmental sounds (clicking beetles when they walk, noises when you hit
>them etc.) were so faint I could only hear them if I put my ear right next
>to my speaker. I could, however, still hear howling wind and birds chirping
>and my own avatar's footsteps. Another weird thing is I could only hear
>spell sounds when someone cast the spell on me...It was an eerie night in
>Hate, too quiet.
>
>Maybe someone has some advice, I would hate to have to figure out how to
>back out DX8 manually that seems like a bad task.
>
>I am using a SoundBlaster Ensoniq PCI64 soundcard which came with my crappy
>HP Pavilion 8280 when I bought it 2 years ago and I have never had any video
>or sound problems before in EQ or anything else for that matter.
>
>-Faras
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