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EAX is only supported on Creative Cards, but TDM missions do not yet support any environmental audio.

 

Long story short...it's a known issue that it doesn't work. :) We hope to have the open source EFX implemented in the not too distant future, so that ALL players can enjoy environmental audio...not just creative card users.

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if you have a creative card with EAX turned on in the dark mod, then the game pauses everytime you go through a visportal as the driver reloads all the sounds, this is a problem with the drivers for the creative card and not the game, and if you are using a old version of windows, like xp you can get a BSOD when it happens too often, windows 7 just reports a problem and closes thedarkmod.exe file. Visportals are usually at every door.

 

You can turn off EAX in TDM settings.

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if you have a creative card with EAX turned on in the dark mod, then the game pauses everytime you go through a visportal as the driver reloads all the sounds, this is a problem with the drivers for the creative card and not the game, and if you are using a old version of windows, like xp you can get a BSOD when it happens too often, windows 7 just reports a problem and closes thedarkmod.exe file. Visportals are usually at every door.

 

You can turn off EAX in TDM settings.

 

I know. But the first time I installed TDM years ago, it takes some time for me locating the bug, because if there`s an option which fits to my hardware I enable it. Why shouldn`t I?

And so I enabled all the stuff including EAX 4.0. And after I disabled feature by feature I get it that the EAX is the source of error.

Even if there are some people who can leave the option enabled [ strange enough ], the precentage of gamers, who stepped into the bug will be 95%+.

Sooner or later the option mask has to be renewed eanyway, when EFX is the soundstandard in TDM. So wiping out the EAX-option is kind of mandatory.

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