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Battlefield 2 on Linux: Notes & Tips: Difference between revisions
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Everything needs to be perfect, including audio. The game supports EAX, and to enable the audio hardware capabilities we can use the '''OpenAL Soft''' library. The setup is straightforward and works well with many games, not only ''Battlefield 2''. The first step is to determine whether the game uses the '''dsound''' or '''openal''' audio library. In the game folder, you will find a library called '''BF2OpenAL.dll'''. From the name alone, you can tell that the game supports OpenAL, so we will use OpenAL Soft to replace it and enable EAX support. | Everything needs to be perfect, including audio. The game supports EAX, and to enable the audio hardware capabilities we can use the '''OpenAL Soft''' library. The setup is straightforward and works well with many games, not only ''Battlefield 2''. The first step is to determine whether the game uses the '''dsound''' or '''openal''' audio library. In the game folder, you will find a library called '''BF2OpenAL.dll'''. From the name alone, you can tell that the game supports OpenAL, so we will use OpenAL Soft to replace it and enable EAX support. | ||
Download | Download [https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/releases/tag/1.23.1 OpenAL Soft] from the GitHub release page. The version I currently use for this game is '''1.23.1''', which I recommend for this tutorial. After extracting the archive, you will need two files: | ||
*From the '''router/Win32''' folder, take '''OpenAL32.dll'''. Rename this file to '''BF2OpenAL.dll''' and replace the existing one in the game folder. | *From the '''router/Win32''' folder, take '''OpenAL32.dll'''. Rename this file to '''BF2OpenAL.dll''' and replace the existing one in the game folder. | ||