TLTD Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I actually had installed and ran the game successfully a while back, but now that I am reinstalling it to check out some mods (with XP this time), I don't see the instructions for the sound fix. What it did before was change the settings in direct x and was really simple, but two things: I don't remember what it was, and I was in Vista last time. I ran across this fix somewhere on the net last night, but forgot entirely that I would need to do it and now I can't find info on this. It was a little different when I saw it too like it had something to do with ffdshow, so I thought it had nothing to do with me. But I know for sure there was some kind of direct x tweak you had to do on some PCs (ASUS G50 laptop here) and the game wouldn't even launch without this simple change in audio preferences.Since I have spent a bit of time setting up my laptop to record guitar with Gearbox, I want to be careful about knowing how to make this change and be able to change it back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I actually had installed and ran the game successfully a while back, but now that I am reinstalling it to check out some mods (with XP this time), I don't see the instructions for the sound fix. What it did before was change the settings in direct x and was really simple, but two things: I don't remember what it was, and I was in Vista last time. I ran across this fix somewhere on the net last night, but forgot entirely that I would need to do it and now I can't find info on this. It was a little different when I saw it too like it had something to do with ffdshow, so I thought it had nothing to do with me. But I know for sure there was some kind of direct x tweak you had to do on some PCs (ASUS G50 laptop here) and the game wouldn't even launch without this simple change in audio preferences.Since I have spent a bit of time setting up my laptop to record guitar with Gearbox, I want to be careful about knowing how to make this change and be able to change it back to normal.Not sure if I understand the issue. Vista don't have hardware 3D accelerated directX sound (it uses OpenAL now) and Creative soundcards owners could use an application called Alchemy to workaround it. XP users don't have the issue. What may occurs is troubles related with onboard sound, nothing I do know solution or workaround other than installing a discrete sound card. About ffdshow, there were issues indeed albeit I think it was corrected in newer versions. Anyway, since you say it have nothing to do with you, it should not be a concern... So try just to run the game without fixing something that may not be broken beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overload1977 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 this what you are talking about ??? Fallout 3 does seem to have a conflict with FFDShow codecs. You have to either uninstall them from your system or add fallout3.exe to FFDShow audio and video decoders exceptions list. Although you may not know it, FFDShow codecs may be present on your system if you have installed codec packs such as CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack). How to add Fallout 3 to FFDShow decoder exceptions list 1. Launch the ffdshow video decoder configuration window. You may access this through the start menu. If you have installed any codec packs, check the start menu entries of those. If you can�t find it on the start menu, right click the ffdshow video decoder (red) icon that appears on the taskbar when a supported video file is playing, and select ffdshow video decoder option from the menu. ffdshow_icon 2. Tick the Dont use ffdshow in checkbox if not already checked 3. Press the edit button that is next to the text field. A new dialog box will pop up. Press the Add button. The Add incompatible executable file� dialog box will be displayed. Browse to the Fallout 3 installation directory and locate fallout3.exe file. Select it and press open. Close all dialog boxes currently open by pressing ok.(OR you can simply type fallout3.exe at the end of the text field next to �Dont use ffdshow in� checkbox) 4. Repeat steps 2-3 in ffdshow audio decoder configuration (the blue icon in taskbar) window as well. It is important that you add fallout3.exe to both ffdshow audio and video decoder�s expections list. your welcome :D the whole post here >>>> http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showto...99804&st=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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