Overview
Hey everyone, as I was browsing through discussions I found out that lot of people have issues with fps, sound or no steam relay in game, so I decided to make a little help thread for you:
GRAPHIC ISSUES and NO STEAM RELAY
Go to Documents->My Games->Dirt 3->hardware_settings_config
Now you want to find: <directx forcedx9=”false” />
Now simply rewrite: false->true, so it will look like: <directx forcedx9=”true” />
Woala, this should fix your graphic performance issues and steam relay should be avaiable in game.
SOUND ISSUES
Go again to Documents->My Games->Dirt 3->hardware_settings_config
Now you want to find: <audio mixing=”rapture3D” />
Now simply rewrite: Rapture 3D->software, so it will look like: <audio mixing=”software” />
(Rapture3d is mentioned to be best sound quality for this game, however read note below)
(Please note, that software could be set by default, then try to rewrite to rapture3D, if there´s still “software” even after rewriting, try to instal AOL as Administrator from commonredist in Dirt 3 local folder, if that won´t work, your sound card is not compatible with AOL, then you will have to be satisfied with software or hardware sound.)
Little reminder 🙂
This is not ultimate fix, but should work for problems mentioned above.
Please leave a comment below, if it worked so others can try to use it as well 🙂
Cheers
P.S.: Was lazy to write this down in Czech language, if anyone wants it in it, PM me 😉
Edit:
Veynzu:
To fix the crackling sound in the menus issue, download the lastest version of Rapture 3D Sound
(this was installed with gfwl version but got deleted with the steam version)
[link]
Then rewrite Rapture3D with software and set the file to read only!
As far as im aware, this is only way to fix the sound.
Thx for helpful tip ! -> Veynzu: