Bugged drivers 2.40.0008 Sound Blaster Titanium xfi pcie

Question

Hello guys,
after several attempts i can assume that the new drivers 2.40.0008 for my Titanium xfi pcie cause bugged audio in Broken Sword 5. If i go back to 2.17.0008 everything works fine. My system has win 7 sp1 x64.. i've tried also formatting my pc and the problem is still there! What's the problem with this new 2.40.0008?
I wrote Revolution Software about the bug but they didn't gave me any solution!
The game starts and the audio is ok but every time a dialog begins i've to click mouse button to go on whilest with 2.17.0008 this problem is not present...
Thanks so much

Answer 1

Originally Posted by magg
BS5 use OpenAL driver sound so it's MUST work on U X-Fi.
Install latest OpenAL or use alternative OpenAL driver:
- uninstall OpenAL from 'programs and features' at the control panel;
- download the zip-archive 'openal-soft-1.16.0-bin.zip'
kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-soft-1.16.0-bin.zip
- extract the content of the zip-archive into an empty temporary folder;
- go to the subfolder 'Win32' of that temporary folder;
- rename the file 'soft_oal.dll' to 'openal32.dll';
- copy this file (now named 'openal32.dll') to the subfolder '\steamapps\common\Broken Sword 5' of your Steam Installation folder (the folder where the 'BS5.exe' is);
- go to the subfolder 'Win64' of that temporary folder;
- rename the file 'soft_oal.dll' to 'openal64.dll';
- copy this file (now named 'openal64.dll') to the subfolder '\steamapps\common\Broken Sword 5' of your Steam Installation folder (the folder where the 'BS5.exe' is);
- start the game.
magg
UAU thanks so much....
i spent my entire afternoon trying different solutions to replace OpenAl drivers....I tried to intall the one from previous drivers (2.17.0008) but it didn't work (so i assume that the incompatibility is with the new drivers 2.40.0008 because openal drivers are the same 2.1.0.0 in both packages).
I wanted to replace the drivers in windows/system32 dir and after several attempts i used the drivers you suggested me and follow this guide:
Windows instructions:
System wide:
For windows, your alsoft.ini is %AppData%\alsoft.ini. Edit this file (or create it) and add:
hrtf = true
Chances are however, your OpenAL is slightly out of date. No worries though, easy to add in.
Download and unzip this file.
On 32-bit Windows: Copy Win32/soft_oal.dll over C:\Windows\System32\OpenAL32.dll
On 64-bit Windows: Copy Win64/soft_oal.dll over C:\Windows\System32\OpenAL32.dll (Yes I know. The naming was their idea, but it really is the 64-bit dll). Then copy Win32/soft_oal.dll over C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OpenAL32.dll (That's the 32-bit one. Confusing enough yet?)
I still don't find alsoft.ini file and i don't understand where to create it but nevermind....each game (BS5 retail and Book of unwritten tales) runs perfect now!!
Thank you very very much magg