Bad Sound Files: Fix

[Tally]

I noticed this problem never got a sticky for it.

As its a problem that continues to pop up all the time, I will reference a thread which deals with the problem, its causes, and its solution:

help!!

[Gift]

For those to lazy to click a link:

Originally Posted by Tally

Bad sound files indcates that either your COD pk3 files are corrupt, or your sound driver needs to be reinstalled.

PK3 files are those that make COD work. They are found in the COD 'Main' folder. To tell if they are corrupt, check their sizes against this list of what they should be:

Correct File sizes for version 1.5:

localized_english_pak0.pk3 167,895,169 bytes
localized_english_pak1.pk3 126,070,475 bytes
localized_english_pak2.pk3 17,592 bytes
localized_english_pak3.pk3 8,501 bytes
localized_english_pak5.pk3 9,544 bytes
pak0.pk3 164,229,067 bytes
pak1.pk3 165,964,103 bytes
pak2.pk3 165,555,454 bytes
pak3.pk3 167,888,227 bytes
pak4.pk3 167,607,183 bytes
pak5.pk3 80,540,215 bytes
pak6.pk3 613,326 bytes
pak8.pk3 1,091,088 bytes
pak9.pk3 18,971,056 bytes
paka.pk3 3,101,786 bytes
pakb.pk3 5,087,181 bytes

If any don't match then they are corrupt. Reinstall COD.

If they do, then reinstall you sound driver.

[wozzamozza]

so how do i solve these then?

Miles sound system initialization failed
WARNING: loaded sound file 'sound/misc/mouse_click.wav' couldn't be read
WARNING: loaded sound file 'sound/misc/mouse_over.wav' couldn't be read
WARNING: streamed sound 'sound/music/mainmenu1.mp3' not found

i dont understand code, and i've tried to search for the answer to simply get me back gaming, but i'm stuck and had it with searching. help!!

[wewe]

HOW solve these problems?

[NeedHelpOnCoDBad]

got the same problem here, it happens every single time i try to reinstall those 2 games, once it somehow was fixed, but i tried to reinstall 8 times today and for call of duty 1, it was always 23 files, and for call of duty united offensive it varied from 2 to 3 files missing.



SOMEONE PLEASE HELP THIS IS ANNOYING

[NeedHelpOnCoDBad]

So no ones gunna reply? well thats great... ive tried everything from trying to search for the files to delete but they wont so someone come on!

[AcE]

Originally Posted by NeedHelpOnCoDBad

So no ones gunna reply? well thats great... ive tried everything from trying to search for the files to delete but they wont so someone come on!

Learn to have a little patience, the forums do not revolve around you.

[pvtcolin]

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