Creative EAX Advanced HD on BF2

starfury6 · Sep 20, 2005, 02:04 PM

I have recently become the proud owner of an Audigy 2 ZS card.

In Battlefield 2 I was expecting the Creative EAX Advanced HD logo to appear when I selected 'Hardware' under the audio options (with the Realtek onboard all I could pick was Software or things got screwy), but I get the standard EAX logo appear.

Is that normal?

it was this way with the new 1162 drivers and the previously official Audigy 2 ZS drivers....

Thanks

g4bb3 · Sep 23, 2005, 08:31 AM

yup Hardware / High, cool logos are just for X-Fiers. I wonder how much Creative had to pay for that little "banner"

starfury6 · Sep 23, 2005, 08:35 AM

so the Advanced HD stuff IS working, it's just we cheapskate Audigy 2 owners only get the normal logo?

lol

fOrTy_7 · Sep 25, 2005, 01:14 AM

It's normal that you see standard logo, not the Advanced HD. EAX works for sure but which version it is for Audigy XX users, I don't know. It doesn't sound like 4.0 and Creative doesn't praise that BF2 uses Advanced HD. I think only EA knows the truth. You can ask them [img]images/smilies/big%20grin.gif[/img].

***edit***
Maybe someone with X-fi sound card would tell us what logo it has.

stormy13 · Sep 25, 2005, 02:28 AM

If you haven't done so, don't forget to do the OpenAL fix for BF2 as well. What you do is go to your Windows\System32 folder and locate openAL32.dll and copy and paste it to a safe location. Then you rename the copy to BF2OpenAL.dll, and then copy and paste the renamed file into your BF2 folder. Might be a good idea to make a backup of the original BF2OpenAL.dll in case of any problems.l

starfury6 · Sep 26, 2005, 12:33 PM

I assume the file in sys32 directory is the audigy installed one is it?

Just the main BF2 install folder? What does this 'fix' do for BF2?

stormy13 · Sep 26, 2005, 01:06 PM

It allows you to update the update the OpenAL (BF2OpenAL) at the same time as updating your sound drivers.

starfury6 · Sep 26, 2005, 01:09 PM

Thanks Stormy but I know that much, I just don't knwo what OpenAL does in the first place. Obviously this mothod above gives you a newer one but what's it do exactly?

fOrTy_7 · Sep 27, 2005, 09:00 AM

I think you shouldn't replace BF2OpenAL.dll with OpenAL32.dll. You should replace it with wrap_oal.dll, if you want to replace anything at all

. Compare the files versions and sizes and you will see similarities between them. Only version number and modification date had changed. Don't know is there any benefit of replacing those two files. It's hard to find any changelog. The only thing I found is bellow, but changes are probably since 1.1.1.3 version, not from 1.1.1.0.

Quote:

OpenAL Installer for Windows

The OpenAL installer for Windows will install the OpenAL library, enabling support for core OpenAL operations as well as extensions such as EAX. The installer supports any 32-bit version of Windows.

Updated August 29, 2005 -- Version 1.7.0
Version note -- Installs OpenAL32.dll version 6.14.357.9 and wrap_oal.dll version 1.1.4.0.

Bugfixes --

The installer has been updated to remove a bug with native support after downgrading Creative driver revisions or moving to an older creative product.

The wrapper has been updated to enumerate "Generic Hardware" and "Generic Software" as the default devices. The wrapper still accepts the DS3D, DS, and MMSYSTEM legacy names as valid.

The router has been updated to accomodate the new generic device names -- it will map requests for the legacy names to the appropriate new name, and will not enumerate old names if the new names are available in a findable OpenAL library. The router also has been updated to fix a crash-bug on systems where there is no sound card available.

Not much of that. Source.

starfury6 · Sep 27, 2005, 09:05 AM

I've been reading a lot about this and quite a few people had better performance by replacing the BF2openAl.dll. They all said specifically 'DONT' replace the wrap_oal.dll funnily enough.

I will test tonight, I replaced the file in the BF2 directory last night bt didn't get chance to try it.

Sep 20, 2005, 02:04 PM	#1
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Creative EAX Advanced HD on BF2 I have recently become the proud owner of an Audigy 2 ZS card. In Battlefield 2 I was expecting the Creative EAX Advanced HD logo to appear when I selected 'Hardware' under the audio options (with the Realtek onboard all I could pick was Software or things got screwy), but I get the standard EAX logo appear. Is that normal? it was this way with the new 1162 drivers and the previously official Audigy 2 ZS drivers.... Thanks __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Sep 23, 2005, 08:35 AM	Thread Starter #3
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	so the Advanced HD stuff IS working, it's just we cheapskate Audigy 2 owners only get the normal logo? lol __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Sep 26, 2005, 12:33 PM	Thread Starter #6
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I assume the file in sys32 directory is the audigy installed one is it? Just the main BF2 install folder? What does this 'fix' do for BF2? __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Sep 26, 2005, 01:09 PM	Thread Starter #8
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Thanks Stormy but I know that much, I just don't knwo what OpenAL does in the first place. Obviously this mothod above gives you a newer one but what's it do exactly? __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Sep 27, 2005, 09:05 AM	Thread Starter #10
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I've been reading a lot about this and quite a few people had better performance by replacing the BF2openAl.dll. They all said specifically 'DONT' replace the wrap_oal.dll funnily enough. I will test tonight, I replaced the file in the BF2 directory last night bt didn't get chance to try it. __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Sep 23, 2005, 08:31 AM	#2
g4bb3 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0	yup Hardware / High, cool logos are just for X-Fiers. I wonder how much Creative had to pay for that little "banner"

Sep 25, 2005, 01:14 AM	#4
fOrTy_7 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	It's normal that you see standard logo, not the Advanced HD. EAX works for sure but which version it is for Audigy XX users, I don't know. It doesn't sound like 4.0 and Creative doesn't praise that BF2 uses Advanced HD. I think only EA knows the truth. You can ask them [img]images/smilies/big%20grin.gif[/img]. *edit* Maybe someone with X-fi sound card would tell us what logo it has.

Sep 25, 2005, 02:28 AM	#5
stormy13 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto,Ontario Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	If you haven't done so, don't forget to do the OpenAL fix for BF2 as well. What you do is go to your Windows\System32 folder and locate openAL32.dll and copy and paste it to a safe location. Then you rename the copy to BF2OpenAL.dll, and then copy and paste the renamed file into your BF2 folder. Might be a good idea to make a backup of the original BF2OpenAL.dll in case of any problems.l

Sep 26, 2005, 01:06 PM	#7
stormy13 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto,Ontario Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	It allows you to update the update the OpenAL (BF2OpenAL) at the same time as updating your sound drivers.