Crimson Skies Error Message: Fatal Exception 0E Has Occurred at 0028:02800240 (285323)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Crimson Skies
This article was previously published under Q285323

SYMPTOMS

When you play a mission in Microsoft Crimson Skies, you may receive the following error message:
Fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:02800240

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card is installed in your computer.

The Santa Cruz sound card is not fully compatible with Microsoft DirectX DirectSound.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, reduce the Effects volume in the game:
  1. Start Crimson Skies.
  2. On the main screen, click Preferences.
  3. Click Audio.
  4. Move the Effects Volume slider all the way to the left.
  5. Click Accept Changes.
You may be able to work around this issue by downloading and installing the latest drivers from the following Turtle Beach Web site:

http://www.voyetra-turtle-beach.com/

After you install the latest driver for the Santa Cruz sound card, disable Direct Sound Acceleration in the Santa Cruz Control Panel:
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Santa Cruz Control Panel.
  3. Click the Other tab.
  4. Click to clear Enable Direct Sound Acceleration.
  5. Close Santa Cruz Control Panel.
  6. Restart the game.

MORE INFORMATION

To determine the manufacturer and model of your sound card:
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click System.
  3. Click the Device Manager tab.
  4. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Sound, video and game controllers to expand the branch.
  5. Note the manufacturer and model of the sound card that is listed in the Sound, video and game controllers branch.
  6. Click OK, and then close Control Panel.
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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/20/2005
Keywords:kbConfig kbsound kberrmsg kbprb KB285323
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