freddy pharkas – talkie version?

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My understanding is that two versions of Freddy Pharkas came out — one on disks with text only, and one on CD that included voices. Well, my copy is on CD but it doesn’t seem to have voices… does anyone know if there was a text-only CD version released, or if mine should be “talkie”? (There is voice during the opening song, but only text once the game starts.)
I don’t see anywhere in the controls to toggle voice on and off. I’m running XP, if that makes a difference.
This appears to be the original release (it came in one of the generic CD cases with Sierra’s address and tech support numbers on the back, no CD insert). It is not the Sierra Originals version.
-emily

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(re: freddy pharkas – talkie version?) Are you running the DOS or the Windows version? It sounds like the game can’t find the audio resources that are on the CD. If you are using VDMSound be sure to enable low-level CD-ROM support. Also, be sure that the “SIERRA.INI” file (if you are running the Windows version) or the “RESOURCE.CFG” file (if you are running the DOS version) has a “resAUD=” line in it. It should point to a FREDDY\AUDIO folder on your CD, ie:
resAUD=D:\FREDDY\AUDIO
if “D:\” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.

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(re: re: freddy pharkas – talkie version?)

i’m running the windows version. i’ll check the sierra.ini file. i’ll also check it on my win98 laptop to isolate whether it’s an XP issue…

-emily

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(re: re: freddy pharkas – talkie version?) a-ha! i checked the sierra.ini file, and those fields are in there — but i just realized i had the freddy pharkas CD in the E: drive (i have two CD drives on this machine). haven’t tried playing with the CD in D: yet, but i suspect that will solve the problem…
thank you!
🙂 emily

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