So I have been noticing this pretty much since I started playing multiplayer. But it seems like most of the time the surround sound in Multiplayer doesn't work.
Like you will hear a npc sound, go to it and there is nothing there. Kinda defeats the purpose of surround sound if you can't tell what direction something is.
I guess what I am wondering is has anyone else noticed this or is it maybe just a problem with my system. Or is it a known issue.
Multiplayer Surround sound
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Adacas
, avril 16 2012 11:51
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Posté 17 avril 2012 - 07:29
Rob Blake
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Err, no, that's very much not the official response! 
This is the first I've heard of this issue, surround should work perfectly and we put a lot of effort into ensuring everything sounds great in 5.1. Each sound designer at bioware has their own 5.1 system, it's how we usually play.
So, can you be more specific about the problem? What platform? What scenario and specifically what sounds? Our audio system uses the current system output configuration, so if you have your machine's audio set up wrong then that'll cause issues, and i suspect that's what's going on here.
Thanks!
This is the first I've heard of this issue, surround should work perfectly and we put a lot of effort into ensuring everything sounds great in 5.1. Each sound designer at bioware has their own 5.1 system, it's how we usually play.
So, can you be more specific about the problem? What platform? What scenario and specifically what sounds? Our audio system uses the current system output configuration, so if you have your machine's audio set up wrong then that'll cause issues, and i suspect that's what's going on here.
Thanks!
#3
Posté 17 avril 2012 - 09:53
Rob Blake
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Hmm, seems like the position for new NPC waves could be an issue, the sounds come from the character location but at the moment of spawn perhaps the 'play sound' event triggers before the character actually exists so it doesn't know where to position the sound. I'll keep an ear out for this, but again, i've not heard this issue. Interesting :S
If you're consistently hearing a 'sound comes from the left when it should be on the right' issue then can you please check that your output is set up right. On PC, go to the Sound control panel and click 'configure' on the Playback tab. There should be a sound output test in there and you should hear the sound come from the corresponding speaker when highlighted... every time we've had a problem with this it's actually been that people's speakers/output was set up wrong and they didn't notice until playing the game. If that's working as expected then can you message me your soundcard and any other info and we'll get someone to look at it.
Thanks!
If you're consistently hearing a 'sound comes from the left when it should be on the right' issue then can you please check that your output is set up right. On PC, go to the Sound control panel and click 'configure' on the Playback tab. There should be a sound output test in there and you should hear the sound come from the corresponding speaker when highlighted... every time we've had a problem with this it's actually been that people's speakers/output was set up wrong and they didn't notice until playing the game. If that's working as expected then can you message me your soundcard and any other info and we'll get someone to look at it.
Thanks!
