X-Fi Doesn't work with Q4

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:06 am

Well, after fighting with this new card all night I can't get it to work with quake 4. Looks like only the beta drivers for the Audigy 2/4 have the proper support for openal for q4 right now, and they don't have those availble for the X-Fi, imagine that. The latest X-Fi compatible drivers appear to be a few versions old and DO NOT WORK. Needless to say, taking the card back tomorrow.

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:11 am

Mine works just fine?
I'm running:
X-Fi series Driver 2.07.0004 - 15 Nov 05

How is yours not working? Lock ups?, buggy sounds?

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:44 am

Ya that's the driver I was using. When I load q4 and go to sound settings it says "your sound card does not support openal audio" And it puts it on default. Then when I play, I only hear some sounds, such as explosions of rockets , but I don't hear myself moving, jumping, or weapon firing sounds.

Well I suppose the problem could be the version of windows I'm running, which is media center 2005. But supposedly it is xp sp2 with a few extras so it doesn't make sense that it would mess it up.

Post by **Psyche911** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:57 am

Let me guess. You're running an nForce 4 chipset. Right?

Some nForce 4 mobos and Soundblaster X-Fi cards are incompatible.

Fortunately, you can flash your soundcard with a new firmware to fix the issue.

More info here:
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=406603

That's what you get for buying a Creative product!

I will not support that company with my cash.

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:30 am

I'm running an Asus P4C800 Delux with a 3.0 P4. Don't remember the chipset but it's not NF4

But ya the only real feature that I wanted to keep was the volume leveling, and it looks like that software can be installed (hacked) to work with my Audigy 2 anyway.

Thanks for the reply though I might try that firmware thing just for shits and giggles. And I agree their stuff is pretty flaky and thier software generally blows, but the latest stuff was looking a bit better.

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:58 am

Hmm turns out you have to set the thing to Game mode or it won't work in game. Joy. However I could have sworn I set it to that before, maybe it didn't stick. They really need a hotkey for changing modes, going into the control panel all the time is ridiculous.

Post by **jester!** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:51 pm

I got the betas to install on my Audigy 2 last night, very different game with openAL... :icon28: