Game sound and kx PROBLEM

benny_burny · Jun 27, 2005, 03:42 AM

Hey I installed the kx project drivers and they play music well.

However, when I play games (GTA San andreas, Black Thorn) the sound sometimes plays correctly, sometimes not. Whenever there is direct sound (Music, videos) it is fine, but I cannot hear some in game conversations, walking, people talking etc. It is very very annoying.

In Black Thorn the same thing happened, however I noticed that if I faced a certain way I could hear properly. This made me think it could be a problem with the surround, but that didnt fix anytihng after fiddling with the controls.

I have a 5.1 SBLive! going through 2 stereo speakers on XP. Any help???

Athlon 1800+ XP
XP Home
768MB RAM
SB live! 5.1
GEForce 4 ti4200

Cheers.

thomasabarnes · Jun 27, 2005, 11:12 AM

See post #4 in this thread: http://driverheaven.net/showthread.p...455#post631455

HeartBurnKid · Jun 28, 2005, 06:14 AM

I've got my own problems using the kx drivers in San Andreas--everything seems to work fine except the radio stations. Either I get a loop of the radio-station-changing-static, or no radio sound at all. The official Creative driver kept cutting out dialog and sound effects; am I doomed to live without one or the other?

JohnMcClane · Jun 28, 2005, 09:05 AM

creative's drivers don't cut anything out. it's a problem with eax effects - if you use eax effects like advanced equalizer, click on sourceinfo and set the amount of original sound to 100%, this is set to 0% default that's why you don't hear some sounds. alternatively you could also disable eax effects

and with kx: i experienced the same things, there's nothing you can change in drivers or dsp to solve that. i guess direct sound implementation is just buggy.

zEnder · Jun 28, 2005, 09:51 AM

that is a known problem with GTA,
just check the forums on planetgta.com.

the workaround is to go to sound settings and turn hardware acceleration to normal when you want to play. (and switch it back afterwards)
and rockstar is already working on a patch.

So no KX problem

cstbr · Jul 21, 2005, 01:47 AM

I have the same problems. Some sounds are like a popcorn in GTA.

Jun 27, 2005, 03:42 AM	#1
benny_burny DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Game sound and kx PROBLEM Hey I installed the kx project drivers and they play music well. However, when I play games (GTA San andreas, Black Thorn) the sound sometimes plays correctly, sometimes not. Whenever there is direct sound (Music, videos) it is fine, but I cannot hear some in game conversations, walking, people talking etc. It is very very annoying. In Black Thorn the same thing happened, however I noticed that if I faced a certain way I could hear properly. This made me think it could be a problem with the surround, but that didnt fix anytihng after fiddling with the controls. I have a 5.1 SBLive! going through 2 stereo speakers on XP. Any help??? Athlon 1800+ XP XP Home 768MB RAM SB live! 5.1 GEForce 4 ti4200 Cheers.

Jun 27, 2005, 11:12 AM	#2
thomasabarnes Long Time ***** Friend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,375 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	See post #4 in this thread: http://driverheaven.net/showthread.p...455#post631455 __________________ May a song always touch you in a positive way. SONAR X1D Expanded, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, MOTU UltraLite MK3, 150 GB HDD, 250 GB HDD, 1 TB x2 HDD 7200 rpm My Music Production: Top 40, Contemporary Christian, Pop/Rock, Decent Rap, Inspirationals, and Children Songs

Jun 28, 2005, 06:14 AM	#3
HeartBurnKid DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I've got my own problems using the kx drivers in San Andreas--everything seems to work fine except the radio stations. Either I get a loop of the radio-station-changing-static, or no radio sound at all. The official Creative driver kept cutting out dialog and sound effects; am I doomed to live without one or the other?

Jun 28, 2005, 09:05 AM	#4
JohnMcClane DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 146 Rep Power: 0	creative's drivers don't cut anything out. it's a problem with eax effects - if you use eax effects like advanced equalizer, click on sourceinfo and set the amount of original sound to 100%, this is set to 0% default that's why you don't hear some sounds. alternatively you could also disable eax effects and with kx: i experienced the same things, there's nothing you can change in drivers or dsp to solve that. i guess direct sound implementation is just buggy.

Jun 28, 2005, 09:51 AM	#5
zEnder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	that is a known problem with GTA, just check the forums on planetgta.com. the workaround is to go to sound settings and turn hardware acceleration to normal when you want to play. (and switch it back afterwards) and rockstar is already working on a patch. So no KX problem

Jul 21, 2005, 01:47 AM	#6
cstbr DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problems. Some sounds are like a popcorn in GTA.