Subject: No sound in WinNT 4.0
From: Mr Null @ ware15.dfs.uconn.edu
Date: 1:37 a.m. 10/2/99

I DL'd the demo, and, though it runs under WInNT 4.0, I'm getting no sound from it at all. I notice minimum requirements include Win95/98.

Am I unlucky because I have no sound, or am I lucky it runs at all? :-

Subject: Re: No sound in WinNT 4.0
From: Vizier Conan @impressions

I just talked to (another) programmer. It turns out that DirectX is actually the problem. Since WinNT doesn't use a recent version of DirectX (Direct Sound in particular), Pharaoh turns off sound if you are not using an OS that supports the correct version of Direct Sound (which is in DirectX 6.1.) If sounds were not turned off, the game would likely crash. I'm pretty sure Win2000 has the same problems.

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