Does X3TC support surround sound? I have 4 speakers, 2 front, 2 rear.
Sound card is Asus Xonar DX7.1 PCIe, tried all the usual like testing all 4 speakers are active, but sound only comes out of front speakers.
Does X3TC support surround sound? Asus XonarDX7.1
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Yes X3TC supports DirectSound surroundsound (the preferred sound standard for Windows XP, ie when the X3 engine was designed).
Unfortunately every Windows OS since (Vista to Win10) supports a different sound standard of OpenAL and not DirectSound. Hence 5.1 and 7.1 speaker layout performance with these OSs can be problematic in X3 games.
I find for X3 the best speaker layout to set in the sound control panel is quadraphonic with the fill-speaker option if you have it.
Unfortunately ASUS Xonar does not have a good performance record with X games and one thing you *must* do is ensure that the Xonar version of EAX called GX is NOT enabled.
Have a look through this sticky for more relevant information.
Unfortunately every Windows OS since (Vista to Win10) supports a different sound standard of OpenAL and not DirectSound. Hence 5.1 and 7.1 speaker layout performance with these OSs can be problematic in X3 games.
I find for X3 the best speaker layout to set in the sound control panel is quadraphonic with the fill-speaker option if you have it.
Unfortunately ASUS Xonar does not have a good performance record with X games and one thing you *must* do is ensure that the Xonar version of EAX called GX is NOT enabled.
Have a look through this sticky for more relevant information.
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