Kristijonas on 28/11/2017 at 21:36
Hello, I'm playing Thief gold with the latest unofficial patch and I'm experiencing weird issue: in some places there are strange sounds (from crackling and clicking to siren-like) that shouldn't be there.
I have tried EAX on and off but it didn't help.
My sound card is audigy 2 zs platinum pro (10+ years old sound card) on Windows 10.
No issues whatsoever in other games.
anyone experienced something similar?
also, how can I enable Aureal A3D sound in Thief 1 ? I remember enabling it in Thief 2 but same technique doesn't work in Thief 1 or at least I'm not hearing any difference. I tried enabling it by installing A3D-live.exe and openal and then running game sound through hardware Openal, with EAX off, which should enable A3D. But really doesn't sound as it should. Please share your experience!!!
Constance on 30/11/2017 at 07:12
Hi there ^^
Well that sounds like a weird issue indeed :p
Are you sure those aren't sounds related to various events that Windows or hardware monitoring programs detect (like, the alarm might be due to some component reaching a rather high temperature while gaming)?
Can you perhaps record a video of a playing session where that happens and post a link to it?
Kristijonas on 30/11/2017 at 14:40
Thanks for the reply! Yes I'm sure those sounds are from the game because like I said they are positional - when I move camera around, they are heard in different sides. They are also louder/weaker depending on my distance to them I think.
I tried recording with Fraps but it had no sound.
I tried recording with Wondershare Filmora, but it somehow didn't register the game, as in, it showed the desktop when I was in game.
Any other ways I could record the sound ? Perhaps some easy lightweight sound recording software?
voodoo47 on 30/11/2017 at 15:01
make sure no enhancements are enabled on your dedicated sound card.
Child Of Karras on 1/12/2017 at 12:17
I think with FRAPS you should set the audio recording mode to WDM and select "What You Hear" as the source. The Audigy 2 doesn't really have WASAPI drivers.
Unna Oertdottir on 1/12/2017 at 13:07
Quote Posted by Kristijonas
Perhaps some easy lightweight sound recording software?
Audacity can record speaker output. There are some tutorials how to this.
Yandros on 2/12/2017 at 00:15
In Audacity, you set the recording source to "Stereo Mix" and it will record whatever is being played through the speakers.
Kristijonas on 3/12/2017 at 00:58
I tried everything - recording sound when OpenAl is selected as hardware acceleration - no sound is recorded. Sound is recorded when I set OpenAl off in the game.
The sound issues I have are only present with OpenAl in the game so I can't even show you the problem :( Wish I had a smartphone to film the issue with lol
Child Of Karras on 6/12/2017 at 12:42
Using ALchemy + EAX isn't an option? I mean it should basically do the same but might be less buggy.
Also, if Audacity supports ASIO you can capture the output there too. Inputs 3+4 are the front L and R outputs IIRC.
