ALDEGA 0 Posted January 9, 2002 I've been (in every OF version I think) having problems with sound crackling. Pretty much every vehicle (land/air/sea) causes the crackling sound. I don't have this in any other game. (and I do not have the VIA 686B southbridge chip, so that can't be it either). My soundcard is a Sound Blaster Live 5.1, using the most recent drivers. tip: I was playing another game (which also uses EAX) and when I entered certain areas the sound would mess up completely. In these areas the 'reverb' EAX effect was active and causing the problem (it's like it was causing very bad feedback -> like an 'infinite loop' in the EAX software). This problem always goes away after I reboot (but it does occasionnally pop up). Now, since this problem had to do with EAX, I went into the 'EAX control panel' (which came with the sound blaster cdrom) and I tried some EAX presets, when I increased reverb too much, it made a crackling noice, similar to the one I have in OF. So, either OF uses too high settings for reverb in EAX, or there is a bug in EAX (this one is certain , dunno about the other). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rekrul 7 Posted January 9, 2002 http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/trouble/crackling.htm http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/install/via.htm Bookmark http://www.theavonlady.org/theofpfaq/ straight away. It's extremly helpful. -Rekrul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALDEGA 0 Posted January 9, 2002 I know about the VIA prob, but that's not the one. I'm sure it's an EAX glitch. (and yes I know avonlady faq ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Animal 0 Posted January 9, 2002 I have same crackle sound prob. eax is off, h&l is off, Hardware acell off, nothing makes a big diff. if you change views, form 1st to 3rd, sound prob clears up. till you get in another vehicle. but then changing views again will clear it up. from talking to people is sounds like most use the sound blaster live and geforce 2 video cards as i do. maybe this is a bug or conflict which effects only that hardware. i notice it only in win xp. when running win ME, all works fine. so whats the cure guys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted January 9, 2002 Have you tried the latest official drivers from both NVIDIA and Creative Labs? I've got a system with a GeForce and a Sound Blaster, and everything is just peachy, including hardware accelerated sound and EAX -- it's actually rather sweet. It wasn't until I got Windows XP and the latest official drivers for that OS from both companies (rather than the Microsoft drivers) that I got full acceleration and no problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALDEGA 0 Posted January 10, 2002 "form 1st to 3rd, sound prob clears up" it's exactly the same here Mr Fragg -I cannot run the very latest detonators because of the notorious 'infinite loop' problem. I do have the latest SB drivers, VIA 4-in1, AMD etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajorMavrick 1 Posted January 13, 2002 Here is the solution. 1.) Remove the Soundblaster card and put it away. 2.) Buy a Hercules Gamesurround FortiSSimo2 and install it. 3.) No more Rice Krispies or sounds of walking soldiers when there nowhere to be found. I have done this to both my systems. One runs on WINXP and the other on WINSE Upgrade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
