Problems With Assasins Creed, Any Fixes?

[Darkhell153]

Okay I recently bought Assasin's Creed 1 (a little behind the times I know, but I didn't want to skip over to Assasin's Creed 2, more fun to start at the beginning) and I noticed a problem right off the bat.

The animations in the cutscenes AND combat run smoothly...hell almost perfectly, but the voices move too fast! I'll hear the old man saying "You" and about 15 seconds later he points to Altair.

I've tried everything I could find, including turning off audio acceleration, but nothing seems to be working.

Here are my system specs if that's any help (though I checked out on the game):

Microsoft XP Service Pack 3
Dell Dimension E521 Desktop
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
2.41 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
NVidia GeForce 7200 GS
SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC


any advice?

[Darkhell153]

Audio

SFX Volume, Music Volume, Voice Volume: These sliders control the volume of the overall game world and special effects; the music volume; and the voice volumes respectively. They have no impact on performance, so set to suit your taste

If you are having audio problems in Assassin's Creed, particularly with audio glitches or missing sound, this is probably due to the game's use of EAX/DirectSound. The use of EAX can cause problems, particularly on sound cards which provide minimal EAX support, such as onboard audio. You can try one or all of the following to see if it helps (try them in the order shown):

1. Make absolutely certain you have the latest audio drivers for your sound device, and they are cleanly installed - see the Driver Installation chapter of the TweakGuides Tweaking Companion for links and details.

2. Make sure to disable any additional EAX or CMSS effects in your sound card's control panel.

3. If running Windows XP go to the Windows Control Panel> Sounds and Audio Devices> Audio> Advanced> Performance tab and move the 'Hardware Acceleration' slider to the first notch from the far left (i.e. Basic Acceleration).

4. Edit your DARE.ini file to reduce or increase the value of the NB_AUDIBLE_VOICES variable; also try setting DISABLE_OPTIMISATION to =TRUE - see the Advanced Tweaking section for more details of these.

5. Go to your \Program Files\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed directory and backup the eax.dll file there, then replace it with this one: eax.dll.

In the end however, if the steps above don't work, then it's likely you will either have to wait for newer audio drivers from your sound device manufacturer, or a patch from Ubisoft to fix this aspect of the game.

taken from tweakguides, hope it helps
http://www.tweakguides.com/AC_6.html

Thanks, but

1. I can't find any SigmaTel audio driver updates...or drivers

2. I can't find my sound card's control panel anywhere

3. done :P

4. Don't have a DARE.ini file

5. done just now :3