🚀 go-pugleaf

i have the same problem. i suspect its a doom 3 problem. i think its a case
of doom 3 detecting if you have a 5.1 system not if you have a 5.1 *or
better* system. i bet it'll be resolved in a patch.

craig


"Tom Dauphin" <tdauphin@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Have Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1 which can be set from 2
> speaker all the way up to 6.1. When set to 6.1, surround sound in Doom is
> unavailable. Setting back to 5.1 allows surround sound to be available
> though. Going to Windows Control panel (Win XP Pro), it only has settings
> for 5.1 and 7.1 (no 6.1 available). Setting to 6.1 in Creative software
> automatically changes Windows Control Panel to 7.1.
>
> Questions:
>
> Is this a Doom, Creative, or Windows issue?
>
> Is there any fix to this or any way to get Doom to work with surround
sound
> set to 6.1 rather than having to set to 5.1?
>
> Could find no info on this other than Doom site saying it needs to be set
to
> 5.1 if having trouble with 7.1 - no mention of 6.1.
>
> TIA for any help..
>
>