Geneforge 3 on Intel Mac - fails to start

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AuthorTopic: Geneforge 3 on Intel Mac - fails to start
FredSanford
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 written Saturday, September 2 2006 15:18 Profile #0
fails to start -
DLed the demo for a friend

tried to run th edemo -
error during startup
(sorry do not have exact error message)
something to the effect of not being able to initilize sound
then quit to desktop.
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Tyranicus
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 written Saturday, September 2 2006 15:59 Profile Homepage #1
A little more information would be appreciated. The nature of the error and what kind of Intel Mac it is, for example. I just checked, and it runs just fine on my MacBook Pro. Perhaps it was a corrupted download. Your friend might want to try downloading it again.

[ Saturday, September 02, 2006 20:53: Message edited by: Tyranicus ]

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Thuryl
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 written Saturday, September 2 2006 17:30 Profile Homepage #2
Sound-related errors can usually be cured by opening a copy of GarageBand. Really. Try it.

[ Saturday, September 02, 2006 17:30: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Spidweb
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 written Saturday, September 2 2006 23:01 Profile Homepage #3
Look on the Geneforge 3 support page.

http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/geneforge3/techsupp.html

There is a fix that takes care of most weird sound problems.

- Jeff Vogel

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FredSanford
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 written Monday, September 4 2006 10:46 Profile #4
Version DLed was (as suggested by techsupport) v1.0.3.

computer was a MacBook pro -

I'll suggest both the re-DL, and starting GB.

thanks
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FredSanford
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 written Monday, September 4 2006 10:52 Profile #5
error message - after the above suggestons -
"failed to open sound channels" - then quit to desktop
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 written Monday, September 4 2006 11:59 Profile #6
This is covered on the above referenced page:

quote:
"Unable to open sound channels" Error

If you get the error "Unable to open sound channels" when you launch the game, carry out these steps to fix the problem:

i. Open the Applications folder.
ii. Open the Utilities folder.
iii. In this folder, run "Audio MIDI Setup"
iv. Under Audio Output, change the Format to 44100.0 Hz.

This should correct the problem.
If this does not work, let us know.

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