OpenAL Questions

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The forum is moving at Ludicrous Speed, so I'll try to be brief:

1. EDIT: This has been resolved. Read on for solution. I'm running a 64-bit Windows machine, so OpenAL x64 will not normally recognize my Creative X-Fi card (as seen in the OpenAL SDK's Enumerate examples). Is there a way to run the game in a 32-bit mode? Alternatively, is there a config file I can edit to have it properly use the X-Fi even in 64-bit (similar to Unreal 3 games)? Quick edit: I dunno what I was thinking here. The game is always running as a 32-bit exe, it just wasn't showing up by design.

Edit: I just checked the log file and found this:

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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. Generic Software on Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
   1. Generic Software on Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable)
   2. Generic Software on Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
   3. Generic Software on SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
   4. SB X-Fi Audio [CCE0](OpenAL default)
  Trying to open device 'Generic Software on Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)'... Success!
  Number of mono sources: 32
  Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 262144 bytes each
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As you can see, the X-Fi card exists in the device list, but I cannot select it from the launcher. Are there any changes I can make manually so that it loads the proper X-Fi option (as well as the voice count, if necessary)?

Solution: In "~Documents\Amnesia\main\main_settings.cfg", edit the device (Sound Device=) to the number of the X-Fi card (in my case, 4), and change the voice count (MaxChannels=)to whatever your card is capable of (in my case, 128). This will enable proper hardware acceleration!

2. I've noticed a lot of people have had issues with 5.1 audio. Would the above fix solve this issue? And if not, would a config edit solve this problem, whether one is using a Creative card or not? Working on this one now. I'm on a 2.1, so if someone wants to help, reply/PM me.

Thank you very much for your time; I'm still enjoying Amnesia very very much despite my audio nitpicking.