[SoulFlight]

I currently try to use Il2's EAX sound support on a Creative X-fi extreme using Alchemy on Win7 64bit. It seems to work fine but there is a strange and disturbing sound effect on under 500m altitude. All sounds are played as if hearing them very loud inside of a bathroom, even if the emitting object is around 2 km away.

So, is EAX worth the troubleshooting and have I overlooked something important here? thx

Code:

[sound]
SoundUse=1
SoundEngine=1
Speakers=2
Placement=3
SoundFlags.reversestereo=0
RadioFlags.Enabled=1
RadioEngine=2
MusicVolume=8
ObjectVolume=14
MusState.takeoff=1
MusState.inflight=1
MusState.crash=1
MusFlags.play=0
MasterVolume=14
Attenuation=7
SoundMode=2
SamplingRate=2
NumChannels=2
SoundExt.occlusions=1
SoundFlags.hardware=1
SoundFlags.streams=0
SoundFlags.duplex=1
SoundExt.acoustics=1
SoundExt.volumefx=1
SoundFlags.voicemgr=0
SoundFlags.static=1
VoiceVolume=12
Channels=2
SoundExt.extrender=1
SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0
SoundSetupId=8
ActivationLevel=0.02
Preemphasis=0.85
RadioLatency=0.5
AGC=1
PTTMode=1
SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=0
SoundFlags.AutoActivation=0
RadioFlags.PTTMode=0
RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0
ActLevel=0
MicLevel=0
SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0

[bomberkiller]

Hi SoulFlight,

my card is a "Creative X-Fi Titanium" and all is right.

Please try to set in the Creative Driver "System Control" (don't know the name right in the english driver version)...:

EAX : max +2dB

X-Fi Crystalizer max: 66%

Regards, Gerhard

[SoulFlight]

Thanks for your reply, but somehow I don't get it right. Setting EAX to max +2dB also activates a preset of selectable rooms and puts an echo effect to all my sounds even outside the game.

[bomberkiller]

should it be a feetback-problem?

For example: Soundcart output goes to "Tape-input" in your Amp.

At the Amplifier you have selected "Monitor"...! Or...:

For me (long time ago) the Soundcart was connected with the

3,5" cables to the Amp and connected with the "in/ out" SP/Dif

optical-wires to the Sony DTC 60 ES Dat-Recorder.

The NF-cinch wires was connected from the DAT-Recorder to the Amp.

I had the echoe-feedbacks from the DAT-Recorder over the Amp...

hope it will help you, good luck, Gerhard

(I know, my english is not so good!)

[SoulFlight]

No, the only appears when EAX is switched ON in Sound settings. I think it has something to do with setting up EAXS correctly to work with IL-2, or the EAX provided with IL-2 is somewhat buggy. In-Game, EAX is applied to sounds below some 1000 ft ASL. I understand what they were trying to do but to me it sounds like a bathroom down there...