A3D with Soundblaster Live! Cards

This is a discussion about A3D with Soundblaster Live! Cards in the Windows Hardware category; Now that the latest version of LiveWare fully supports EAX 3D sound in Windows 2000 you can have 3D sound in Quake3. As you may know, Quake3 only supports 3D sound on Aureal cards but there is a way around this.

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Now that the latest version of LiveWare fully supports EAX 3D sound in Windows 2000 you can have 3D sound in Quake3 .
 
As you may know, Quake3 only supports 3D sound on Aureal cards but there is a way around this. Aureal created a wrapper for non-A3D cards that uses DirectSound for its 3D effects.
 
This is supposed to work on any soundcard but there are only a few that have been tested. Here is a list of the working ones: http://downloads.aureal.com/pub/Public/Drivers/A3D/readmea2d.txt
 
Here is the place to download the drivers: http://downloads.aureal.com/pub/Public/Drivers/A3D/a2ddrivers.exe
 
Jason A.
 
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[This message has been edited by jra101 (edited 25 March 2000).]

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I wouldn't worry about this too much. Aureal might cease to exist soon; I assume the guys at id might feel a bit pressured to add EAX.
 
I can't say I am a fan of Aureal, but this is a crummy situation for the several million owners of Aureal hardware.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000324/ca_aureal__1.html
 
Am I also the only one that sees the humor in that press release?
 
Here is the line..
"to either sell the Company or its assets or wind down the Company."
 
Next line.. (standard boilerplate text)
"Aureal is a leading provider of advanced audio solutions for the computer"
 
And exactly what pack are they leading?
 
[This message has been edited by DrSchmoe (edited 26 March 2000).]