You may receive the "Cannot find world:global:sounds:vosounds in gas tree!" error message when you start Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (905696)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna

SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, you may receive the following error message:

A fatal error has occurred and the app must shut down.

Cannot find world:global:sounds:vosounds in gas tree!

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the Expansion.dsres file is corrupted or is missing.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method1: Replace the Expansion.dsres file

  1. Double-click My Computer, and then locate the following folder where Drive represents the drive where the game is installed:

    Drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DSLOA

  2. Locate and then right-click Expansion.dsres.
  3. Click Delete. If you do not find the Expansion.dsres file in the Drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DSLOA folder, go to step 4.
  4. When you are prompted to confirm the file deletion, click Yes.
  5. Insert Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna Disc 3 into the CD or DVD drive.
  6. Locate the following folder, where CD Drive is the CD drive or the DVD drive:

    CD Drive:\Files\DSLOA

  7. Copy the EXPANS_1.DSR file from the CD Drive:\Files\DSLOA folder on the Dungeon Siege CD to the Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DSLOA folder on the hard disk drive.
  8. Right-click EXPANS_1.DSR, click Rename, type Expansion.dsres, and then press ENTER.
  9. Right-click Expansion.dsres, click Properties, click to clear the Read-only check box, and then click OK.

Method 2: Remove and then reinstall Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and then click Add/Remove.
  4. Click Uninstall, and then click OK.

    Note Do not click to select the Remove saved games check box.
  5. Reinstall Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about other error messages that you many receive in the game Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

321083 Dungeon Siege: "Decoding error - Compressed data is corrupt or unreadable" error message


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/22/2005
Keywords:kberrmsg kbsound kbConfig kbtshoot KB905696 kbAudEndUser