Thanks, Melanie, That was the information I was seeking. It was the
midi music that was distorted. Perhaps I'll pick up Plains of Power
and re-establish my account. Also, thanks to Jeff for the general
information about subsequent improvments that came with the
expansions.--- In
EverQuest@yahoogroups.com, Melanie Johnson
<melanie_6602@y...> wrote:
> About the sound problems... not sure if this is what
> you mean or not, but I'm almost positive that when
> Planes of Power was released, they changed all the
> music from midi format to mp3. So that might help your
> sound problems.
>
> --- "Nygaard, Jeff" <jeff.nygaard@g...> wrote:
> > Not sure about your sound question, but I had
> > windows 95 and upgraded to
> > windows XP when SoL expansion hit and I have not had
> > any problems and I have
> > a Sound Blaster Live, but I also don't have the
> > music turned on. In regards
> > to the PoP and LoY Expansions - each of these
> > expansions have some of the
> > best utilities in all of Everquest. I couldn't live
> > without these utilities
> > ever again.
> >
> > The PoP has teleporting stones throughout all the
> > lands. There is no real
> > need to wait on ports or even pay for a port unless
> > these is no Plane of
> > Knowledge Stone anywhere around, 1 or 2 zones away.
> > Levels 1 through 65 can
> > use the stones.
> >
> > The LoY expansion released on screen maps. You can
> > zoom in and out. You can
> > look at all of Felwithe or just the platform and hut
> > you are standing on.
> > All my maps have the name of the class GM listed
> > where he is located. Really
> > no reason to get lost anymore. I would say 90% of
> > the zones have maps. Maps
> > have succor locations. You can modify each zone map
> > to mark key locations
> > and spawn points.
> >
> > I'm not sure how long ago you played, but travel has
> > been one of the very
> > low points for me. I can remember waiting on the
> > boat in Butcher Block many
> > times, thinking there has to be a better way - this
> > is not fun. Well travel
> > is longer a task that takes you forever. These 2 key
> > EQ tools were well
> > worth the cash in and of itself in my onion.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: inflamatory890 [mailto:jjjdaniel@p...]
> >
> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:30 PM
> > To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [EverQuest] WinXP and Sound Blaster (live)
> > music (midi)
> > problems.
> >
> > First I hope this group is for the PC version of
> > Everquest. I quit
> > about a year and a half ago when I upgraded to
> > Windows XP. I have a
> > Sound Blaster Live (value) card. I had the Shadows
> > of Luclin
> > expansion.
> >
> > The sound effects and ambient sounds were good, but
> > the music was
> > horribly distorted. I did the usual card driver
> > updates with XP and
> > posted to the Vault and other fan sites. Others with
> > XP and this
> > sound card had the same problem. EQ support emailed
> > me back a
> > response that they were aware and were working on
> > the problem.
> >
> > Before I consider coming back, I was wondering if
> > anyone had similar
> > problems and were they solved with the current, new
> > expansion I
> > believe is called "Planes of Power".
> >
> > I'd hate to invest in the expansion to discover I
> > still can't have
> > the music specific to areas within the zones. Any
> > feedback would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Visit the EverQuest homepage at
> > http://www.everquest.com
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
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