UT and 3D audio

[DApea!]

Tell you what, go to your SC's advanced properties in the Multimedia bit of the control panel.


should have a hardware excelloration bit in ther.

make sure its all the way up, or UT might try and force your sc to use itself.


umm.
aint on my machine at the mo so i cant run you through it.

soz

 

[old.DevPac2]

Just wondering if anyone else has tried the 3D audio stuff in UT. I've got a MX300 (A3D 2.0) and was less than impressed by the performance drop off i got when i switched 3D audio on. Anyone else get similar problems ?

Dev

 

[old.DevPac2]

Well, to answer my own question...

"Lots of reports of slowdowns from users with Monster Sound's who have enabled the "Advanced Options / Audio / Use3DHardware". If you're having this slowdown, disable Use3DHardware and try again. Then please email utbugs@epicgames.com and let us know whether that helped. I've seen three confirmations from users that their problems (huge slow down) went away after disabling this."

taken from the Unreal web page

Dev

 

[DApea!]

Mine runs fine with it on.

Hmm


(have MX300 too)

 

[old.Paul B]

My MX300 seems to run OK as well.

What drivers are you using ?
Have you tried the latest 4.06.2040 reference drivers ?

ftp://ftp3.a3d.com/pub/Public/Drivers/Vortex/w9x2040_NODEMO.zip

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[This message has been edited by Paul B (edited 30 September 1999).]

 

[old.DevPac2]

I'm pretty certain that the drivers are ok (i dl'ed them over the weekend from the Aureal site).

What spec machines are you running UT on ? I'm running on a P2 450 + V2 SLI. There is a definite frame rate drop when i enable 3D audio. It also altered the sound quite significantly (e.g. the pulse rifle on Instagib now sounds like its actually in a box

)

Dev