What does audio velocity do?

[randir14]

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[David McMurdo]

Good question. I'm not sure what many of the options do to be honest.

[0mnicydle]

I'm not positive about this, but I'd guess it emulates the DOS version's "3D audio" option.

[The Bright Side]

I can tell you one thing it does, but I don't think that was intended :-D

It messes with surround sound. I have a 7.1 system and with Audio Velocity turned on, sounds came from weird directions - e.g. I would kill a zombie somewhere in front of me with dynamite and the explosion and scream would come from somewhere behind me/the sides.

After disabling it, the positional audio is much more accurate.

[fracture.]

Afaik it tries to emulate Doppler effect.

[Nice to Have]

So, this should be useful on stereo systems?

[fracture.]

Depends. Do you like the effect? You know when a car is approaching you and the sound it makes has a higher frequency than as he passes you? That lingering wroooom sound it leaves behind? That's Doppler effect.

[Lidl Castro]

Yes, doppler effect. I'm used to it by now, but since player speed is so high, you can hear it if you activate something like a phone and run past it.