RabidSmurf

Thanks, after doing some research I've learned that the realtek onboard chip, while it is very good for onboard sound. Does not support dolby live or dts connect through the optical out. My solution is to buy a discrete soundcard that supports dolby live, I was actually looking into the XONAR D2, I think that's what I'll do. Thanks guys.

Still nothing, tried the above for Far Cry 2 and it didn't have any impact... I wish these developers would just put the audio settings in the options. Any other ideas?

BUMP Any other ideas? Has anyone successfully used a digital output to have 5.1 surround in ARMA II?

I want to do this but since I don't have speakers plugged in to the analog outputs on my soundcard the speakers are grayed out. Configure option doesn't exist for the "Realtek Digital Output" which is what I am using however, 5.1 is enabled my Realtek HD Audio Manager. I'll try plugging in a set of speakers to the analog ouput temporarily just to change the windows setting and let you know if that works. Thanks for the ideas. ---------- Post added at 12:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ---------- didn't work :(

I recently decided it would be awesome to hook my computer up to my receiver and surround myself with speakers, so I did. Surround sound is working fine in all cases except... ARMA II and Far Cry 2. For some reason when these games load they automatically load using stereo (my receiver even tells me it's DTS 3/2.1). However other games like Left 4 Dead work fine, and HD movies through my computer work fine. I am using a realtek onboard sound device (Windows Vista/7), which is connected to my receiver via the optical output. Any ideas? How do I set ARMA II (or Far Cry 2 or other games for that matter) to use 5.1 when they don't have these options in the audio settings?

I have the exact same issue... Me and my friends have tried Hamachi but the lag is way to bad to even bother, other internet games work just fine, just the ones created by me or my friends don't work. Anyone else have more ideas?