Quake 4

[Gilboa Davara]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 03:22 -0800, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:52 PM +0200 Gilboa Davara 
> <gilboada at netvision.net.il> wrote:
> 
> > Anyways, which sound driver do you use? Alsa or OSS?
> 
> How would I know? From Per's message I'm guessing ALSA is the default and I 
> haven't tried starting it yet with other arguments.
> 
> > More-ever, how did you configure it?
> 
> I didn't, as I haven't researched the Linux audio architecture.
> 
> > I had severe sound problem with Doom3 (choppy sound) till I tweaked my
> > Alsa configuration.
> > Once I configured Alsa, I got a clear 5.1 sound out my Audigy 2ZS /
> > Logitech speakers setup.
> 
> Good to know. Now I just need to know where the ALSA "knobs" are to tweak.
> 
> Looking at the Doom3 FAQ, it looks like the knobs are in the app (ie. the 
> Q4 command line), not system-wide. I'll report back after fiddling with the 
> command line.
> 

Try starting quake 4 with 
+set s_driver alsa +set s_alsa_pcm surround51 +set s_numberOfSpeakers 6
(Or surround40/20/etc if you have less speakers.)

Gilboa