BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

[Bald-Eagle11]

Ok guys with the latest 163.44 Nvidia drivers and my 4 gigss or ram I have Vista working great .

Only trouble is teamspeak and my in game Voip , no one can hear me .

I have the X-Fi Extreme Music card , drivers are here .

http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?MainCategory=1&Product=14066&dlcentric=10076&Product_Name=X%2DFi+XtremeMusic&filetype=1&OSName=Windows+Vista+64-bit

Any thoughts ?

[sava700]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

you need the ALchemy "wrapper" for that card... see Vista has a whole new Audio setup vs XP..

http://connect.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

You DO NOT need Alchemy for BF2, unless you want to have more problems than you already do.

Sava do you even know what Alchemy is for? Or did you just post the link without actually reading what Alchemy was for?

In Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided to remove the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for DirectSound and DirectSound3D. The HAL is the software layer that in previous Windows operating systems enabled an audio accelerator such as the Sound Blaster X-Fi to provide DirectSound3D applications with hardware accelerated audio. This enabled soundcards to perform tasks such as sample-rate conversion, mixing, 3D spatialization using HRTFs, filtering, and effects processing. Without the HAL, DirectSound on Windows Vista will be rendered in software with no advanced functionality such as EAX.

The audio changes in Windows Vista do not affect OpenAL however. For audio cards that feature 'native' OpenAL support, such as the SB X-Fi series of cards, there is no need to worry! Games that enable support for OpenAL will continue to run just as they do on Windows XP - with hardware accelerated audio and effects. A listing of OpenAL titles can be found at http://www.openal.org/titles.html.

The good news is that the Creative ALchemy Project allows you to run your favorite DirectSound3D games on Windows Vista as the developers intended - with full hardware accelerated 3D Audio and EAX support! This is done by translating the legacy DirectSound calls into OpenAL. In order for this to happen, a couple of files need to be installed into each game directory. This is handled automatically by the ALchemy installer - but can also be performed manually by advanced users.

Now would you like to explain why he needs Alchemy for BF2.

Bald Eagle as far as Teamspeak goes play around with the sound devices settings, till you find the one that will work (and if you really want you CAN use Alchemy with Teamspeak).

As for the in game VOIP not sure what to suggest as it is hit or miss for me whether it works correctly; sometimes it works perfectly, other times I can't hear others, and the one thing I haven't had is others not hear me (figure that one out if you can). About the only thing I can suggest is to make sure that the mic boost is enabled in the Vista recording properties.

[Scinto]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

Ok guys with the latest 163.44 Nvidia drivers and my 4 gigss or ram I have Vista working great .

Only trouble is teamspeak and my in game Voip , no one can hear me .

I have the X-Fi Extreme Music card , drivers are here .

http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?MainCategory=1&Product=14066&dlcentric=10076&Product_Name=X%2DFi+XtremeMusic&filetype=1&OSName=Windows+Vista+64-bit

Any thoughts ?

same problems as you, it only seems to happen with x-fi cards, those using onboard sound have no difficulties its a pain...

I had to switch back to XP for my own sanity.

[Bald-Eagle11]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

Damm , just when i thought Vista was a go go go go .

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

Have a poke/search around here,

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board?board.id=Vista

I know that the Vista+X-Fi+4GB has been talked to death, but seeing as I only have 2GB and an Audigy 4 I haven't been following it and am not sure if anyone has found a solution yet.

[camper.]

Re: BF 2 ,Vista 64 bit and X-Fi help please.

Have a poke/search around here,

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board?board.id=Vista

I know that the Vista+X-Fi+4GB has been talked to death, but seeing as I only have 2GB and an Audigy 4 I haven't been following it and am not sure if anyone has found a solution yet.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&message.id=24244

ROFL, looks like I know what type of computer I'm getting next