Vampire the masquerade Bloodline. Plz help !!!!!!!!

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@ DABhand.

with an onboard soundcard, they always cause a bit of lag in games, especially the high end games like doom3 etc

I have DOOM3 and have no probs @ all when playing (sound related or anything else). In fact the only game i have any kind of probs with @ all is Bloodlines. I have quiet a few high spec games yet only bloodlines gives me trouble. (i thought half-life 2 may of if any but no probe there). I think what im gonna do is try a sound-card (ive got one knocking about someware) and see if i get a performance increase with bloodlines. Thanks for your reply

[DABhand]

Must be that Bloodlines is just pants :P


It was bad for me lagging but usually with onboard cards is they tend to cause lag as they cant cope with high level of traffic hence why I asked you.


An idea, check Bloodlines settings and turn off EAX if enabled, also if it is set to hardware mode well you know what im going to say

I have no idea with the soundcard on your mobo, so I couldnt say for sure.

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I just fired up Bloodline's to check for the EAX option (as i couldnt remember seeing it in the Audio option's) and its not there. The only option's avaliable are as follows........Enviromental effects
High quality Audio
No EAX option's. I have other games with EAX obviously (DOOM3,Halflife 2 etc). Unless one of the above option's cover EAX in Bloodline's its not there. (i wouldnt expect it to be tied in with Enviromental effects or High quality Audio as it SHOULD be a option on its own in its own right). Do you have the option to turn on,off EAX in Bloodlines ?. (im running the updated version v1.2 but i cant see EAX being removed in an update ).

PS. Thanx 4 your time

[DABhand]

I dont have bloodlines installed just now will do later on and let you know

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I dont have bloodlines installed just now will do later on and let you know

Ok thanks. (appreciated).

[DABhand]

Nforce™ Audio Users: Some Nforce™ Audio Users may find that they may experience some sound problems while playing Bloodlines. Users who experience this problem should try two things:

- In the Options menu be sure to uncheck the "High Quality Audio" and "Environmental Effects" options.

- Be sure that your DirectSound® acceleration is set to "Basic." You can do this by following these steps:

1.) Click on the Windows® "Start" button.
2.) Click on the "Run" option on your Start Menu.
3.) Type "dxdiag" in the Run Dialogue Box without the quotes.
4.) Once the DirectX® Diagnostic Tool has finished running, click on the "Sound" tab.
5.) Turn the "Hardware Acceleration Level" down to "Basic."

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Hey just finished playing Bloodlines for the night (due to stuttering got unbareable). Thought id check on here and saw your post. Im gonna get off line in a min and try it out. (Thanks DABhand for info in your post). I hope this sorts it out (Be sure that your DirectSound® acceleration is set to "Basic." ). It will greatly improve my playing experience with this game. Ill post back 2morrow and let you know if it solved my problem out of curtesy. (seeing as you went to the lenghts you have). Thanks again