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Posted: 2007-07-22 22:03
by Killer-Ape
I have a Sound blaster Live 24 bit that has EAX, but when I set it up on hardware all the voices stutter.
So I have to put it on Software. I dunno what all thats about.
Happens to me too. Can't hear a damn thing when the voices start going. Any of the sound guys who know something about this and how to fix it?
Did you read my post? Sound blaster Live 24 bit wont support BF2 hardware rendering. So change it to software or buy a better card. If you turn it on hardware you get choppy ingame-voices.. This
LINK explains it more
What is the difference between Hardware & Sofware in the Bf2 audio options?
Software sucks power from your "CPU" (some FPS loss)
Hardware draws power from your sound card (some FPS gain)
Posted: 2007-07-22 22:11
by KP
Killer-Ape wrote:Did you read my post? Sound blaster Live 24 bit wont support BF2 hardware rendering.
Heh, nope, I didn't. Was just skimming through quickly and saw someone with the same problem as me. Just read your post. Thanks.
Posted: 2007-07-23 01:28
by Jaymz
Wolfe wrote:What is the difference between Hardware & Sofware in the Bf2 audio options?
Hardware: Audio is processed by your sound card.
Software: Audio is processed by your CPU.
Posted: 2007-07-26 22:18
by sofad
in addition to jaymz first post, after youve installed the openal update
- go into your Battlefield2 folder, search for the file "BF2OpenAL.dll"
- rename this file to something like "BF2OpenAL.dll.original"
- go to your windows/system32 folder and search for the "wrap_oal.dll" file
- copy this file into your battlefield2 folder
- rename the file "wrap_oal.dll" in your battlefield2 folder to "BF2OpenAL.dll"
this should especially help all audigy2 users and other with software soundrendering to get a better soundexperience with EAX enabled!
Posted: 2007-07-27 04:34
by Skullening.Chris
Yeah, did all that last nite, sofad. Definitely helped. Sounds are crisper and more defined, too. Thanks!
Posted: 2007-07-27 10:46
by Hitperson
when i try EAX i lag to knigdom come (and get a head ache because it sounds like i'm in a tunnel) my sound card is supposedly a C-wave media device so i guess i need this.
Posted: 2007-08-01 07:58
by Hx.Clavdivs
'[R-DEV wrote:Jaymz']2 steps to help improve your PR audio.
1. Download and install this :
http://developer.creative.com/articles/ ... =38&aid=46
props to jerome16v for that link
2. Set your BF2 audio settings to : Software / High / EAX enabled.
I apologize for people experiencing problems such as pin-pointing locations of enemy fire etc. For this release we're relying heavily on EAX but I promise that it's a step towards something really special we're working on for the PR audio experience in 0.7.
NOTE: All users
with EAX hardware (sounds blaster cards etc) ignore this post and use : Hardware / High / EAX enabled. Or in the case of X-Fi choose the appropriate option.
One helpful poster gave me the heads up and gave me this warning:
Spyware warning oalinst.exe
Any other ideas and other download resources I could try? By the way, I downloaded that file yesterday, and earlier today I had a quick browse in my startup list and suddenly saw some strange applications happily running that I have never before laid eyes on. When I then got the "Spyware warning" a bell went off.
Posted: 2007-08-01 11:31
by Jaymz
interesting....
Welcome to Project Reality, where developers link you to spyware :d uh:
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:03
by R@ge
'[R-DEV wrote:Jaymz']interesting....
Welcome to Project Reality, where developers link you to spyware :d uh:
LMAO,,, this program looks really bad guys...
it will probably harvest all your e-mail accounts and use them to send spam
'ACTIVITY ANALYSIS OF: OALINST.EXE' wrote:The following behaviors have been observed for this object:
Invokes dll components.
Runs other programs.
Communicates with web sites using httpout protocols.
Has outbound communications.
Inspects email address books.
Recommend uninstall really fast and big warning in the forum!
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:19
by Hx.Clavdivs
May I recommend
Prevx and with free trial. It will take care of it. Tried and tested. My system is
now all fine.
I might have been spared because of an over jealous firewall that is extremely sensitive to any change. So much in fact that it still finds PR a bit fishy.
Strange thing though, I have KN1 Extreme SLI with a slight BIOS failure that messes up the USB ports, and after that install - it messed up everything else, but it fixed that error. Oh well, can't have you cake and eat it I guess.
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:22
by Hitperson
but it came from the soundblaster site??
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:23
by bosco_
Thank god I have EAX hardware
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:23
by Outlawz7
x2
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:23
by Skullening.Chris
Yikes, thanks for the heads-up. Strange though, seemed like such a legit program. But yeah, I'll remove it right away. Better safe than sorry, eh...
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:25
by Hx.Clavdivs
Prevx FTW.
The site warns trying to manually deal with this problem. It might just be a scare tactic, but since it has 40 days free trail, I can't guess why.
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:29
by R@ge
is it true that you can't just uninstall this software and that you need Prevx software to get rid of the spyware??
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:31
by Hx.Clavdivs
According to the site Prevx, this little nasty trojan spreads across your entire system and can hide behind any rock or ... *cough* file. They strongly recommend that you use some sort of program to weed it out.
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:31
by Skullening.Chris
I ran OALINST.EXE again to check and it came up with a license agreement from Creative Labs Inc, but I noticed when I hit cancel it says "Installation Successful" anyhow
Posted: 2007-08-01 12:54
by Hx.Clavdivs
It is very strange indeed.
Posted: 2007-08-01 14:28
by sofad
after installing the openAL update, dont forget to do
this!