Ok I got this one in the bag...
Ok first DONT use ALchemy for it, install the lastest build of FFDSHOW & AC3 filter you can find, once installed both run AC3 config system tab to run on WAVE OUT driver not DXsound (since Vista/Win7 doesnt have it) and the run FFDSHOW and make sure theres a tick in Directshow control - \"dont use ffdshow in: \"and you'll see lists lost of know games exes that dont work there if ya click edit, one of which is Fallout3.
I had to use the method to fix the annoying RADIO music glitches and seems to be the only working method.
ffdshow | Get ffdshow at SourceForge.net
AC3Filter
However all that happens is that someone repeats the same advice as Highwayman which simply does not work in Windows 7 64bit
With FFDSHOW, on windows 7 there is no exceptions list option. It does not start and also does not have any taskbar icons showing it has started with Fallout 3.
With FFDSHOW, on windows 7 there is no exceptions list option. It does not start and also does not have any taskbar icons showing it has started with Fallout 3.
Retail Win7 64bit home premium. Bought on release day.
Can you elaborate on this a bit? Installing ffdshow and then telling ffdshow not to be used in fallout3.exe should have the exact same result as not installing ffdshow. The end result, either way, is Fallout 3 not using ffdshow to render video and audio. Since Fallout3 isn't sending AC3-encoded audio, installing AC3 Filter should also have absolutely no bearing on Fallout 3, either.Ok first DONT use ALchemy for it, install the lastest build of FFDSHOW & AC3 filter you can find, once installed both run AC3 config system tab to run on WAVE OUT driver not DXsound (since Vista/Win7 doesnt have it) and the run FFDSHOW and make sure theres a tick in Directshow control - "dont use ffdshow in: "and you'll see lists lost of know games exes that dont work there if ya click edit, one of which is Fallout3.
At least for the X-Fi series, Creative's most recent driver set is from June, and the most recent beta driver is even older, from April (oddly, it has exactly the same version number but a different file size, and some people have reported that the beta works better for them than the release driver). Where's a November released driver from Creative, and what sound card series is it for?Well just as a bit of an update, Creative released a new driver for my sound card in windows 7 this weekend.
Oh, I didn't know they added ALchemy support for the older sound cards. I know that initially, they didn't, and there was a bit of an uproar.The driver is dated October 2009 and specifically for Win 7, so its a new release and its whql. The card I have is an Audigy 2 SE 24bit, which is a pretty old card but one that was heavily off-loaded at extreme discount.
That shouldn't matter. The normal Start menu still exists, and since Fallout 3 added a shortcut folder to the Start menu in XP, it should also do so in Vista and Win7, even if it doesn't put anything to the Games Explorer. I created a shortcut to Fallout3.exe (so I don't need to keep the disc in the drive all the time; only the launcher checks for it), so it's not a problem, just a strange bug that I haven't seen any other program exhibit in Win7 yet.As for FO3, it wont make any shortcuts and it is not intergrated in to games explorer in either Vista or win7. You can create a shortcut to desktop yourself and then drag & drop it to games explorer to make it easier to find and play.