Battlefield 2: Ultra-high sound quality with an Audigy

Yuriman · 08-13-05, 10:26 PM

Short but sweet:

I have an Audigy1 softmodded to an Audigy4, and was having sound problems. I reinstalled my drivers, and it cleared up, but before I did that I was looking at the battlefield 2 config files to see if it was a BF2 issue.

C:\Documents and Settings\Athlon64\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0001

There you will see Audio.con, open it up with notepad and change [AudioSettings.setSoundQuality "High"] to [AudioSettings.setSoundQuality "ultraHigh"]. I have had no problems with it so far, and it sounds great. It appears you don't need an X-Fi to use it.

Ohh btw, I only just today realized the huge difference between the software and hardware audio settings in BF2.

Jimbob7 · 08-13-05, 11:38 PM

Audigy1 to Audigy4

nice

. I'm guessing then Audigy2 to Audigy4 is also possable? If so do you have a link to a guide? thanks.

Also editing the file is a great find, i wonderd why i couldn't use ultra high, just thought it was because my card was old.

Yuriman · 08-13-05, 11:51 PM

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=78049

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=75905

To sum it up real quick, install the YouPax drivers, then restart. Then, extract the Audigy4 cd and go to Audio/setup and open setup.exe. You should now have sound. Then download A_4Patch and replace spkset.exe and surmixer.exe, which are located somewhere in Program Files/Creative. Then restart. You now have a fully functional, minus the plugs, Audigy4. Sound is the same.

I think it would probably work on nearly any sound card, can others test this? Btw if you are running Software audio... you are definantly missing out on a lot. I guess I could call the sound "pixelated" or "grainy" in software mode.

Kevin007 · 08-13-05, 11:55 PM

thanks for showing us, I really would like to get rid of these Dell speakers.

Jimbob7 · 08-13-05, 11:59 PM

Thanks man, thats a great help

. Yeh i always run hardware mode where posable.

Thanks again.

Yuriman · 08-14-05, 01:59 AM

Hmm, it seems I am missing a few helicopter sounds, but it would be interesting to see if it works ok for everyone else. It happens when a chopper is first taking off, so I think I can deal with it.

Phoenix87 · 08-14-05, 03:10 AM

Hardware doesnt work for me

.

Yuriman · 08-14-05, 03:31 AM

Can you still use Ultra-Quality in software mode?

Jacobman · 08-14-05, 03:33 AM

I did the mod and put that patch on, but my BF2 still has the Ultra High in red. How do i get it to work? I did everything right I think.

Jacobman · 08-14-05, 04:14 AM

I tried putting in ultra high in the audio.con and this is what i got.

08-13-05, 10:26 PM	#1
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	Battlefield 2: Ultra-high sound quality with an Audigy Short but sweet: I have an Audigy1 softmodded to an Audigy4, and was having sound problems. I reinstalled my drivers, and it cleared up, but before I did that I was looking at the battlefield 2 config files to see if it was a BF2 issue. C:\Documents and Settings\Athlon64\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0001 There you will see Audio.con, open it up with notepad and change [AudioSettings.setSoundQuality "High"] to [AudioSettings.setSoundQuality "ultraHigh"]. I have had no problems with it so far, and it sounds great. It appears you don't need an X-Fi to use it. Ohh btw, I only just today realized the huge difference between the software and hardware audio settings in BF2.

08-13-05, 11:38 PM	#2
Jimbob7 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oxford, England	Audigy1 to Audigy4 nice . I'm guessing then Audigy2 to Audigy4 is also possable? If so do you have a link to a guide? thanks. Also editing the file is a great find, i wonderd why i couldn't use ultra high, just thought it was because my card was old. __________________ PM725 1.60GHz @ 2.60GHz, P4C800D, 3850Pro AGP 850/1000, OCZ 3GB Platinum XTC, Windows XP SP3. TDX, Maze4, 120.3, D5, U2-UFO. Dell E248WFP. AMDXP 2200+, 768MB, Gigabyte GA-7VM400M, Archlinux. Dual Pentium III 600MHz, 512MB, Asus P2B-DS, OpenBSD. Last edited by Jimbob7; 08-13-05 at 11:48 PM.

