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EAX/A3D sound for EQ on Windows 10?
I've been messing around with various ways to restore the classic EAX sound effects for Everquest on Windows 10, but I feel like I can't really tell if it is working or not. It's just been too long, been 20 years or so since I last played EQ on my old Dell Dimension XPS T450 system with a Aureal A3D soundcard.
I do remember it sounding different though, especially in Neriak near the waterfall. I also worry that my Corsair Void Pro headset might be messing with my results, even with the Dolby Headphone stuff turned off. I followed this guide using DSOAL and the A3D 1.0 wrapper. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...I-gVTpyhc/edit I do get the following in my dsound.log: ------------- IndirectSound was loaded dynamically by a call to LoadLibrary() The IndirectSound library being loaded is located at J:\P19992019\EverQuest\dsound.dll Version -- 0.20 The process loading IndirectSound is located at J:\P19992019\EverQuest\eqgame.exe File version info doesn't exist IndirectSound is being unloaded because the process is terminating ------------- Has anyone else tried something along these lines or had better luck? P.S. On a loosely related note, I did do the process described here for MIDI stuff and sounds, and it is way better: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=81207 Also: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...7&postcount=30
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Ogre Champion Soldier of Rallos Zek <The Second Sons> (former member of <Vesica Dei>, <Evoluxa>) Green Server: Khargulkaronarr - Troll Shadowknight of Cazic Thule - <Venerate>, Mordwin - Human Paladin of Erollisi Marr - <Venerate>, Konquest Unrivaled - Barbarian Warrior of Rallos Zek - <Venerate> (Once Upon a Time: Alarik of the Brell Serilis server) | ||
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Ignore this, topic interests me.
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*Imo these things stopped being relevant when the hardware faded into near obscurity. Easier to make multi-platform titles for the console when they don't need discrete sound options. I usually get blown outta the water by tech guys telling me these things are not needed, you never really hear about sound or sound advancements anymore though. I do hear that things are "good enough". It's not as exciting. Creative sued their only real competition out of business then faded away post Xbox, final nail in the coffin with Windows Vista. "Computer soundcards are just reverb, we have real sound integration now" It's not wrong to like computer things, about computers, in the computer world. The 2010s were really boring when it came to computer tech excitement. I had one build for the whole decade and I am still using it. Edit: Using a Gigabyte Z97N ITX board with built in Soundblaster. | |||
Last edited by Mblake81; 02-03-2020 at 09:13 AM..
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I actually played around with this some more and kinda figured it out.
There is a significant improvement playing EQ with the EAX and A3D effects enabled. It turns out it is somewhat hardware dependent, and my theory on my Corsair Void Pro headset messing things up was correct, as it isn't EAX and A3D compliant by itself. I plugged in my old Sound Blaster Live 24-bit USB External with some average stereo headphones and it was night and day. Additionally, with 3D Sound Back from Realtek (https://www.guru3d.com/files-details...ck-beta-1.html), Creative ALchemy, or the DSOAL above, you can have this effect on any Creative, ASUS, or Realtek audio hardware and hear EQ the way it was meant to be (or as close to it as we are going to get). If you want to go further for other titles (as the Realtek solutions only go up to EAX2, which is fine for EQ), there are modded drivers that give Creative Soundblaster functions to most Realtek HD Audio chipsets, but that's a whole other beast to slay. But yeah, so far it sounds pretty rad. P.S. I even messed around with the BassMIDI fork Omni MIDI versus the solutions in the MIDI thread with some significant improvements: https://github.com/KeppySoftware/OmniMIDI/releases
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Ogre Champion Soldier of Rallos Zek <The Second Sons> (former member of <Vesica Dei>, <Evoluxa>) Green Server: Khargulkaronarr - Troll Shadowknight of Cazic Thule - <Venerate>, Mordwin - Human Paladin of Erollisi Marr - <Venerate>, Konquest Unrivaled - Barbarian Warrior of Rallos Zek - <Venerate> (Once Upon a Time: Alarik of the Brell Serilis server) | ||
Last edited by Thulghor; 02-04-2020 at 04:35 PM..
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Using a combination of the steps outlined above, OMNI Midi, along with the MIDI files and synthfonts from here:
https://sites.google.com/site/everqu...est-midi-files I am pretty happy with the results so far. It does get mixed up if you try to run it through a "upmixer" like Dolby Atmos headphones, windows sonic for headphones, or Creative CMSS, but even then it isn't bad. EDIT: Be sure to follow the steps in Getting Started on here and remove the appropriate MP3 files for combat music, eqtheme, etc...
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Ogre Champion Soldier of Rallos Zek <The Second Sons> (former member of <Vesica Dei>, <Evoluxa>) Green Server: Khargulkaronarr - Troll Shadowknight of Cazic Thule - <Venerate>, Mordwin - Human Paladin of Erollisi Marr - <Venerate>, Konquest Unrivaled - Barbarian Warrior of Rallos Zek - <Venerate> (Once Upon a Time: Alarik of the Brell Serilis server) | ||
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Last edited by Mblake81; 02-05-2020 at 09:27 AM..
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Good stuff Thulghor.
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