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Posted February 07, 2012
Hi
I have the POD retail and after the mmx and 3dfx installl had some errors
I installed the mmx version. It runs fine except the sound is broken in the
menus and sometimes in the race.
If anybody has a solution I would love to hear it.
Posted February 10, 2012
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POD1998: It runs fine except the sound is broken in the menus and sometimes in the race.
POD uses SetPriorityClass(HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS) and SetThreadPriority(THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL) to raise the priority to a very (too) high level. This might have been worked well in 16-bit Windows (Win95/98/ME), but in current Windows versions this is not a good idea. Because the worker threads (e.g. for Windows' sound/music system) do not get enough CPU cycles to handle the requests. In your case this should be the reason for the "stuttering" sound.

Usually the current Windows versions handle such application behavior quite well.
But if you enable the compatibility mode (e.g. Windows 95) for such an application,
the priority problem raises its ugly head again.

If you really have to apply a compatibility mode to run the game without problems,
I might extend PodHacks to override the priorities to reasonable levels at run-time.

Good luck,
Nico
Post edited February 10, 2012 by nicode
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