Audio issues

[RN Escobar 0]

asus a8n-sli deluxe mobo

amd 4000+

2 gig ocz ram

7800GTX

creative X-fi latest drivers

now i've played for a few days, and i just can't get around the issue of the sound, i use a headset and mic and am usually on TS with squad mates when playing.

none of us, thats like 5 in total, can hear anything other than tanks, and bullets hitting the ground.

if there is a tank on the map i can hear it, not sure where it is cause the audio positioning is so poor, but i can hear it, LOUD, like its 10 foot from me.

gunshots however are the complete opposite, nine times out of 10 i can't hear the gunshot, i hear cracks as bullets by not-so-crackshot players ht the ground around me, in OFP i'd hear where the shot came from spin round and drop whoever it was (or at least see them and return fire).

i'm sorry to say that all aspects of the audio in ArmA need a serious overhaul, i have top notch gear and what this game is delivering is pathetic.

and b4 anyone asks, yes i have gone through all the options, have had to settle on EAX and HW Acc, turned off cause it sounds better. not a good situation

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and b4 anyone asks, yes i have gone through all the options, have had to settle on EAX and HW Acc, turned off cause it sounds better. not a good situation

Tested on v1.01, While testing with hw acc off, but eax on (as it didn't seem to screw sounds, only add proper effects), the tanks remain a tad loud, the choppers are way too loud.

You can install my Choppersound patch, ala signature, for fixing the choppers. I am planning a soundpatch soon for the Tanks aswell...

Might be by the end of upcoming weekend, but don't shoot me if I don't make it

Besides, it shouldn't take that long until BIS got those things in an official patch for us..

[RN Escobar 0]

it seems like SP missions are ok in all settings, just the MP audio is totally screwed.

don't know if its something that some net code tweaks could fix.

IDK, it's weird, sometimes i hear AI shoot other times i don't, some guns seem to be fine others don't make a sound (and no i don't mean the silenced ones).

i can hear footsteps and breathing from across maps, and get pretty good direction with them. every vehicle is just a mass wall of sound coming from no discernable direction and deafening, and gunshots are like magic dust, sometimes they are there other times nothing.

its a bit off putting, but rome wasn't built in a day, and i only joined OFP with 1.85 and GOTY so i guess it will get fixed eventually