Return of Reckoning

i have tried installing it again.
i have tried deleting files,
i have tried disabling all add-ons.
run it using compability changes.
run it as admin.
i checked all the ingame settings..
idk what else i can do. but the game does NOT have a single sound, no music, no ingame interaction sounds. NOTHING

Check if your default output device is your speakers.

It also can be related to windows 10 not having old DirectX 9 anymore ; try to find a DirectX 9 package from microsoft website, to ensure optimal compatibility with sound/graphics.

i have tried that, and yet same issue! any other ideas?