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[THEfog]

Hey guys,

Downloaded Nehrim about 4 days ago, only to be greeted by a myriad of issues haha. i posted at the nexus and received one reply that was not very helpful so i decided to figure out all the issues myself (Purple Blood, Black ground, rolling Eyes etc). But there is still one issue i cant seem to fix. when i started the game that bloke who rushes out to greet you simply stares at you while subtitles flash by, i managed to catch everything he was saying because they were relatively short comments so that wasn't a huge issue (Was really looking forward to the voices though ). Anyway, when you arrive at that point where that Mage lights the ground on fire, i was greeted with Dialog that was working perfectly, the voices were amazing . however it was short lived, after that no voiced actor has made a peep and i cant read most of what they are saying when the subtitles are there for perhaps 2 seconds at most before disappearing.

I tried all the suggestions in the other posts regarding missing sound such a setting audio to software and disabling sound devices which aren't being used.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

THEfog

[arvisrend]

In your options menu, you can set sound to hardware acceleration or software acceleration. Try changing to the other option.

[THEfog]

Thanks for the reply! Yep i tried that one, although i saw something which made me wonder - the lips don't move at all when they talk????? could this mean that the original audio files are not being found and lip sync is not being activated?

[THEfog]

I dont want to Play it anymore until i fix this lol because it just doesn't feel right when everybody is silent. Any more suggestions?

[THEfog]

Anybody? Any help is really appreciated.

[Hoxyd]

Tyred it with the launcher or with the audio settings in windows? http://www.sureai.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=4611

[TheHawk]

Hi.
Nothing worked yet from above posts and links?
Did the sound stop after a certain save?
Do you still have sound in earlier saves?

If none of above, sorry but not great help I guess, but...

1 - Try copying sound.bsa file over from Oblivion to Nehrim just in case it has been corrupted.
2 - Re-install Nehrim.

Sorry - thats all I can think of at moment.
Hope you get it fixed.

[THEfog]

Hey Guys,

Hmmmm Haven't fiddled around with the windows sound settings yet, might try that when i get home.
The only time i ever had sound was when the Mage approaches you just as you are about to leave the Cave for the first time. before and after that there is no sound
Ive reinstalled Nehrim a few times, however i have yet to try copying the Sound.Bsa from oblivion to replace the one that Nehrim is using, thanks.
ill report back after trying this when i get back from work!

[arvisrend]

1 - Try copying sound.bsa file over from Oblivion to Nehrim just in case it has been corrupted.

How is THIS supposed to be of help?

[Casper]

where have you installed nehrim? did you use a protected location, such as program files? the only thing i can think of is perhaps the sound files aren't being installed or copied correctly. that's all i got.

---edit
as for the visual issues, what's your texture size set to in the video settings in nehrim/oblivion? if it's not set to large that could cause similar issues with high-end textures, or so i'm told.

---edit2
oh, i see from re-reading your post that you have fixed the visual issues, or that's what i gathered. so never mind.

[THEfog]

Hey,

Alright i disabled Sound Acceleration for my Audio and also reinstalled Nehrim with a fresh Oblivion copy installed and there is still no voice's. I think that it is more than possible that the Nehrim sound archive may be corrupt, it would explain why the dialog Shoots by and they dont even attempt to speak.

Whats the likelihood of that?

Yeah it is installed to Program files but i Have had UAC turned off since the first day i used windows 7. 1 interesting point i can make is that the sound archive doesn't seem to want to open in TES4Edit yet every other archive does, including the Texture and Mesh BSA's.

[arvisrend]

The md5sum of the correct NehrimInstall_1.0.7.5_EN.exe should be 2395ef942f7bc67be794f267604c3809. Does this match with yours? If not, I think you should re-download the Nehrim installer. Unfortunately, it IS a big file, and Firefox does have problems with resuming downloads after a pause, so better to do it in one run.

[THEfog]

Hey,

I just checked it with FCIV and the MD5 Checksum matches the one that you provided. hmmmm do you think that the remnants of a mod are causing Nehrim to not locate this files correctly? im still puzzled why that mages voices worked and no others have.

[arvisrend]

I honestly don't know. If you haven't already tried a clean reinstall of Oblivion AND Nehrim (don't forget the oblivion patch), it's the next thing that comes into my mind.

[THEfog]

Hey,

Yeah i tried a clean install of Oblivion and Nehrim because that was my first thought, i backed up all my data from my last install though so i can easily reinstall my mods. Im just stumped on why the game can find the voice files for certain characters but not others yet all the sounds are there?

[TheHawk]

Hi

Think I have found a solution/ the problem you might be having. First a response to @arvisrend

TheHawk wrote:
1 - Try copying sound.bsa file over from Oblivion to Nehrim just in case it has been corrupted.

How is THIS supposed to be of help?

I was actually thinking of if the sound files were corrupt and meant to say Nehrim sound files not Oblivion, so in fact a fresh download and install of Nehrim
If read on I have just had the same issue and found the solution/problem.

Just been starting again with the newest patch and have noticed a lot of NPC's (who I think used to lip sink) no longer do and some voices missing. Not a lot just a few. Need to play with previous patch and new one to be able to confirm this.
Problem was I had a mod enabled which (doh!!!!!) I had not removed Oblivion from the reference with Tes4Edit or Wrye Bash, it was a body replacer mod. Had not noticed because used a save game and not started a fresh one. If I had,would have notice Oblivion races in the mix at the start. Removed mod all PC's now lip sink and talk.

So @THEfog - have you mods enabled? Disable them and see if voices now work. If sound now works, check your mods to see which has Oblivion still showing in Wrye bash.
Sorry about any confusion I might have made with the sound.bsa suggestion

[arvisrend]

Oh yes, race replacers can mess up voices indeed.

[THEfog]

Hey,

Thanks for the reply, ill check that out now, be back in a while with the results.

Thanks!

[THEfog]

Alright, i have found two mods which seem to be causing the issues yet Ive opened them up in TES4Edit to fix the issue yet it still persists, how to i remove the references to oblivion so they dont keep recking the voice system (i used to this with alot of Fallout 3 Mods to get them to work with Fallout New Vegas)

[THEfog]

Hmmmmmm Now my Saves are crashing. This usually indicates its trying to utilize a Mod which is no longer activated right? i wonder if i can delete its dependencies under wyre bash?