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The Unofficial
World of Warcraft Forums have word on a couple of bugs that fell through the
cracks with the version 2.2 patch that was just released for World of Warcraft,
Blizzard's MMORPG (thanks Ant). Just a handful of issues are listed, most of
them related to the user interface. On a related note, the
Creative Labs Forums have word on an issue with the new WoW patch for owners
of Creative's sound cards (thanks
World of Warcraft News),
which don't offer the same audio experience after the new patch introduced a new
software mixer. Creative seems a little ticked at Blizzard, and is hoping their
users will be ticked too: As many Creative soundcard owners are
discovering, Blizzard recently made changes to the WoW client that have impacted
the audio experience significantly. Our developer relations group were given
minimal advance warning that these changes were about to occur, and our
subsequent requests to Blizzard for clarification as to why the changes were
made have gone unanswered.
The new audio implementation in WoW uses a 3rd party audio middleware system
which offers a generic software mixer with some reverb effects. Creative has
worked with the middleware company in question and already implemented a
hardware audio path that enables 3D audio mixing and DSP based effects
processing on Audigy and X-Fi cards. "Bioshock" uses this system to great
effect, and it is relatively straight forward for developers to support. We have
offered to help Blizzard enable this hardware audio path but they haven't taken
us up on it.
Many Creative soundcard owners are pointing out that their audio experience is
nowhere near as compelling as it used to be, which is a great shame. We will
continue to seek a better resolution to the current situation with Blizzard. In
the interim, we would encourage Creative soundcard owners to let Blizzard know
that they would very much like to have their audio experience restored to its
former glory.
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Re: Creative sucks? |
Oct 2, 2007, 21:22 |
Blackhawk |
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Ive never understood people blaming Creative for their problems.
Funnily, all other computers I built and installed/configured never had a problem with creative sound cards either.
So I really doubt most of the so called Creative problems are really Creatives fault. Funnily, I've never understood why people think 'it didn't happen to me' means 'it doesn't happen'. I ran out onto the highway once as a kid and didn't die, therefore we should let our kids play on the highway. Good logic, eh? I played Russian roulette and didn't die, therefore people don't die playing Russian roulette. Makes lots of sense.
There are lots of common PC issues that I've never had. That doesn't make me believe that everyone who has had them is somehow delusional.
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Sep 30, 16:26 |
Creative Labs |
The Half Elf |
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5. |
Sep 30, 16:57 |
Re: Creative Labs |
eunichron |
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Sep 30, 18:09 |
Re: Creative Labs |
AcidDrone |
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10. |
Sep 30, 18:12 |
Re: Creative Labs |
Cutedge |
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11. |
Sep 30, 18:16 |
Re: Creative Labs |
AcidDrone |
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14. |
Sep 30, 18:31 |
Re: Creative Labs |
The Half Elf |
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15. |
Sep 30, 18:36 |
Re: Creative Labs |
nin |
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16. |
Sep 30, 18:54 |
Re: Creative Labs |
The Half Elf |
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34. |
Oct 1, 02:14 |
Re: Creative Labs |
Cutedge |
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43. |
Oct 1, 09:14 |
Re: Creative Labs |
MacD |
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2. |
Sep 30, 16:33 |
... |
theyarecomingforyou |
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3. |
Sep 30, 16:42 |
No subject |
Dev |
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4. |
Sep 30, 16:56 |
... |
theyarecomingforyou |
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6. |
Sep 30, 17:45 |
No subject |
Toebot |
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7. |
Sep 30, 17:57 |
Re: No subject |
Cutedge |
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8. |
Sep 30, 17:58 |
Re: No subject |
vangual |
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18. |
Sep 30, 19:50 |
Re: No subject |
ViRGE |
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20. |
Sep 30, 20:10 |
WOW!! |
Zephalephelah |
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21. |
Sep 30, 20:13 |
Re: WOW!! |
BigChiefSmokem |
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22. |
Sep 30, 20:22 |
Re: WOW!! |
Overon |
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24. |
Sep 30, 21:54 |
Re: WOW!! |
sponge |
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25. |
Sep 30, 22:00 |
Re: WOW!! |
nin |
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32. |
Oct 1, 01:24 |
Re: WOW!! |
Alamar |
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31. |
Oct 1, 01:22 |
Re: No subject |
.net_Drifter |
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46. |
Oct 1, 11:23 |
Re: No subject |
vangual |
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47. |
Oct 1, 11:46 |
Re: No subject |
PHJF |
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12. |
Sep 30, 18:17 |
Blizzard rocks! |
Creston |
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13. |
Sep 30, 18:28 |
No subject |
f13 |
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44. |
Oct 1, 09:20 |
Re: No subject |
MacD |
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45. |
Oct 1, 10:55 |
Re: No subject |
Orogogus |
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17. |
Sep 30, 18:59 |
No subject |
Dev |
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19. |
Sep 30, 20:04 |
No subject |
PropheT |
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23. |
Sep 30, 20:46 |
Pfft. |
Blackhawk |
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26. |
Sep 30, 22:17 |
No subject |
Dev |
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27. |
Sep 30, 22:28 |
Re: No subject |
AcidDrone |
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28. |
Sep 30, 23:07 |
Sound problems |
Donkey_Punch |
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29. |
Oct 1, 00:39 |
Re: Sound problems |
CJ_Parker |
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30. |
Oct 1, 00:50 |
Re: Sound problems |
Masa |
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33. |
Oct 1, 01:27 |
Re: Sound problems |
Alamar |
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35. |
Oct 1, 02:28 |
... |
theyarecomingforyou |
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36. |
Oct 1, 03:51 |
Re: ... |
Cutedge |
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37. |
Oct 1, 04:09 |
Re: ... |
PHJF |
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39. |
Oct 1, 04:29 |
Re: ... |
Chicken |
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38. |
Oct 1, 04:10 |
Re: ... |
The Half Elf |
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40. |
Oct 1, 05:26 |
People still buy sound cards? |
RaZ0r! |
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Oct 1, 11:48 |
Re: People still buy sound cards? |
Fibrocyte |
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49. |
Oct 1, 11:54 |
Re: People still buy sound cards? |
nin |
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50. |
Oct 1, 11:57 |
Re: People still buy sound cards? |
PHJF |
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51. |
Oct 1, 12:23 |
Re: People still buy sound cards? |
MMORPGHoD |
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53. |
Oct 1, 14:17 |
Re: People still buy sound cards? |
Elrix |
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Oct 1, 07:49 |
oh, boohoo creative |
human |
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42. |
Oct 1, 09:13 |
Re: oh, boohoo creative |
Efflixi |
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52. |
Oct 1, 14:09 |
No subject |
fujiJuice |
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54. |
Oct 1, 15:19 |
No subject |
manic half |
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55. |
Oct 1, 15:46 |
Confused |
Kxmode |
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56. |
Oct 1, 17:03 |
Re: Confused |
Zephalephelah |
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57. |
Oct 1, 17:56 |
Better for me |
Howin |
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60. |
Oct 2, 16:36 |
Re: Confused |
Fibrocyte |
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58. |
Oct 1, 18:06 |
No subject |
Skullguise |
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59. |
Oct 2, 10:25 |
Creative sucks? |
Muscular Beaver |
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61. |
Oct 2, 21:22 |
Re: Creative sucks? |
Blackhawk |
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62. |
Oct 3, 07:21 |
Re: Creative sucks? |
Muscular Beaver |
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63. |
Oct 3, 08:49 |
Re: Creative sucks? |
Blackhawk |
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