You running windows7? - There is a bunch of stuff in 7 that says 'reduce volume if I'm running a communication program' or something. You can't select what actually IS a communication program, nor can you see what it thinks is a communication program. Might be that thinking source is a comms thing.
Look for the option in the sound settings somewhere (forget where exactly) On 30 January 2010 15:56, Tom Edwards <t_edwa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Ever since I built my new system I've been having trouble with the > Orange Box engine (the 'old' mods/Ep2/Portal/Gmod build) messing with > sound on my system. If I connect to a server or open the options window > of a multiplayer game, Source will: > > * Pause or unpause Windows Media Player. > * Slide its own volume down (the Windows sound mixer slider, not the > internal setting) over the course of about half a second to nearly > zero. > * Reduce Spotify's volume in the same way, but not pause it. > > When I exit it restores volumes to their original levels and > pauses/unpauses WMP again. To reiterate, this only happens when the > engine is in MP mode (maxplayers > 1). It doesn't happen with the Ep1, > OB-TF2 or L4D branches. It also wasn't a problem on my last computer. > > I've got MS Intellitype installed, but since Spotify isn't paused I'm > unconvinced that global hotkey commands are behind this. Can anyone make > a better suggestion? > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
