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I cant reply to the other thread coz its closed,

My point was to get the old players who are on win7 and dont like the sound back.
i read that even  big_sergio didnt want return to aao because of sound at some point and i know few more who dont play aao because no sound.For some ppl aao2 became WIN XP Game


I dont want resolve where the fault is because i dont understand that and its not important i think.

i know that u can get xp sound{atleast little bit} in win7 back by using some alchemy or something.

What we can do to get more ppl back to aao is to atleast make link for win7 users in assit to some fix sound guide.

Of course that they can google it but some dont even get the idea that it can be fixed some are lazy ect.

Please ppl stay on the topic.If u want flame me make new thread pls.ty

If anybody who has 7 and problems with sound, it would be advisable that they try out for themselves to fix it. It's understandable for 7 to have differences because it uses WASAPI primarily, but I do assume the solution is to find good and proper drivers.


I use 7 but do not have sound issues. And I can verify because I can swap back and forth between my laptop with 7 and desktop with XP.

Although the game maybe written in OpenAL, it may also default to DirectSound3D rendering. This happens because the game comes with an OpenAL library into the game directory, which is NOT the true OpenAL32.dll router (the file that will actually enumerate and select the native renderer), but wrap_oal.dll. This file contains the Software emulation and the OALtoDS3D wrapper. Now for compatibility purposes, the developers decided that when you select "hardware" in the game options it links to the OALtoDS3D wrapper and NOT the native renderer (This is a very concervative approach and NOT recommended by the OpenAL comitee themselves).

no. I tried to change a file in the game but it crits. Plus even if i did get it to work assist would delete the file.

i messed with sound in w7 althought it sounded similar i didnt hear as much or as far like in w xp..........

i might be wrong tho

BTW, Utroda, I have the fix and just uploaded the zip file: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22024821/x64.zip   --

Make sure your Creative drivers are already installed:

1. Unzip the file (which is "x64.bat").

2. Put x64.bat into your System32 folder and click it.

3. Restart.

Took a long time to finally find the information to create this .bat file, so be thankful -- like I am.

x64 into system32 - lol