OK..Update : I have also noticed that I dont have the Windows startup/shutdown sounds happening, and If I go to control panel and select the sounds the "play" button is grayed out.
Weird thing is I can locate those wav files on my PC and play them directly and they are fine.
Im guessing that something has screwed my native Windows sound ?? in the registry as I Audio is fine with playing MP3s, AVIs and other games
EDIT: I gave up trying to find the root problem and did a system restore to just after I installed Windows a few weeks back. Have reinstalled the other software again and it is working now.
I am guessing that one of the Audio/Video Codec packs I installed stuffed up something in the registry
Doesnt help. No sound at all in menus or otherwise. The error comes up a few seconds after the first splash screen.
Shift W in game doesnt help. Searching these forums before I posted here found quite a few examples of exactly the same problem that other have had, and No real answers.
1) I'm not going to run an old version of the game when I have paid for it even if it did work
2) No Conflicts - Every other game I own works fine, Every other App sound wise works fine. Its JUST LFS that refuses to work.
3) Tried that - no difference
Ive even got the latest Realtek drivers direct from their website as opposed to the official Motherboard provided latest ones.
Just completed a hardware upgrade and Windows reinstall. All games/apps Work apart from LFS.
I have searched these threads and Ive tried everything but so far to no avail.
Have latest motherboard drivers and AUdio Drivers
Lastest DirectX9.0c Runtime
Ive applied the LFS test patch
Ive reinstalled
Ive done the DirectX sound tests and all pass