Win 7 Ultimate. No sound hardware accelleration. [Fixed]

Unfortunately, i had no success with Alchemy. I'm using an old Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External Device.
Is there anything i need to change in the Alchemy settings?

Logging Time : 31/3/2020 at 9:20:10

Loaded C:\Infogrames\Grand Prix 4 Mod\dsound.ini

DirectSoundEnumerateA : Failed to initialize Creative ALchemy, falling back to dsound.dll

Using Creative Software 3D Library
Failed to initializeCreative Software 3D Library
DirectSoundCreate8 : Failed to initialize Creative ALchemy, falling back to dsound.dll

The sound-menu stays like that:




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2020 09:23AM by Carl_gpgames.

Hi

I have a similar problem with the GP32K

I found about "Restoring EAX effects on modern operating systems (and non-creative soundcards)"

I don't know if this can help you. I haven't particularly had time to test it yet.


Link: [steamcommunity.com]

Download: [mega.nz] ===>>> "tdm_eax_anycard.zip" 5.730 KB


This is the link to Creative Alchemy with the restriction remover ( Neccessary to register your dsound.dll so DSOAL works properly )

Link to DSOAL: [www.moddb.com]

Download: [www.moddb.com] ===>>> "FONVHRTF.3.zip" 4.962 KB


Read and research before using it. As I said I haven't tested it yet. I don't know if this is what you are looking for.

I hope I can have helped. Otherwise, I'm sorry for the mistake.


Regards

Evandro ( Brazil )

Thank you evroic. I have tried this "cracked" version as well but it did not work for me. Anyways; My current device is obviously not working with Alchemy so i'll probably be buying a new soundcard.

Update:

I actually got it to work with a tweaked version of alchemy (tdm eax anycard), even with using my onboard soundchip only. The solution was not to create a subfolder for the alchemy-files in the gp4 directory (for whatever reason).


You will also have to disable 3d engine sounds in gpxpatch, because now GP4 calculates the 3D-sounds itself:



The only issue i have now is when driving in onboad view the engine sounds swiches from the left to the right speaker and back. This can probably only be solved by using a sound blaster soundcard which is supported by Alchemy.

But in general the sound quality is improved hugely with this tool, especially when driving through monaco tunnel.