chipset sound effects?

[DigitalDemolition]

Ok so I downloaded a cheat trainer for morrowind oblivion(made by pizzadox),it was good but I noticed when I exited, the executable program made my motherboard make tones,sorta like a song.:eek: Now what i'm wondering is how the heck did this guy/girl program that to make tones??? Also was it through the modem??? or emergency thingy? and I also wanted to know, could I make that into a script from dhtml or java for my webpage? Or does it need to be written in c, or something like that.:confused:

[BLiZZaRD]

Doesn't sound like a coded thing, sounds more like a Motherboard beep test (http://www.tmp-houston.com/BeepCode.htm)

This could be a memory problem, and this is most likely. Oblivion (although a VERY cool game) is a very intensive resource hog. The minimum system requirements to even play the game are higher than most off the shelf 6 month old computers today.

If I remember correctly you will need 1 gig HDD space, and a minimum of 1gig RAM.

Most likely running your newly found program and Oblivion together are forcing a dramatic drain in memory resources on your computer and your mother/daughteboard is running a POST test.

<EDIT> Found your sys. req.:



The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion System Requirements

Recommended:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

* Windows XP
* 512MB System RAM
* 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 128MB Direct3D compatible video card
* and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;
* 8x DVD-ROM drive
* 4.6 GB free hard disk space
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
* Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

* ATI X1900 series
* ATI X1800 series
* ATI X1600 series
* ATI X1300 series
* ATI X850 series
* ATI x800 series
* ATI x700 series
* ATI x600 series
* ATI Radeon 9800 series
* ATI Radeon 9700 series
* ATI Radeon 9600 series
* ATI Radeon 9500 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
* NVIDIA GeForce FX series
_____________________________________________

Bethesda is one of the most awesome RPG designers ever, but they test their systems on the slowest possible systems, and their "recommended" requirements are based on playing the game with lags, stops, and glitches. Although the game experience is better than most, these high resources make "normal" computers unable to enjoy the game.

If you are playing you have enough to do so, but I am guessing you have lags, see glitches such as mapping lines, and delays when engaging in battles :)

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[Eclyps19]

::cough:: Squaresoft is better ::cough::

I'm not sure if it's possible to create beeps from a website. I know that it's easily done with basic, C++, VB, etc, but those are all languages that run on the system, not on a website.

[BLiZZaRD]

::cough:: Squaresoft is better ::cough::



Noted, Square Enix is a good game engine producer, and I enjoy many of their games; Who will argue that the Final Fantasy Series is not the best ever?

But even the latest FF games have lacked in the robustness that Console (non-online) RPGers have come to want.

I mean c'mon, I love FF as much, if not more than anyone, but X-2 sucks. And simply making power ups and menus more complex and graphical does not a good game make.

Dragon Warrior series (NES) was great, Chronotrigger and ActRaiser, c'mon, does it get better? Not to mention Parasite Eve and Bushido Blade all great, but we are talking 8 - 16 bit here.

Today we want 3d rendered fully scaleable worlds and live battle and graphics that only Bethesda has done correctly so far.

Others are great at making games, which is why I said Bethesda was ONE OF the best, but even CapCom and Sega will sneak in with a good game here and there... Mega Man anyone? :D

[Twey]

A POST? Whilst running? :eek:

No, you couldn't do it from a web page. It would need to be done from a low-level language, C/C++ or possibly ASM.

[djr33]

It would be funny to run that serverside. It would certainly confuse the guys at the webhosting company :D

[DigitalDemolition]

That sucks if you can't ..I am sure there has to be a way!!! i'm going to keep searching for scripts and learning and see what I can make of this. I personally do not think it's impossible. Maybe you could somehow invoke the files that create the tones through html or javascript. I really want to have it so when you come to my site, It makes it, so it plays chipset music on the viewers board(they would be like wtf!!!). :D I hope there's a way i'm sure nothing's impossible.

[djr33]

It's called security. There is no way, without hacking the user's computer.
using ActiveX, it might be possible to access the computer, with their permission, and install the files then run them, but that would be complex and annoying.
And it would be IE only and only work for some users.
There's a reason people can't access your system like that. Again, it's called security.

[Twey]

using ActiveXJava too. Again, though, not really worth the effort.

[djr33]

Twey, I was thinking Java might do it too, but wasn't sure.
Are ActiveX and Java the only languages that would support it? (They seemed to be grouped together a lot.... is there anything else that falls into this catergory, even if it isn't capable of this exact function?)
Additionally, flash and even embedded media on your webpage can make sounds... but not directly on your motherboard.

[Twey]

No, ActiveX and Java are unique that they allow code to be embedded in a webpage that is capable of breaking out of the sandbox (with the user's permission [theoretically]).