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

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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

[DABhand]

I also noticed when I played that when you turn off your GFX cards anistropic filtering etc the game gets very laggy, this has to be the first game that runs smoother with the others on unlike other games which run smoother when off :P

And no problem

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Be sure that your DirectSound® acceleration is set to "Basic

Well i have tried this and it made all the difference . What i find surprising how-ever is that i diddnt need to do this with DOOM3 or HL2. (Id of thought higher end games would of gained a performace increase not Bloodlines). Why is it that Bloodlines needed that doing but other higher end games diddnt ? (bad programing ?). Ive been out and got hold of "Brother's in arms.Road to hill 30" today and im wondering how this will perform. Anyway thanks for the tip for us Nforce™ Audio Users. Game run's stutterlesly now. As for setting my DirectSound® acceleration to basic what difference can i expect in quality ?. I guess i'll re-set it to Full acceleration when im not playing bloodlines. (but its something i'll remember for in the future incase i get any other game's stuttering due to direct sound accleration). I wonder why i only have probs with Bloodline's and nothing else. Thanx again DABhand