t0nedude
01-03-2009, 11:27 AM
Hi,
I have seen this tip posted here before (usually very hidden and scattered), but I thought it was important enough to have its own post in full display, within easy reach.
My problem:
I have no sound in Bioshock in Vista (32bit) from the menu screen onwards, I fixed it originally by the tip in the sticky to change compatibility mode to XP SP2 on the shortcut. It worked, but had the unfortunate side effect of making the game randomly crash on the menu screen, until I forced -dx9 on the shortcut as well.
So my choices were DX9 with sound OR DX10 with NO sound, and I had been struggling with this problem for days (pulling my hair out) until I read this little gem of a tip on another forum:
"Then followed these instructions.
Enable Stereo mixing, to do this browse to Start > Control Panel > Sound (in classic view). Once done switch to the Recording tab which will show the currently active inputs on your system (e.g. Line in, Microphone). Right click in the clear space below these devices and select the option for Show disabled devices. This should show an additional device called Stereo mixing, right click on this device and select Enable.
And now all is sorted and working perfectly."
This worked a treat, now I am enjoying Bioshock @1920x1200 at max in DX10 with full sound, runs like butter.
I don't claim that it will work for everyone, but give it a go if you haven't already. It should be the first thing you try if you have hardware/software combo in the thread heading.
Make sure you remember to turn OFF all compatibility modes on your shortcut to get DX10, and delete all command line additions just in case.
Hope this helps someone,
Tony.
I have seen this tip posted here before (usually very hidden and scattered), but I thought it was important enough to have its own post in full display, within easy reach.
My problem:
I have no sound in Bioshock in Vista (32bit) from the menu screen onwards, I fixed it originally by the tip in the sticky to change compatibility mode to XP SP2 on the shortcut. It worked, but had the unfortunate side effect of making the game randomly crash on the menu screen, until I forced -dx9 on the shortcut as well.
So my choices were DX9 with sound OR DX10 with NO sound, and I had been struggling with this problem for days (pulling my hair out) until I read this little gem of a tip on another forum:
"Then followed these instructions.
Enable Stereo mixing, to do this browse to Start > Control Panel > Sound (in classic view). Once done switch to the Recording tab which will show the currently active inputs on your system (e.g. Line in, Microphone). Right click in the clear space below these devices and select the option for Show disabled devices. This should show an additional device called Stereo mixing, right click on this device and select Enable.
And now all is sorted and working perfectly."
This worked a treat, now I am enjoying Bioshock @1920x1200 at max in DX10 with full sound, runs like butter.
I don't claim that it will work for everyone, but give it a go if you haven't already. It should be the first thing you try if you have hardware/software combo in the thread heading.
Make sure you remember to turn OFF all compatibility modes on your shortcut to get DX10, and delete all command line additions just in case.
Hope this helps someone,
Tony.