Hello,
what can I dow when I have massive FPS slowdowns in ioQ3 when Surround Sound (5.1) is enabled – the more enemies I hear the more slowdown I have (20-30 FPS). In default Q3 I have continuous 125 FPS. My sound card is the one that was delivered with this headset: http://en-de.sennheiser.com/gaming-headset-pc-363d
Are you running a test build?
I use the version from here: http://ioquake3.org/get-it/
“Engine Download for Windows”
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“Data Installer Download the data installer for Windows”
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Please upgrade to [a test build][1].
It may help resolve the issue.
[1]: http://ioquake3.org/get-it/angst-builds/
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Ok, will try it now.
Just tested the test build: I have absolutely no surround sound with it…
Sounds like you don’t have OpenAL
Download here:
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-soft-1.16.0-bin.zip
Copy the the soft_oal.dll file inside the bin folder for your platform into the folder where ioquake3 is installed.
Then rename the file to OpenAL32.dll
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YEAH, it works! THX!
I have one more question: Is it possible to change the spread (not sure if it’s the right word) of the surround sound?; my English is not very good; what I mean is f.e. that when I hear something right in front of me it sounds too much on the right…
Edit: Probably it’s because I have cg_fov 120 (default is 102)…