[propbeanie]

The Save is one way to attempt to restore "normal" sound reaction. If your sound doesn't restore after doing that, then something else might be amiss, or your Save has something wrong in it... The main thing is to avoid "shelling-out" to Windows as much as possible, and when you do, to remember that you might encounter "issues", no two instances of which will be the same (usually). One time you might have a cloud of 'steam' following you about, another time it might be the crew refusing to come indoors when the boat dives, etc. you just never know what will happen, if anything. Some fellows can get away with putting the game on Pause and then going to Windows. Others cannot. It somewhat depends upon the computer configuration, and how strong the computer is, hardware-wise. For the most part, I cannot shell-out in SH3 at all, except on the new laptop. My SH4 installs are not as bad, but I have two computers with SH4 which shelling-out will fail on almost every time.