This guide is intended to fix problems, not add features.
I had a little help from a member over at EA's official forums, but here is a little guide on how to manually update BF2's Audio.
1: BF2 uses OpenAL.dll sound. The file BF2 specifically uses is called BF2OpenAL.dll located at C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2 (32bit operating systems will not have the (x86) part). Find that file, and cut and paste it to another safe location (in case things go wrong).
2: Download the latest "OpenAL Installer for Windows" from here. The file should be called "oalinst.zip" although later versions may change this. Inside, run the "oalinst.exe" application.
3: Navigate to the following locations:
32bit: C:\Windows\System32
64 bit: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
Find the file called "wrap_oal.dll" and copy it to your BF2 installation location (where you cut bf2openal.dll from). Once copied, rename it "bf2openal.dll" (without quotations).
4: Done.
Why do this?
I found that my soundcard had issues with the older version of OpenAL causing sound to corrupt when set to hardware or X-Fi mode. This guide is intended to fix problems, not add features.
I had a little help from a member over at EA's official forums, but here is a little guide on how to manually update BF2's Audio.
1: BF2 uses OpenAL.dll sound. The file BF2 specifically uses is called BF2OpenAL.dll located at C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2 (32bit operating systems will not have the (x86) part). Find that file, and cut and paste it to another safe location (in case things go wrong).
2: Download the latest "OpenAL Installer for Windows" from here. The file should be called "oalinst.zip" although later versions may change this. Inside, run the "oalinst.exe" application.
3: Navigate to the following locations:
32bit: C:\Windows\System32
64 bit: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
Find the file called "wrap_oal.dll" and copy it to your BF2 installation location (where you cut bf2openal.dll from). Once copied, rename it "bf2openal.dll" (without quotations).
4: Done.
Why do this?
I found that my soundcard had issues with the older version of OpenAL causing sound to corrupt when set to hardware or X-Fi mode. This guide is intended to fix problems, not add features.
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