How does Battlefield 2 not support surround sound?

[youppi]

halflife 2 supports it, doom3 supports it. how come not bf2? dont you think it would be awesome hearing a plane zoom by or a missile going right passed your head?

 

[viivo]

What audio setup are you using? I am getting true surround ingame with a 5.1 HT system.

 

[youppi]

i dont think so? i have z 560's 4 speakers. theres no options in game either.

 

[TGS]

It's in the audio options, software/hardware (EAX)/Hardware (EAX something else).

Strangely enough it doesn't sound as clear as DC on hardware.

 

[Funkertosh]

I have a 5.1 setup and I'm getting surround. Saved me from getting run over more than once!

 

[Auric]

BF2 uses OpenAl. I don't think BF1942 did. Hardware mode may require both hardware audio (duh) but also driver support for that hardware. But I notice the EAX option is available even with software mode. However, I would not expect surround with four channels. Positional sound does not require surround so perhaps it would be best to set such a system to two instead.

 

[youppi]

ya. i put on eax with software. nothing is surround.

 

[zerocool84]

i have surround and im SURE it works, it's saved my ass a ton of times, my audio settings are hardware encoding with eax on and i get surround

 

[erorr404]

surround works on mine but enabling EAX causes these constant, non-stop clicking noises in game. is this happening to anyone else with EAX on?

 

[youppi]

maybe it has to be on hardware? i have it on software with eax. i have nvidia soundstorm so thats why i chose software. what do u have?

 

[erorr404]

its hardware on mine. i have a hercules gamesurround fortissimo III 7.1

 

[Auric]

Actually, those Hercules/Crystal cards do not support the hardware option, according to the Readme. Even if it did, it would not have EAX 4 support.

Queer thing is that CMSS-3D is actually supposed to be enabled from the console for Audigy cards -however from the way it is listed seems to imply only the original Audigy not the 2 or 4. I have never heard of a game where that was the case and understood that even if it was enabled (as default) it would not affect games as it would have a negative impact. Many folks figger it has a negative impact on even music and choose to disable it anyway. Perhaps the technology is actually used in BF2 but not exactly in the same way and only the original Audigy drivers require it to be manually enabled in the console.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: erorr404
surround works on mine but enabling EAX causes these constant, non-stop clicking noises in game. is this happening to anyone else with EAX on?

Nope.
I have an Audigy 1 with Logitech z-5300's. (They use analog.)

What are you using?

 

[erorr404]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: erorr404
surround works on mine but enabling EAX causes these constant, non-stop clicking noises in game. is this happening to anyone else with EAX on?

Nope.
I have an Audigy 1 with Logitech z-5300's. (They use analog.)

What are you using?

hercules gamesurround fortissimo III 7.1 sound card and Logitech Z-640 5.1 speakers.

 

[erorr404]

Originally posted by: Auric
Actually, those Hercules/Crystal cards do not support the hardware option, according to the Readme. Even if it did, it would not have EAX 4 support.

would the AC97 sound i have onboard support hardware option and EAX 4?

edit: opps, sorry for double post