News

Monday March 17th, 2003

  • A patch to allow the Aureal control panel to work with Vortex 1, 2 and Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP is available at Quantex Zone. News from message board

Monday January 27th, 2003

  • A new 2.3 version of the control panel for Vortex 2 based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Wednesday January 1st, 2003

  • Have a Happy New Year

Wednesday December 25th, 2002

  • Have a Merry Christmas

Friday December 20th, 2002

Tuesday August 20th, 2002

  • A new 2.2 beta 2 version of the control panel for Vortex 2 based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Monday August 12th, 2002

  • A new 2.2 beta 1 version of the control panel for Vortex 2 based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Wednesday July 3rd, 2002

Tuesday June 18th, 2002

Thursday May 30th, 2002

  • A new 2.10 beta 2 version of the control panel for Vortex 1, Vortex 2 and Vortex Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Monday May 6th, 2002

  • A new 2.10 beta version of the control panel for Vortex 1, Vortex 2 and Vortex Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Wednesday February 27th, 2002

  • A new 2.0 version of the control panel for Vortex 2 based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Thursday February 7th, 2002

  • Just another reminder to people to avoid the new sound card drivers for Windows XP on the Windows Update web site, as people are reporting more and more options are missing in those drivers. I have added page with instructions on how to restore the original sound card drivers included with Windows XP too.

Saturday January 26th, 2002

  • A new 1.90 update of the control panel for Vortex 1, Vortex 2 and Vortex Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Tuesday January 1st, 2002

  • Have a Happy New Year

Tuesday December 25th, 2001

  • Have a Merry Christmas

Monday December 17th, 2001

  • The New Vortex 1 5.12.01.1561 drivers, Vortex 2 5.12.01.1561 drivers and Vortex Advantage 5.12.01.3561 drivers for Windows XP remove Aureal A3D support, hardware acceleration, Aureal wavetable and S/PDIF support so it would be best to avoid them.

  • New Vortex 1 5.12.01.1561 drivers, Vortex 2 5.12.01.1561 drivers and Vortex Advantage 5.12.01.3561 drivers for Windows XP are available at Windows Update. Just install the Microsoft Media Driver Version 5.1.2601.0 driver update on the Windows Update web site. News from message board

Thursday December 13th, 2001

  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein doesn't include any Aureal A3D 2.0 support

Thursday December 6th, 2001

  • A new 1.80 version of the control panel for Vortex 1, Vortex 2 and Vortex Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP is at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Wednesday November 28th, 2001

  • Chandler Bing has created a control panel for Vortex 1, Vortex 2 and Vortex Advantage based sound cards in Windows XP, which is available at the Quantex Zone. News from message board

Sunday November 25th, 2001

  • Extreme Audio Reality have enter into a partnership with Advent-Innovations in order to defend their patents. News from message board

Sunday September 16th, 2001

  • The Return to Castle Wolfenstein muliplayer test doesn't support Aureal A3D 2.0 so I doubt the final version will include any Aureal A3D 2.0 either.

Sunday July 8th, 2001

Tuesday June 12th, 2001

  • Gothic by Piranha Bytes will no longer support Aureal A3D 2.0, only DirectSound3D and EAX/2 were added in patch.

Wednesday May 2nd, 2001

  • Extreme Audio Reality have run out of funding and will soon close down for good. Extreme Audio Reality created the 3D Sound patches for Battlezone, Quake 2 + Mission Packs and WinDoom plus sound pack upgrades for Battlezone.

Thursday April 19th, 2001

  • Legends of Might and Magic by The 3DO Company will support Aureal A3D, DirectSound 3D, EAX 2 and RSX 3D

Monday April 9th, 2001

Wednesday April 4th, 2001

  • Spec Ops: Military Operation Urban Terrain by zombievrstudios will still support Aureal A3D 2.0 since it will use the Lithtech game engine and will take advantage of anything built into that game engine.

Tuesday April 3rd, 2001

  • Added page with status of emails to developers about Aureal A3D in upcoming games. Any feedback about Aureal A3D support in the few released games listed there would help.

  • DroneZ by Zetha gameZ will still include Aureal A3D support

Thursday March 29th, 2001

  • OffRoad: Redneck Racing by Rage Software will still support Aureal A3D 2.0 since is uses the Miles Sound System.

  • Incoming Forces by Rage Software will no longer support Aureal A3D 2.0, the game will only support EAX 2.0.

  • Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising by Rage Software will no longer support Aureal A3D, the game will only support DirectSound 3D and EAX.

Monday March 6th, 2001

Saturday February 17th, 2001

  • Responses from most game developers about Aureal A3D support in future games are taking a long time...

Tuesday February 6th, 2001

  • Blitz: Disc Arena by SouthEnd Interactive is using the Miles Sound System for sound so will still support Aureal A3D 2.0 along with  DirectSound 3D, EAX 2.0 and RSX 3D

Saturday February 3rd, 2001

  • Gothic by Piranha Bytes is using the Miles Sound System for sound and might support 3D sound in a patch after the game is released.

Friday February 2nd, 2001

Thursday February 1st, 2001

  • Battlecruiser Millennium by 3000AD will no longer support Aureal A3D 2.0, the game will only support DirectSound3D.

  • Techland Software still plan to support Aureal A3D in the future titles where possible

  • Future Beat 3D Pro by Techland Software will only support Aureal A3D 2.0 if there is a retail release.

  • FireZone by Techland Software is now been combined with Virtual Commando and the game is currently been called Chrome

  • Crime Cities and Speedway 2000 by Techland Software include Aureal A3D 2.0 support.

  • Max Payne by 3D Realms will no longer support Aureal A3D 2.0, the game will only support DirectSound3D.

  • Aureal A3D Central is now reopened with one aim, I am currently contacting the developers of all future games that were going to support Aureal A3D to check if their plans have change now Aureal Inc no longer exists and will post the results 

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