[Tuning] Enemies don't make noise
- Thread starter amdr
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Guys doesn't matter what sound card you have, this game uses Xaudio2 which channels all the sound through your CPU, you sound card never gets involved, it is one of the reasons why it runs so badly for some people.
I have noticed recently that the enemies don't make as much sound as they used to, I do hear them sometimes but not as often as I used to, perhaps TWI reduced the sound calls in the patch to improve performance, they are still there sometimes not always though, I can even hear people creeping around if i am still and there is not much background noise.
Try Turing your channels to 64 (I wouldn't go to 128, to much of a hit on your CPU)
It is a shame they didn't use OpenAL to do the sound, would of been much better and would of used the hardware for those that have it. It would of also been smoother and the sound would of been better all round, especially the positional side of the sound. I have an Xfi and rather miffed about this
I have noticed recently that the enemies don't make as much sound as they used to, I do hear them sometimes but not as often as I used to, perhaps TWI reduced the sound calls in the patch to improve performance, they are still there sometimes not always though, I can even hear people creeping around if i am still and there is not much background noise.
Try Turing your channels to 64 (I wouldn't go to 128, to much of a hit on your CPU)
It is a shame they didn't use OpenAL to do the sound, would of been much better and would of used the hardware for those that have it. It would of also been smoother and the sound would of been better all round, especially the positional side of the sound. I have an Xfi and rather miffed about this
I agree, for all the nice sounds, it's bizarre that other players hardly make any sound at all. I expected thundering footsteps on hollow wooden floors and all I ever hear is myself moving around. And with the odd, non accurate directional sounds, I'm always looking for the guy behind me making the noise when it's really me. 
I agree, for all the nice sounds, it's bizarre that other players hardly make any sound at all. I expected thundering footsteps on hollow wooden floors and all I ever hear is myself moving around. And with the odd, non accurate directional sounds, I'm always looking for the guy behind me making the noise when it's really me.
Gah, I do that all the time. I keep thinking there's someone around me, while it's just me making sounds.
Thanks for that explanation, Darkhunt3r. This explains quite a bit. If you're right, it's pretty terrible that it doesn't use my soundcard (properly). :/
