Sound Issue with DM. Cannot hear the voices

[Heretic]

I just downloaded the DM steam Edition (and the expansion) as the offer was too good during the Steam Halloween Sale.

However, the game is unplayable at the moment.

I start off fine - the volume is very good and I can hear everything.
The initial speech by the goblin is good, perfect volume but, every time he speaks the volume diminishes.
After the activating the lever and going downstairs I cannot hear any of the speech at all, so I turn the Voice Volume from 80% to 100% and can barely hear is IF I turn my PC volume to MAX.
That's not really acceptable.

Here are my PC specs
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/31/2012, 12:34:22
Machine name: *******
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/18/12 17:28:49 Ver: 12.02
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 850 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 2242MB used, 14136MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0887&SUBSYS_10438445&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6526 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 12/13/2011 17:27:30, 4718952 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0887&SUBSYS_10438445&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6526 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 12/13/2011 17:27:30, 4718952 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No


Any thoughts on what the issue might be?

[linflas]

I guess you're talking about Dungeon Defenders. Sorry, but you're on the wrong forum. Here we talk about Dungeon Master, an oldschool RPG from the 80's.

[Heretic]

Mea Culpa

Sorry I googled Sound Issues with Dungeon master . This was 1st result and I assumed it was the correct forum.

Apparently I need Dungeons Game. That'll teach me to double check the game name before I search.

[terkio]

Hi Heretic,
Are you Corvus from Heretic 2 by Raven games ?

[MasterWuuf]

Hi Heretic,
Are you Corvus from Heretic 2 by Raven games ?

I figure your sound card was already installed when you purchased the computer?
If not, you might have to update to escape some difficulties.

I installed a new one (Galaxy) with a gig of RAM. I installed STEAM (Darksiders II caught my attention).
The sound would keep acting wierd until I did all the updates.

P.S. Hope you check back. You might enjoy spending a little time with Dungeon Master. Definitely cost efficient.