Game not loading

[MancLad]

Am sure drivers are up to date - at least they seem so far as I can check but having a problem with the exe accoriding to the blackbox.

here's the hpl file
-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------

Creating Engine Modules
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Creating graphics module
Creating system module
Creating resource module
Creating input module
Creating sound module
Creating physics module
Creating ai module
Creating scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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Creating resource managers
Misc Creation
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Initializing Graphics Module
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Init low level graphics
Setting video mode: 800 x 600 - 32 bpp
Init Glee...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Max texture image units: 16
Max texture coord units: 8
Two sided stencil: 1
Vertex Buffer Object: 1
Anisotropic filtering: 1
Max Anisotropic degree: 16
Multisampling: 1
Vertex Program: 1
Fragment Program: 1
NV Register Combiners: 0
NV Register Combiners Stages: 11
ATI Fragment Shader: 1
Creating graphic systems
Creating Renderer2D
Renderer2D created
Creating Renderer3D
Load Renderer3D gpu programs:
Extrude
Diffuse
Fog
Creating fog textures: Solid Additive Alpha
init sky box
Renderer3D created
Creating screen buffers size 800.000000 : 600.000000
Creating programs
RendererPostEffects created
Adding engine materials
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL.
Trying to open software device...

It seems as though it must be a sound device error, but I can't find any newer drivers for my soundcard other than what is already installed so I assume they are bang up to date. Thanks.

[MancLad]

It seems that selectively updating some bits of my audio are doing the tric, however it's screwing up the nforce sound console with which you make all the sound adjustments and I am not sure what to do now

[sonitw]

i'm french, and my english is "frenchiz" sorry.
if u have an nforce, you have to uptade this, in the nvidia website, driver audio for all nforce.
the number for allnforce (4.xxx) is under the number for nforce 1/2 (6.14xx)
and may be u need have your soundcard update and the driver audio of your nforce update.

try, is working for me.

[MancLad]

i'm french, and my english is "frenchiz" sorry.
if u have an nforce, you have to uptade this, in the nvidia website, driver audio for all nforce.
the number for allnforce (4.xxx) is under the number for nforce 1/2 (6.14xx)
and may be u need have your soundcard update and the driver audio of your nforce update.

try, is working for me.

Thanks I will try that. And your English is very good in fact it's excellent.

Edit: it seems that with my motherboard - and Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, that updating the sound drivers is a massively messy affair to get passed what I have now without some serious work. Is there any chance that a patch will address the conflict some people have and enable me to get back into the game? Thanks.