The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken...

Anarchy101 · 05-05-2008, 11:50 AM

The game runs fine, my computer has no trouble handling it. I have a 9800 gx2...so no problems there.

5 months ago when I played the demo. The sound was fine, no problems at all.

Now, the game is unplayable. The sound will start stuttering and crackling the second I load the game up every time.

This bug doesn't just affect sound, it kills the frame rate also. As soon as the sound starts crackling/stuttering, the frame rate drops to about 10FPS, then back up to 35 or so, and it's constant.

I've searched the internet over and over for a fix and there isn't one.

The only thing i've found is that alot of people seem to fix it by using onboard sound. It seems to be a problem directly related to creative.

The only thing i've changed in the last 5 months is added a new video card and updated to Vista service pack 1.

Since it's a sound problem I highly doubt it has anything to do with my video card. So i'm blaming it on OpenAL and vista SP1.

Unplugging the speakers doesn't even work becaues the game is technically still using it's sound engine, therefore the frame rate still drops which doesn't help me at all.

And i'm not resorting to using onboard sound with ONE game when I have an $80 sound card.

Can anyone help me out of this nightmare? I would like to play this game at some point.... :(

**pharoah** · 05-05-2008, 01:00 PM

alot of people have been having that problem with the xfi card.i dont know right off if there is a fix but i will look around a bit.

Anarchy101 · 05-05-2008, 01:45 PM

The problem seems to be one of, if not a combo of these three things.

Windows Vista

Service Pack 1

Creative sound cards

Then again, doesn't every PC game have issues with those 3 things lately?

**pharoah** · 05-06-2008, 11:18 AM

lol probably true

being that creative and daniel k made up.have you tried the third party drivers for your soundcard?you can find them here

Anarchy101 · 05-06-2008, 11:51 AM

I was looking around the net for the daniel_k drivers but I could only find the audigy versions..

I can't tell which file in that link I need lol...

**pharoah** · 05-06-2008, 12:30 PM

you got the x-fi right?take notice they are marked parts 1 and 2.

http://files.filefront.com/SB+XFi+XP.../fileinfo.html

http://files.filefront.com/SB+XFi+XP.../fileinfo.html

05-05-2008, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anarchy101 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: None of your business Posts: 131 OS: Vista 64 bit	The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... The game runs fine, my computer has no trouble handling it. I have a 9800 gx2...so no problems there. 5 months ago when I played the demo. The sound was fine, no problems at all. Now, the game is unplayable. The sound will start stuttering and crackling the second I load the game up every time. This bug doesn't just affect sound, it kills the frame rate also. As soon as the sound starts crackling/stuttering, the frame rate drops to about 10FPS, then back up to 35 or so, and it's constant. I've searched the internet over and over for a fix and there isn't one. The only thing i've found is that alot of people seem to fix it by using onboard sound. It seems to be a problem directly related to creative. The only thing i've changed in the last 5 months is added a new video card and updated to Vista service pack 1. Since it's a sound problem I highly doubt it has anything to do with my video card. So i'm blaming it on OpenAL and vista SP1. Unplugging the speakers doesn't even work becaues the game is technically still using it's sound engine, therefore the frame rate still drops which doesn't help me at all. And i'm not resorting to using onboard sound with ONE game when I have an $80 sound card. Can anyone help me out of this nightmare? I would like to play this game at some point.... :( __________________ Intel Core2 Duo e6750 conroe@ 2.6ghz - BFGtech Geforce 9800 GX2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 - Asus P5N-E 650i SLi mobo - Antec Neo Power Blue 650w - Sound Blaster X-fi Xtreme gamer - 2x 160GB Western Digital IDE HDD. Don't ask me if I have the latest drivers when you already know the answer :P

05-05-2008, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... alot of people have been having that problem with the xfi card.i dont know right off if there is a fix but i will look around a bit. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

05-05-2008, 01:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anarchy101 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: None of your business Posts: 131 OS: Vista 64 bit	Re: The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... The problem seems to be one of, if not a combo of these three things. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Creative sound cards Then again, doesn't every PC game have issues with those 3 things lately? __________________ Intel Core2 Duo e6750 conroe@ 2.6ghz - BFGtech Geforce 9800 GX2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 - Asus P5N-E 650i SLi mobo - Antec Neo Power Blue 650w - Sound Blaster X-fi Xtreme gamer - 2x 160GB Western Digital IDE HDD. Don't ask me if I have the latest drivers when you already know the answer :P

05-06-2008, 11:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... lol probably truebeing that creative and daniel k made up.have you tried the third party drivers for your soundcard?you can find them here __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015 Last edited by pharoah; 05-06-2008 at 11:20 AM.

05-06-2008, 11:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Anarchy101 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: None of your business Posts: 131 OS: Vista 64 bit	Re: The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... I was looking around the net for the daniel_k drivers but I could only find the audigy versions.. I can't tell which file in that link I need lol... __________________ Intel Core2 Duo e6750 conroe@ 2.6ghz - BFGtech Geforce 9800 GX2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 - Asus P5N-E 650i SLi mobo - Antec Neo Power Blue 650w - Sound Blaster X-fi Xtreme gamer - 2x 160GB Western Digital IDE HDD. Don't ask me if I have the latest drivers when you already know the answer :P Last edited by Anarchy101; 05-06-2008 at 11:53 AM.

05-06-2008, 12:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: The sound engine in Crysis is STILL broken... you got the x-fi right?take notice they are marked parts 1 and 2. http://files.filefront.com/SB+XFi+XP.../fileinfo.html http://files.filefront.com/SB+XFi+XP.../fileinfo.html __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015