Re: Quake 4: What is up with the sound?

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:40:05 GMT, "M.W.H" <mapson_no@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On 31/12/2005 03:57:27, pw wrote:
>>Hello! Happy New Year!
>>
>>I am enjoying Quake 4, more so than F.E.A.R. Call me sad :-)
>>
>>I have a SB Audigy 2 ZA OpenAL soundcard, yet Q4 tells me that my
>>sound card does not support surround sound and OpenAL (although I do
>>hear sound out of all my 5.1 Logitech Z680 speakers - guess I am
>>complaining <g>).
>>
>>Actually just curious why I can't enable Surround Sound in the game
>>and why it sounds a little scratchy. My speakers and sound card sound
>>fantastic in every other game (F.E.A.R, COD2, UT2004, SWBF2, ....).
>>
>>I see that there is a beta patch at Creatives site that is supposed to
>>enable "real" OpenAL sound with my soundcard. Scary warnings of
>>course before installing thier beta.
>>
>>Could that be the problem?
>>
>>My drivers say (under the Device Manager) they are: 5.12.6.402 dated
>>7/2003 yet the betas are 2_08_0002 9/2005 (?). Never have found out
>>why the actual drivers (of any product) listed on a site do not have
>>the same version number after they are applied.
>>
>>Any help with any point above would be appreciated!
>>
>>Thanks!
>
>You need Creative's beta drivers to enable OpenAL (surround sound)
>
>HTH
>
>M.W.H

Thanks! Have you tried them?

I wonder if they will always be a beta considering their date and that
Creative has new cards out.

-pw

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