b0s 18 Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Hi Just bought a fancy 5.1 sound setup, but I noticed that most Arma3 sounds are not proper surround. It seems gun shots and explosions come from all speakers equally making it impossible to pinpoint a direction, while vehicle sound like tanks and helicopters have proper surround and play from the right direction. Eg someone is shooting directly behind me = sound comes mostly from front speakers, since they are a bit louder. But really it just plays gunshot sounds from front and back speakers equally. So it seems left/right is working but front/back not for gunsounds and explosions. Using: X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series. Creative Alchemy applied. Windows 7. Think I have tried all software and reciever settings. Pinpointing the direction of incoming fire by sound is a vital part of battlefield survival. Arma2 surround works fine. So is this fault of Arma 3 sound engine or on my end? edit: Hm during missions I am now hearing gun sounds that only come from back speakers. Maybe further away or behind buildings they work? Edited December 31, 2013 by b0s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratszo 17 Posted December 31, 2013 Yeah, i know. A very good solution i've found is using the rifle.PBOs From "Speed of Sound" mod: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?166824-Speed-Of-Sound By BigPickle. What i did was make a "@rifles" folder where i place just the core.pbo and the various rifle.pbos together in an "addons" subfolder within @rifles. These are superb .pbos for directional gunshots --straight mono right to the source. For MP, i know the 'ETUW' servers run the full Speed of sound, SoS, mod: http://arma3.swec.se/server/data/27982 Good Luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
napalm02 0 Posted December 31, 2013 I confirm the problem my Wifi + Logiteck 5500 5.1 unable to pinpoint the exact direction... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b0s 18 Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) Thanks I will try Speed of Sound! But I guess this does not fix addons weapons? And yes MP would still be broken... Guess I have to submit a ticket about it. Edit: I tried Speed of Sound and it fixed the problem for vanilla weapons, but the sounds are horrible there IMHO. I hope BIS has the time and capability to fix this in engine. Edited January 3, 2014 by b0s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ckrauslo 12 Posted January 12, 2014 I belive they will leave the game the way it is they are making money with it so i belive they are going to do what they did with A2 after a while and stop caring for what the customers have to say Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windies 11 Posted January 12, 2014 I have the same thing with a 5.1 system receiver as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites