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[Gabriel Pyyrhic]

 Hello

Played ME 1 on 360 for a very short while 12 months ago and have now purchased both ME 1 and 2 for the PC. 

I would like to know if ME 1 supports EAX, or if it requires Alchemy to do so?

I assume as it uses OpenAL that Alchemy will not be needed for 5.1 sound ?

I have not installed it yet (I have that  planned for later this week as I have a week off and intend to play the ME 1 on the weekend), and was hoping to benefit from the wisdom of others before dealing with the oft nightmare that is Creative Alchemy. So is there anyone with a creative card that has EAX and 5.1 sound working under alchemy and VISTA/Windows 7 ?

If so what Alchemy settings were used ?

Also is there any problems with Windows 7 and Mass Effect 1 ?

Finally is there anyone who specifically has a Creative USB X-Fi 5.1 sound card and has it working with EAX and 5.1 Sound, in Mass Effect 1 ?

Thanks to those who take the time to read, and hopefully reply. 

[Recnamoken]

You should not need ALchemy, since the game uses the Unreal engine 3, which uses OpenAL. ALchemy is just an OpenAL Wrapper to translate EAX to OpenAL.

[Gabriel Pyyrhic]

Thankyou,



I knew it was a wrapper for OpenAL used to interpret DIrect3D calls that were no longer handled due to the removal of HAL in Vista/Windows 7.



I was aware that 5.1 sound can only be enacted in Direct3D games using Alchemy (due to HAL removal), but I was unsure about EAX.



Does this mean that EAX will work without Alchemy (as implied by your post) on any OpenAl game ?



Thanks for your reply

[AnubisOnly]

Yes i can confirm that - EAX will work without Alchemy, i have W7 x64, X-Fi Prelude 7.1 and ME1 & ME2 and EAX & HW Sound - works fine with my 6.1 sound system via Optical Digital connection with amplituner (S/PDIF).