Hi Shaun, That's a bit strong don't you think? I wouldn't go as far to say games using Directsound are crap just outdated as are a lot of the APIs and technologies on Windows XP. That said, I haven't upgraded to XAudio2 myself for the primary reason although XAudio2 is newer and resolves some issues with Directsound it has some bugs and stability issues of its own to deal with. So either way a developer is between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
I have considered myself going with a third-party solution such as OpenAL which doesn't have the 3d problems in DirectSound, is cross-platform, and as far as I know doesn't have the same issues as XAudio2. Panning might be a bit tricky, but hey it is another choice. Cheers! On 5/6/13, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well I do hope it comes soon phill. > Yes I fully admit that while I was secure with my xp box I was > content to think that everything newer was a bunch of crap because I > had not the need to play games on anything bar my personal pc. > Now that I have another pc and all that I realise that direct sound > is now out dated and everything that uses it is now actually crap and > totally does matter which shows you that if you stay with something > for to long you start thinking everything else doesn't matter at all > and thats a big mistake to fall into and not realise you were doing it. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
