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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 17, 2012 11:32:37 GMT -8
I upgraded to Windows 7 on this computer not too long ago, and when I installed Gruntz today, it ran fine except the sound effectz and voicez are completely gone. The game itself and music are perfect. Does anyone here have Windows 7 and ever ran into this problem before? I think it might be related to DirectX 11, since Gruntz ran fine on Windows XP with DirectX 9.0c (which has support for older versionz, and I believe Gruntz required DirectX 6.0 when it came out) I tried installing DirectX 6.0 that came on the CD, but it still didn't change anything.  |
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Post by TwilightSparkle on Jan 17, 2012 16:11:07 GMT -8
Try right-clicking Gruntz.exe, and running it in compatibility mode for Windows XP Sp3.
Hope to see you soon on G.R. !
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 17, 2012 16:43:02 GMT -8
Already tried compatibility with every single previous version of windows, none of them changed anything.  |
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Post by TwilightSparkle on Jan 17, 2012 16:50:39 GMT -8
Does the directory folder you installed it to have the .wav files there? If they are corrupt/missing I can zip mine and host them on a site for you.
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 17, 2012 17:28:43 GMT -8
I'm pretty sure Gruntz.VRZ (that's the sound file, isn't it?) isn't corrupted or anything, it's around 86 MB in size which is the usual size I believe.
I tried Gruntz.exe from an old, backup Gruntz folder and I also tried the freshly installed one, neither of them have the sounds.
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Post by GooRoo on Jan 17, 2012 19:46:38 GMT -8
I am sure you have already tried the obvious solution of going into OPTIONS and setting sound values there. So the question I have is "do any other programz which should have soundz play on your new computer?". There is a peculiarly hidden option via the control panel which has a mute option. That is why I ask about other programz.
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 17, 2012 20:27:13 GMT -8
Everything else is perfectly fine. But I haven't tried any other gamez as old as Gruntz to confirm whether it's a DirectX problem or not.
One thing I just thought of... you use Windows Vista, don't you, GooRoo? And I think Vista has DirectX 10 which is also incompatible with older versionz. So yeah... now I really don't know what could be causing this. I might just install XP on this computer if I can't figure this out by tomorrow.
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Post by GooRoo on Jan 18, 2012 7:57:40 GMT -8
I can make available the Gruntz.VRZ for individual download, if you think that may help.  And, yes, I am using Vista, and have no problemz with Gruntz soundz. |
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 18, 2012 9:44:15 GMT -8
I don't think it'd make any difference. I tried my old backup Gruntz.exe and also a fresh install and neither one had the soundz, so I doubt it's a problem with the .VRZ. I'm just going to install XP later today and see if it works fine there.
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Post by alexandgruntz on Jan 21, 2012 13:28:14 GMT -8
I'm running Gruntz perfectly fine on two Windows 7 computers (with DirectX 11), so it shouldn't be that...
(Back from the dead, lol)
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 21, 2012 16:06:44 GMT -8
Yeah I just realized this is somehow related to my PC/sound card and not to the application itself. I tried playing some soundz that I had extracted from the .REZ a long time ago, and none of them worked either... I'm sure I'll be able to play fine on my laptop though, gonna give that a try.
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Post by luigi on Jan 23, 2012 22:27:02 GMT -8
Hi guys, I saw there was already a thread for "Gruntz on Windows 7" and thought I'd just post my problem in here rather than start a whole new thread. I'm running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and have tried to install Gruntz using this method posted by Alexandgruntz. I can run the game but I cannot, however, save. I created the .sav file but I'm not sure if I did it the correct way. Can someone describe to me how to make a .sav file? Thanks, Luigi |
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Post by SwordGrunt on Jan 24, 2012 5:41:43 GMT -8
Welcome to the forumz!  Does the game display an error message when you try to save? Does it crash? I'm not sure how to create a completely empty file, but as far as I know Gruntz will create the other .SAV filez as you use the slotz. |
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Post by luigi on Jan 24, 2012 9:56:43 GMT -8
When I try to save, I get an error that says, "ERROR - Cannot save game".
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Post by alexandgruntz on Jan 24, 2012 15:12:53 GMT -8
Have you got file extensionz visible? If not it won't create the file correctly (it'll be named Gruntz.sav.txt  |
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Post by luigi on Jan 24, 2012 23:09:08 GMT -8
I didn't before but I'm not sure if that was the problem. Anyway, I created a new .sav file using Wordpad and when I go into the "Gruntz" folder and look at the file type for it, it says it's a .sav file.
Do I need to have the .sav file in a specific folder?
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Post by GooRoo on Jan 25, 2012 8:12:52 GMT -8
I didn't before but I'm not sure if that was the problem. Anyway, I created a new .sav file using Wordpad and when I go into the "Gruntz" folder and look at the file type for it, it says it's a .sav file. Do I need to have the .sav file in a specific folder? The SAVE filez are in the same folder as Gruntz.exe for me ... so that is where it belongz. |
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