EAX - Crap?

[ZiRo]

I get the sound of a really windy day, emphasised bullet hitting the ground noises and missing gunshot sounds.. Whats the deal??

-Z

[Charlesbian]

when it works its awesome (echoeing gunshot sounds in hallways etc) but almost all the other times for me at least, it causes sound errors like the ones ur getting. i leave it off.

[Buenamos]

What kind of sound card do u have?

[NoSoup4You]

Follow these steps and your sounds will be awesome! (Assuming you have an Audigy2).

#1
Download the beta drivers with OpenAL support from the website. While you're there grab the EAX 4.0 drivers as well.
www.creative.com/support/

#2
Goto http://developer.creative.com/articl...&top=38&aid=46 and download the OpenAL.exe, and install this.

#3
Browse to: C:/Windows/system32, and find a file called "OpenAL32.dll", when you do Copy this file (do not paste it yet!)

#4
Browse to: C:/Program Files/EA GAmes/Battlefield 2/, and find the file called "BF2OpenAL.dll" and rename it to "BF2OpenAL.original". After that paste the file we got from your system32 folder. Rename this file to "BF2OpenAL.dll".

#5
Start BF2 up, goto your audio settings and reset them to "hardware" and "high" with EAX enabled.


I did this and I have no issues with sound anymore. I even get VoIP to work on a more consistant basis.

[deathBOB]

Ya, it sucks. Dice has never implemented EAX correctly.

[`danny]

Yea I also have it turned off because it decreases frame rate and is buggy.

[Just a Grunt]

So the problem is on your current rig, or the new one???
Is your sound card supported??
Just ditched my SB Live 24 - worthless piece of crap - for an Audigy. Sound problems solved.

Jeff

[deathBOB]

Its not you its the EAX, it over emphasises stupid thing like engine sounds or the wind until they are louder than everything else. Just turn it off.