Widescreenfixespack: [SH2] IndirectSound 0.15 fixes Direct Sound in Silent Hill 2.

Created on 17 Feb 2018 · 7Comments · Source: ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack

The new version of IndirectSound 0.15 fixes the Direct Sound compatibility issues in Silent Hill 2. Just put the files into game's directory.

http://www.indirectsound.com/

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Storm3000

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Thanks for sharing this info!

Polymega on 19 Feb 2018

Thanks! Will this make the sound better? I've never had an issue except for the common low sound quality compared to the PS2 version.

Hunk4TH on 19 Feb 2018

Storm3000's link to IndirectSound restores the 3D positional audio (i.e. surround sound played out of rear and side speakers) that was once achievable when played on older operating systems (newer versions of Windows did away with DirectSound).

The low sound quality is a different issue that is currently being addressed:
https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/issues/6

In a nutshell: All versions outside of the PS2 one compressed the audio very badly. We've extracted the sound files from the PS2 build and are replacing the PC sound files with these extracted ones. Our current step with this mod is ironing out and smoothing as many BGM loop seams as possible.

@Storm3000 I remember whenever I changed the audio settings in the game (from stereo, headphones, etc.) it would never remember my choice when I went back into the Options menu. Do I need to worry about this with the IndirectSound fix? Or is it truly as simple as placing the .dll in the game's directory and it'll work out the box?

Polymega on 19 Feb 2018

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While I haven't done a 100% play through to test it fully I'm ecstatic to second Storm3000's statement in that the new IndirectSound works and sounds beautiful! The issues I mentioned in November are fixed:
https://github.com/ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack/issues/368#issuecomment-345457212

@seagull

Polymega on 19 Feb 2018

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Awesome news thanks! Also thank you for your continued hard work on the amazing installation guide!

Now if only we could get vibration working. I'm using my NA version I bought around 2003 and like with the European version vibration doesn't work either. Not a huge deal, though it would be sweet if we could get it working.

Hunk4TH on 20 Feb 2018

It works fine, just use the Lavendy Xi driver.