Body Harvest audio and other problems

[Koopa the Quick]

When Bighead tested Body Harvest, he reported quite a few problems. However, one thing he didn't have to put up with was regularly cracking audio. He said the audio mainly skipped after killing enemies. Me, I appear to be having this problem full time no matter whether I use Jabo's or Azimer's audio plugin. Additionally, I haven't been able to run Angrylion's video plugin on my version of Project64 for some reason (most likely having to do with the microcode), and even GlideN64 has been giving me some problems; I literally cannot progress much farther than just before the bridge in Greece--the first level, even!

Is there any way to get this game working?

[Frank74]

Try my new custom WIP build of Azimer's latest plugin.

Leave it at default settings in the Audio plugin. It sets the correct settings for Body Harvest automatically.

Turn OFF Fixed Audio Timing in Project64's settings.

AizAudioNEW

Use latest GLideN64 here: https://github.com/gonetz/GLideN64/i...ment-321765676

P.S. I got to America level with no problems.
In GLideN64, change Copy video card frame buffer to N64 memory: to Never for extra performance.

[Koopa the Quick]

I did both, but for some reason it doesn't want to boot up, the VI/s count consistently being in the tens of millions every time I try to boot up the game with your plugin. I guess I'll have to consider it unplayable until Project64 2.4 is released (I'm using the latest version, 2.3.2.202).

[Frank74]

It should still work on 2.3/2.2/2.1 etc.

Restart Project64, before starting Body Harvest, open audio settings and check they're the same as these:


And check your Project64 settings for Body Harvest against these:


If they're the same, try changing driver to DirectSound 8, and start Body Harvest from the ROM browser again.

Try turning off Disable AudioThread Sleep. It helps with onboard Realtek audio here, but may need switching off for other soundcards.

[Koopa the Quick]

Only difference is, I don't see the Over Clock Modifier setting in mine.

[Frank74]

Originally Posted by Koopa the Quick

Only difference is, I don't see the Over Clock Modifier setting in mine.

That's a new setting for overclocking in 2.4. But I have it set at default, no overclocking anyway.

Try turning off Disable AudioThread Sleep. It helps with onboard Realtek audio here, but may need switching off for other soundcards.

I get perfect audio with specs a little less than your laptop1.

[Koopa the Quick]

My 1st or my 2nd? (My 2nd is the more powerful of the two; I just got it earlier this month.)

BTW I just tried disabling that, and I still get the exact same results. However, the game does work with the driver set to DirectSound 8, even with the aforementioned option enabled.

[Frank74]

Intel Pentium N3540 (quad core) @2.16Ghz
4 GB RAM.
Windows 8.1 x64.
Intel HD Graphics (OpenGL4.0)

Does it sound ok with DirectSound 8?

And is the BackendFPS set at 95 when you open the audio settings with Body Harvest playing?

P.S. What audio does your laptop have? Need to find out why XAudio2 is not working for you. You may need to install the latest DirectX9 redist to have the right XAudio2 version available. Or I may try to update the XAudio2 2.7 library in the plugin, to at least 2.8. Windows 10 ships with 2.8/2.9 support, Windows 8 with 2.8, Windows 7 with 2.7.

[Koopa the Quick]

Yes, my BackendFPS is set at 95, and yes, like I said, it does sound OK. Now, I'm going to try to cross that bridge in Greece now that I know more about how to cross it.

ETA: Now, I'd like to figure out how to run Project64 with Angrylion's video plugin so that I can get a better visual experience out of this game (i.e. no clipping, correct menu background and shadows).

P.S. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to view my current DirectX version in Windows 10.

[Frank74]

Originally Posted by Koopa the Quick

P.S. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to view my current DirectX version in Windows 10.

Browse to C:\Windows\SysWOW64, look for XAudio2_7.dll.
If you don't have it, install the DirectX9 redist I linked above, it's installed with that.

You need to uncheck Use HLE Graphics to use Angrylion's.

Also make sure you have copy depth buffer in GLideN64 set to Software, for clipping to work perfectly.