SOUNDCARD error in Vice City?

tek · May 16, 2003, 05:58 PM

Wow... amazing, another error in Vice City!!!!

Okay.. when I go into Vice City options > Audio options, it says for my soundcard: Creative Labs EAX.. eh? I removed that card from my computer weeks ago (before I installed Vice City) and it uses it as a default card? But.. I uninstalled all the drivers for that SBLive 5.1 and removed its things from Hardware Manager, and now I'm using the sound card on my mobo (Soundstorm). What do ya think is wrong? Do I have some leftover crap for that SBLive5.1 in my comp? How do I make Soundstorm my default card in Vice City (oh yeah... the nvidia SoundStorm is my default card in Control Panel > Sound Devices, default card in every option possible... damn vice city!

Dom · May 16, 2003, 06:03 PM

Highlight the row that it says that in, use the scroll up/down button on your mouse or the left/right buttons on your keyboard to select 'detect hardware' and press enter.

tek · May 16, 2003, 06:05 PM

Tried that.. and it detects the Creative EAX thing... I'm now using the DSound3D thingie.. and it works, but low quality.. and could be my problem with the textures problem I'm having.. I just did what digital said to do (erase those files and reinsttall new drivers) but that didnt fix anything... so I guess I gotta try fixing this first to see if it does anything.

Dom · May 16, 2003, 06:10 PM

The EAX thing is a driver that is emulating the sound between your card and the game, if it keeps selecting that as default than thats what you are supposed to use. It shouldn't be causing any problem and I imagine it isn't so just leave it.

tek · May 16, 2003, 06:17 PM

Yeah it is, when its selected.. and I hover over the menus I hear no sound, and when I'm in game.. also no sound, then when I change to Dsound3d hardware thingie.. I hear sound when I hover over menus and I hear sound in game.. so

Dom · May 16, 2003, 06:22 PM

So, you tried every option, right?

tek · May 16, 2003, 07:09 PM

Yes.. ?

May 16, 2003, 05:58 PM	#1
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	SOUNDCARD error in Vice City? Wow... amazing, another error in Vice City!!!! Okay.. when I go into Vice City options > Audio options, it says for my soundcard: Creative Labs EAX.. eh? I removed that card from my computer weeks ago (before I installed Vice City) and it uses it as a default card? But.. I uninstalled all the drivers for that SBLive 5.1 and removed its things from Hardware Manager, and now I'm using the sound card on my mobo (Soundstorm). What do ya think is wrong? Do I have some leftover crap for that SBLive5.1 in my comp? How do I make Soundstorm my default card in Vice City (oh yeah... the nvidia SoundStorm is my default card in Control Panel > Sound Devices, default card in every option possible... damn vice city! __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 16, 2003, 06:05 PM	Thread Starter #3
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Tried that.. and it detects the Creative EAX thing... I'm now using the DSound3D thingie.. and it works, but low quality.. and could be my problem with the textures problem I'm having.. I just did what digital said to do (erase those files and reinsttall new drivers) but that didnt fix anything... so I guess I gotta try fixing this first to see if it does anything. __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 16, 2003, 06:17 PM	Thread Starter #5
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Yeah it is, when its selected.. and I hover over the menus I hear no sound, and when I'm in game.. also no sound, then when I change to Dsound3d hardware thingie.. I hear sound when I hover over menus and I hear sound in game.. so __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 16, 2003, 07:09 PM	Thread Starter #7
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Yes.. ? __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 16, 2003, 06:03 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Highlight the row that it says that in, use the scroll up/down button on your mouse or the left/right buttons on your keyboard to select 'detect hardware' and press enter.

May 16, 2003, 06:10 PM	#4
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	The EAX thing is a driver that is emulating the sound between your card and the game, if it keeps selecting that as default than thats what you are supposed to use. It shouldn't be causing any problem and I imagine it isn't so just leave it.

May 16, 2003, 06:22 PM	#6
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	So, you tried every option, right?