Openal with music support. why isnt it enabled ?
Hi!
with my creative x-fi soundcard using openal in doomsday really makes the sound sooo mutch better than fmod or directsound. i use win7 64bit btw and even creatives alchemy for restoring directsound doesnt sound any good.
My guess is that openal enables surround sound in doomsday witch sound alot better to me anyway. Problem though is that music isnt working when using openal. I searched the forums breifly and found something relating to using differnt sound plugins for music and sound. one for sound (that being openal) and another to enable midi music (or external soundtrack)
I find it strange that this bug? or shortcomming is still in the engine because openal to me is pretty awsome at times. Is openal a dying audio driver ? is that why this music issue hasnt been fixed?
Anyone care to shed some light on this? maybe help me so i can use openal for sound and some other driver for music ?
Btw if your soundcard supports openal then you really should try for example the first level in hexen and hear the differnce in sound quality and immersion i get when the thunder and wind plays up its so mutch crisper. its a big differnce for me comparing it to fmod or directsound.
I use a big hifi speaker setup connected to the pc so i really can hear the difference.
with my creative x-fi soundcard using openal in doomsday really makes the sound sooo mutch better than fmod or directsound. i use win7 64bit btw and even creatives alchemy for restoring directsound doesnt sound any good.
My guess is that openal enables surround sound in doomsday witch sound alot better to me anyway. Problem though is that music isnt working when using openal. I searched the forums breifly and found something relating to using differnt sound plugins for music and sound. one for sound (that being openal) and another to enable midi music (or external soundtrack)
I find it strange that this bug? or shortcomming is still in the engine because openal to me is pretty awsome at times. Is openal a dying audio driver ? is that why this music issue hasnt been fixed?
Anyone care to shed some light on this? maybe help me so i can use openal for sound and some other driver for music ?
Btw if your soundcard supports openal then you really should try for example the first level in hexen and hear the differnce in sound quality and immersion i get when the thunder and wind plays up its so mutch crisper. its a big differnce for me comparing it to fmod or directsound.
I use a big hifi speaker setup connected to the pc so i really can hear the difference.