Hi Shaun, Well, unfortunately BGT still uses DirectSound for audio. The Streemway library BGT uses DirectSound, because there are some bugs in XAudio2 Phillip doesn't like and felt it was safer to stick with DirectSound for the moment than to update to XAudio2. However, that seems not to be a big problem because the games written in BGT like Q9 and Perilous Hearts only use 2d panning anyway so DirectSound is okay in that case.
I have played a number of games developed with BGT on Windows 7 and Windows 8 and as long as they stik to 2d stereo panning they are fine. Its only games like Shades of Doom that needs 3d audio where we get into trouble with DirectSound. Cheers! On 9/12/13, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > well I'd prefur to go for the updated versions ofcause. > but stuff like shades of doom still uses the old direct sound libs > and well, the fact is they are quite old no matter that the panning > works nicly. > I think for now at least making all the game engines bgt, etc to use > the modern tech if they are already not doing so that should at least > slown down the decline. > However its good we are having this debate now because its always > crossed my mind how nice it would be to convert totally to new stuff > without bothering about old software and extra stuff to use. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