08-13-05, 11:55 PM	#4
Kevin007 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 321 Florida	thanks for showing us, I really would like to get rid of these Dell speakers. __________________ Opteron 165 @ 2.7 Ghz BenQ FP241W DFI Lanparty ultra-d G5 v. 2 mouse z5500 speakers 2 gbs of black mushkin 400w fortron blue storm

08-13-05, 11:59 PM	#5
Jimbob7 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oxford, England	Thanks man, thats a great help . Yeh i always run hardware mode where posable. Thanks again. __________________ PM725 1.60GHz @ 2.60GHz, P4C800D, 3850Pro AGP 850/1000, OCZ 3GB Platinum XTC, Windows XP SP3. TDX, Maze4, 120.3, D5, U2-UFO. Dell E248WFP. AMDXP 2200+, 768MB, Gigabyte GA-7VM400M, Archlinux. Dual Pentium III 600MHz, 512MB, Asus P2B-DS, OpenBSD.

08-14-05, 03:10 AM	#7
Phoenix87 Member Join Date: Jul 2003	Hardware doesnt work for me . __________________ Intel Core I7 920 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 OCZ FLEX DDR3 1600MHZ 7-7-7-20 6GB eVGA 295GTX

08-13-05, 11:51 PM	#3
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=78049 http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=75905 To sum it up real quick, install the YouPax drivers, then restart. Then, extract the Audigy4 cd and go to Audio/setup and open setup.exe. You should now have sound. Then download A_4Patch and replace spkset.exe and surmixer.exe, which are located somewhere in Program Files/Creative. Then restart. You now have a fully functional, minus the plugs, Audigy4. Sound is the same. I think it would probably work on nearly any sound card, can others test this? Btw if you are running Software audio... you are definantly missing out on a lot. I guess I could call the sound "pixelated" or "grainy" in software mode.

08-14-05, 01:59 AM	#6
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	Hmm, it seems I am missing a few helicopter sounds, but it would be interesting to see if it works ok for everyone else. It happens when a chopper is first taking off, so I think I can deal with it.

08-14-05, 03:31 AM	#8
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	Can you still use Ultra-Quality in software mode?

08-14-05, 03:33 AM	#9
Jacobman Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: redding, California	I did the mod and put that patch on, but my BF2 still has the Ultra High in red. How do i get it to work? I did everything right I think. __________________ Desktop Mobo:Asus M2N-E CPU:X2 3800 @ 2.6ghz Ram:2x1gigs G.Skill DDR2 800 Video:Sapphire 3850 512meg V'mod 850/945 PSU:OCZ GXS 600 HDD:250gig barracuda Sound:Audigy 2ZS Case:CM Ammo Display:Samsung 19" CRT Laptop HP Dv5z QL-60, 2x1gigs, 160gig HD, DVD-RW, ATI HD3200, 15.4" WSXGA+(1680x1050) Last edited by Jacobman; 08-14-05 at 04:07 AM.

08-14-05, 04:14 AM	#10
Jacobman Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: redding, California	I tried putting in ultra high in the audio.con and this is what i got. __________________ Desktop Mobo:Asus M2N-E CPU:X2 3800 @ 2.6ghz Ram:2x1gigs G.Skill DDR2 800 Video:Sapphire 3850 512meg V'mod 850/945 PSU:OCZ GXS 600 HDD:250gig barracuda Sound:Audigy 2ZS Case:CM Ammo Display:Samsung 19" CRT Laptop HP Dv5z QL-60, 2x1gigs, 160gig HD, DVD-RW, ATI HD3200, 15.4" WSXGA+(1680x1050)