BF2&PR also won't let me change the sound settings to X-Fi/Ultra. I know that other people with these cards have managed to do it so i'm stumped as to why it won't let me.
I run Vista-64, SP2 and have a Xonar D2 sound-card with the latest ASUS drivers installed.
Below is the c&p info from the OpenAL diagnostics program ALCapsViewer:
Interestingly EAX 5.0 doesn't have 'Yes' next to it. These cards as mentioned trick the game/app into thinking EAX 5.0 is installed, and I know from screenshots such as the one here that it should work:The A2A Simulations Community • View topic - Can't hear most cockpit sounds...------------------
System Information
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Report Time: 2010/10/17 12:55:4
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
BIOS: _ASUS_ - 7000822 BIOS Date: 07/22/08 10:41:49 Ver: 08.00.12
Processor: ~3172MHz Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Default Audio Device Name: Speakers (ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Device)
Audio Driver Filename: {0.0.0.00000000}.{0635cce6-9bdf-4658-b666-9d93dee1eadc}
Audio Driver File Version:
Audio Driver Product Version:
ALCapsViewer Version: 1.0.3.0
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OpenAL Components
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Name Path Version
OpenAL32.dll C:\Windows\system32\ 6.14.357.25
wrap_oal.dll C:\Windows\system32\ 2.2.0.7
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OpenAL Devices
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Name: Generic Software
Sample Offset: Yes
Linear Distance Model: Yes
Exponent Distance Model: Yes
Capture: Yes
Enumeration: Yes
EAX 2.0: Yes
EAX 3.0: No
EAX 4.0: No
EAX 5.0: No
X-RAM: No
Enumerate All: Yes
EFX 1.0: Yes
My sound setup is 5 speakers, and when using the Windows 'Configuration'/setup utility they are all accurately presented and make accurate [individual] sounds. This is why I think it's OpenAL related - My PC/sound setup does know there are 5 independent speakers but apparently BF2 doesn't.
Thanks a lot guys. I've searched Google and these PR forums all morning but info on Xonar cards is scarce. I've tried every setting and also reinstalled various drivers, including some unofficial modded ones.
As mentioned I do know that this card can provide surround sound in BF2, a Xonar user on these forums stated it and it has also been mentioned in at least one review of the Xonar with BF2.
PS: Seperate issue but may be related: Mumble causes PR to crash to desktop, cleanly and instantly.