Mss32.dll (miles Audio)
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Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33224Members
Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33224Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">frelling thing ;\</div> I've had this problem since I'd say Beta 5 (though I think I had it in Beta 4);
About 3/4th of the time when I go to launch NS (either shortcut or through Steam's "Play Games" menu) the game will simply crash. It will get to the default screen where you have Find Servers, Options etc and then it just crashes out. The Windows error thing comes up asking me if I wanna send in an information report, and it lists mss32.dll as the problem.
Doing some research this dll is linked to the Miles Audio System which alot of games are using these days.
Since the Search function won't go past 30 days (anything longer and Search just times out currently), I need to figure out what the frell is going on.
Things to consider/know;
- I do have the latest sound card drivers on my sound card.
- I have tried several different version drivers for my sound card, same problem.
- I do not have this problem in any other game, including Halflife, Counter Strike and other non-HL games that use Miles Audio. It only happens in Natural Selection.
- I have tried a reinstall.
- I have tried updating the Miles Audio files. (note, updating the mss32.dll and other Miles Audio files that reside in the NS/HL folder cause the game to crash with other errors, so I assume you must use the version that comes with the install).
- I have tried deleting these files and letting Steam reinstall them (thanks to Medhead for this suggestion) and still no luck.
- I have tried lowering and raising the sound quality ingame.
- I have tried enabling and disabling EAX (and the other sound option) support.
- Miles Audio is also used in other applications that aren't games just fine for me, such as Winamp 5.
- I've asked around other places for help and tried all the above to help but since the site is just now back up and running, it's the first chance I've had to ask for help in the official place.
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System Specs:
PIII 600 mhz
GeForce MX 4000 64 MB
512 MB PC100
ESS Allegro PCI Audio
(yes not the greatest system but it handles HL1 decent, and can actually play HL2 decent, as well as UT2k4 and Doom3)
It's not <b>really</b> a game grippling error, it's just sometimes it can take me 10 minutes to get a stable game launch that doesn't crash. Once I do that I can play normally for hours on end no problems. If anyone can help or see something I may have over looked would be greatly appreciated.
About 3/4th of the time when I go to launch NS (either shortcut or through Steam's "Play Games" menu) the game will simply crash. It will get to the default screen where you have Find Servers, Options etc and then it just crashes out. The Windows error thing comes up asking me if I wanna send in an information report, and it lists mss32.dll as the problem.
Doing some research this dll is linked to the Miles Audio System which alot of games are using these days.
Since the Search function won't go past 30 days (anything longer and Search just times out currently), I need to figure out what the frell is going on.
Things to consider/know;
- I do have the latest sound card drivers on my sound card.
- I have tried several different version drivers for my sound card, same problem.
- I do not have this problem in any other game, including Halflife, Counter Strike and other non-HL games that use Miles Audio. It only happens in Natural Selection.
- I have tried a reinstall.
- I have tried updating the Miles Audio files. (note, updating the mss32.dll and other Miles Audio files that reside in the NS/HL folder cause the game to crash with other errors, so I assume you must use the version that comes with the install).
- I have tried deleting these files and letting Steam reinstall them (thanks to Medhead for this suggestion) and still no luck.
- I have tried lowering and raising the sound quality ingame.
- I have tried enabling and disabling EAX (and the other sound option) support.
- Miles Audio is also used in other applications that aren't games just fine for me, such as Winamp 5.
- I've asked around other places for help and tried all the above to help but since the site is just now back up and running, it's the first chance I've had to ask for help in the official place.
---
System Specs:
PIII 600 mhz
GeForce MX 4000 64 MB
512 MB PC100
ESS Allegro PCI Audio
(yes not the greatest system but it handles HL1 decent, and can actually play HL2 decent, as well as UT2k4 and Doom3)
It's not <b>really</b> a game grippling error, it's just sometimes it can take me 10 minutes to get a stable game launch that doesn't crash. Once I do that I can play normally for hours on end no problems. If anyone can help or see something I may have over looked would be greatly appreciated.