Microsoft KB Archive/262533

= StarLancer: Game Sounds Are Played After Game Quits Unexpectedly =

Article ID: 262533

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Starlancer

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This article was previously published under Q262533



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to start Microsoft StarLancer, the game may quit unexpectedly, but the game sounds and music may continue to be played.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions are true:
 * More than one video adapter is installed in your computer.
 * The default video adapter is not connected to a monitor.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, determine which video adapter is the default video adapter, and then edit the StarLancer configuration file to use that video adapter. To do this, use the following methods in the order in which they are presented.

Determine the Display Number for Your Video Adapters
To determine the display number for each video adapter that is installed in your computer:  Insert the Microsoft StarLancer Disk 1 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent StarLancer from starting automatically. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK



where  is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.

 Click the Display tab and note the names of the video adapters and the display number associated with each video adapter. Click Quit. When you are prompted to log the current settings in the log file database, click No.</li></ol>

Edit the Starlancer.cfg File
To edit the Starlancer.cfg file: <ol> Click Start, point to Find, and click Files and Folders.</li> In the Named box, type starlancer.cfg .</li> In the Look in box, click My Computer.</li> Click to select the Include subfolders check box, and then click Find Now.</li> Double-click the Starlancer.cfg file. If you are prompted to select a program with which to open the file, click Notepad, and then click OK.</li> In the [Device] section, edit the following line so that it is associated with the correct video adapter

Device=

where  is the device number of your video adapter.

NOTE: The display numbers that you noted earlier in this article are one number greater than the device number. For example, Display1 is the same as Device0, and Display2 is the same as Device1.

</li> On the File menu, click Exit. When you are prompted to save the changes, click Yes.</li></ol>

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