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I'll have to experiment and get back to you sometime.

Blegh, still having the same problem. Maybe the issue is somewhere else? You said windows 10 the steam icon should stay the same, but for me it's a black box like you said if for Win7 and 8.1. But it still gets me to Steam.

16bit 44100 Hz to be precise. It is quite unlikely the game understands 24bit audio, and even if it did the game came out before 64bit operating systems existed, it is unlikely the memory buffers would be capable of matching newer standards for drivers, unless you used Audigy or EAX drivers that actually existed back then. Many of the old games work fine if you set up a 32bit system for playing old games. Win8.1 at 32bit is the most compatible version of Windows for the largest number of old games to work.

Does it have to be exactly 44kHz? Closest thing mine has is 44.1kHz. Also, should I use 16 bit, or 24 bit?

Try the audio settings section of the fix, instead of the CPU affinity mask. Old games do NOT understand anything other than 44kHz for audio buffers, and with anything else the game just crashes on launch. Also if you use surround sound, try setting the default sound device to stereo at 44kHz instead.

As fa as I know, Windows 11 follows the same file name syntax as Windows 10. But there are subtle differences in the new places Win 11 installs software and the security restrictions of folders between Win10 and Win11.

I saw your Prototype Guide and I've been trying to use it, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I should note that I am on Windows 11 instead of Windows 10, does that change anything?

For reference, the way my computer fails to run Prototype is that it will let me start a new game or load one, go to the loading screen, then after a few seconds the audio stutters and it quits.

You are very welcome.

Just wanted to say thank you for the guide you did for the Prototype(as well as for other oldies that can't handle win10), you are the real MVP!

Just message me on DIscord, or on Steam chat

yo dude im trying to figure out how to get my prototype working since it is not could you help me with it

Same as Snowball, can you reach out at your leisure?

Hi I am trying to obtain help in fixing my prototype sound stuttering I would greatly appreciate the help I changed latency and everything to where it should be but it still stutters and ultimately makes the game run slow