Deus Ex sound problems

Jashin on 29/12/2005 at 16:35

Do this: Change your rendering device from dx3d to software, and then back. You'll have to do this everytime you play. The option is under display.

I have the same problems on my Acer (game runs too fast, sound), doing the above fixes it.

Gray on 30/12/2005 at 01:39

That sounds outlandishly insane, but given that A) it's a laptop, and B) it's an Acer, you may very well have a point. I'll just have to reinstall the damned thing again to try it out. Thanks for pointing it out, I'd never have guessed to try that in a million years.

I'll report back.

Jashin on 31/12/2005 at 00:19

What's with the rationalizing? No wonder you haven't been able to play the game yet.

Just do it :joke: It worked for me, it'll probably work for you.

The Brain on 31/12/2005 at 13:39

Gray:

As you probably know that Deus Ex's game engine is based on modified Unreal Tournament '99 engine and using that as an clue I did following Google search: (http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&hs=oT0&safe=off&client=opera&rls=fi&q=unreal+tournament+distorted+sound&spell=1) unreal tournament distorted sound.

And fourth search result gives this page : (http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/UT_Troubleshooting_FAQ) UnrealWiki: UT Troubleshooting FAQ

If changing latency won't solve distorted sound problem, you can try chance UseDirectSound=True to UseDirectSound=False.

Gray on 31/12/2005 at 22:33

I was not aware of that, mainly since I haven't played Unreal. But it does open up a whole new set of Googlisms I hadn't previousy thought of.

ralentor on 9/1/2006 at 21:03

Make sure vsync is on. I've heard several people say that doing this solves the problem with conversations getting chopped off.

Davidw5748 on 10/2/2008 at 04:02

At least, it works for me. I was having the same problem (windows vista laptop, nvidia video card, no idea what sound card). So, now, every time I open Deus Ex, I tell it to change renderers. Then, on the list of renderers (the whole list, not just the "Compatible" list), I choose OpenGL. The game boots (this is a fast booting program anyway), and the sound works just fine.
Hope this helps, don't really care if it doesn't. Have fun.

EvaUnit02 on 11/2/2008 at 15:24

(http://cwdohnal.home.mindspring.com/utglr/) Use the Deus Ex enhanced OpenGL renderer. It has a v-sync parameter, also the best image quality possible with DX1.

Kalorus on 13/9/2008 at 17:51

Hey! I found another fix for this, for people with a dual-core processor.

If the other methods discussed fail to fix the error or exacerbate the issue (i had to reinstall the game due to the default settings getting even more messed up) then try going to task manage, right clicking Deus Ex and then click "set affinity". Setting the game to only use one cpu seemed to fix the issue.

Mixtlupus on 6/2/2010 at 20:22

I'm using Windows 7 and using a Sound Blaster and this worked for me:

Open your DuesEx folder, go in to system and open "deusex.ini"

Find the section that says: [Galaxy.GalaxyAudioSubsystem]

In that section their will be a line that says "Latency=40"
Change it to read "Latency=60"

Close the file (saying yes to save)

Restart DeusEx and the sound works fine :)