BF2S Forums New Xfi Drivers !!

I dont care about the xfi making my game sound any better, how about creating some software that better utilizes this useless ass X RAM on the xfi fatality fps I bought, or how about the fact that mid game I alt tab out of bf2 to change my audio mode on my card from entertainment to gaming or vice versa to get an error saying the card is already in use and cannot change its settings to refresh the hardware.

EVERYTIME I WANT TO USE VOIP IN A SERVER GODAMNIT!

137[CSi] wrote:

I dont care about the xfi making my game sound any better, how about creating some software that better utilizes this useless ass X RAM on the xfi fatality fps I bought, or how about the fact that mid game I alt tab out of bf2 to change my audio mode on my card from entertainment to gaming or vice versa to get an error saying the card is already in use and cannot change its settings to refresh the hardware.

EVERYTIME I WANT TO USE VOIP IN A SERVER GODAMNIT!

it won't do it when you tab, because if you'd RTFM (read the fucking manual) it says... if you have any applications open that use the soundcard.. it WILL NOT let you change the mode, and if it does, the liklihood of it fucking up are about 9 in 10... hence why it won't let you in the first place

137[CSi] wrote:

error saying the card is already in use and cannot change its settings to refresh the hardware.

this might be giving you a clue about that...

cheers for teh karma for the x-fi tip, that said re-open your bf2 and check the logo.. i bet the HD disapears...

Last edited by SuB (2006-06-03 10:52:32)

[quote without the key cba :]or how about the fact that mid game I alt tab out of bf2 to change my audio mode on my card from entertainment to gaming or vice versa to get an error saying the card is already in use[end quote without paste cuz i cba]

this is the part you seem to be falling down on,
you CANNOT tab out and change the mode,
i READ the post, and basically got out of it.. that you tried to tab out to change audio mode, only to be told you couldn't and that it went back.. which is exactly what reading the mother fucking manual would tell you will happen

i don't give a shit how long you've been working with computers for, the post you put basically implied you fucked up, not creative..
and if you were 14 when you started? lol
do i care? no.. is it relative? no... i'm not making it personal, RTFM is a JOKE often used when something FUCKS UP! because no-one ever reads manuals anymore.. i can't remember the lastime i picked one up let alone read it
obviously something you didn't pick up since you were 14

Last edited by SuB (2006-06-03 12:47:02)

fierce wrote:

SuB wrote:

cheers for teh karma for the x-fi tip, that said re-open your bf2 and check the logo.. i bet the HD disapears...

Yes, the enhanced HD Logo disappers. The new drivers do nothing except making my BF2 even more unstable.

yea, me too

sucks.. but at least some other stuff sounds better.. i wish they'd figure out how they want to setup the bass.. each release makes the bass setup sound different and in need of retweaking from previous settings

this is the part you seem to be falling down on,you CANNOT tab out and change the mode

I know that. This has been a re occuring problem since I've had an Xfi, and it seems to be something fraps contributes to as well if you have it set to record audio.

What I initially said is in a server about 20 minutes into it my audio works fine and then all of a sudden the card will not pick up sound from my microphone anymore. In order for it to pick up the microphone again I have to refresh the HARDWARE (or exit bf2 and rejoin the server to have it die 20 minutes after that), the fastest way of doing this besides disabling and enabling the device in the control panel for windows is to click on the creative sound management icon on your task bar, select crative mode switcher while I am still in the game and try to switch it to another mode. Because the card is in use it will try to stop processing the audio for bf2, fail switching modes because it is doing exactly that (processing the audio for bf2) and it will reload its original sound mode profile.

Thus I alt tab back into bf2 and viola my microphone works again.

I really hope I cleared it up for you this time.

i don't give a shit how long you've been working with computers for, the post you put basically implied you fucked up, not creative..

No. Again you seem to be reading too fast for your brain to comprehend what was initially posted, but fighting over it at this point has no point.

RTFM is a JOKE often used when something FUCKS UP!

Well be it you're a genious I suggest you take some psychology on the side of whatever your courses currently are. Because you mis interpreted what I wrote, tried to tell me I fucked up in a condecending manner and trying to ease your way out of the responsibilities of your words by calling it a "joke"

I am not here in this thread to swing my dick about stats in bf2, but to simply say the creative Xfi is nothing more than a soundblaster Audigy 4 with ram on it and proper 24bit audio encryption/decryption.

So be careful next time you hop in a tech thread to downplay someones opinion on a product they own especially if you have not experienced this problem your self so it must be the users fault its fucked up.