Surround Sound Issue

[Acrillix]

I have the Arena 9 5.1 speakers and in this game the surround sound does not work properly. It appears to be playing out of the FL and RL speakers 90% and the other 10% is out of the center. Any ideas on how to fix that?

[Obokan]

you are not alone.

[[XGS]DonkyBoY]

I am not trying to be an ass but... I believe headphones work better for games.

I do have several speaker setups
One in the movie room for well movies
another setup for music and another in my computer room.

But for playing games I almost always use wireless USB gaming headsets.
for me it provides better immersion.
for me atleast it is easier to tell where the sound is coming from quicker.

I know we are all different and what works good for me may not be acceptable for someone else.

[Obokan]

Originally posted by XGSDonkyBoY:

I am not trying to be an ass but... I believe headphones work better for games.

I do have several speaker setups
One in the movie room for well movies
another setup for music and another in my computer room.

But for playing games I almost always use wireless USB gaming headsets.
for me it provides better immersion.
for me atleast it is easier to tell where the sound is coming from quicker.

I know we are all different and what works good for me may not be acceptable for someone else.

I have that issue while using a 5.1 USB headset

[biosmonkey]

I noticed the dialog is way too quiet out of the center - came here specifically to see if others said something.

[KyoN]

Same here, the sourrround is broken i think, if someone know how to fix please halp /

[Drysyn]

works fine on 7.1 surround sound

[sf.0519]

This maybe a fix and seen a forum for the PS5 version and I'm using a 5.2.4 system and noticed that the voices is quiet in the center channel also it might be helpful my system is set to Dolby Atmos surround sound in windows and I also have DTSX plugin as well haven't tested the new settings in game for DTSX. I found that is its a lot louder and sounds like it has more audio fidelity all around switching it from default to TV in the audio settings in game. I seen people mention that you may loose channels switched to TV but to me it sounds way better. This is still a test but let me know what results anyone else has they should of put a Surround sound setting.

[sf.0519]

Update doesn't really improve the center channel for 5.2.4 system the best option is to just turn up your center channel. But to be honest I think this has more to do with Windows or nvidia not handling the channels for Dolby Atmos plugins correctly. To be completely honest I haven't been too happy with my system but think its Nvidia/Windows to blame you would think when you spend 2k on a 4090 and 2k+ on a surround sound and then pay for the licenses like Atmos or DTSX you 10 out of 10 in sound but I would say its 4 out of 10 on a bad day and a 6 or 7 on a good day. I currently have a Onkyo rz50 if this helps anyone as this is more of a rant but don't think its the AVR.

[sf.0519]

My best suggestion that I can give I don't know if this works with all atmos systems but with Onlyo is turn vocal +5 and it'll go to your front L + R and Center if you can hear the center speaker.

[Midnight]

I pretty much had to double my usual volume settings just to get things sounding "normal" for me. Everything but music is super quiet. This is both with my Bose headphones and with my laptop speakers

[Acrillix]

Originally posted by XGSDonkyBoY:

I am not trying to be an ass but... I believe headphones work better for games.

I do have several speaker setups
One in the movie room for well movies
another setup for music and another in my computer room.

But for playing games I almost always use wireless USB gaming headsets.
for me it provides better immersion.
for me atleast it is easier to tell where the sound is coming from quicker.

I know we are all different and what works good for me may not be acceptable for someone else.

Im not sure why you even responded to the thread to tell me "headphones are better". I'm not going to stop using my $600 speakers because some dude on steam discussion board told me to.

[[XGS]DonkyBoY]

Originally posted by Acrillix:

Originally posted by XGSDonkyBoY:

I am not trying to be an ass but... I believe headphones work better for games.

I do have several speaker setups
One in the movie room for well movies
another setup for music and another in my computer room.

But for playing games I almost always use wireless USB gaming headsets.
for me it provides better immersion.
for me atleast it is easier to tell where the sound is coming from quicker.

I know we are all different and what works good for me may not be acceptable for someone else.

Im not sure why you even responded to the thread to tell me "headphones are better". I'm not going to stop using my $600 speakers because some dude on steam discussion board told me to.

Come on m8... why such a pole. I was not being rude or nasty towards you or anyone else.
I was just sharing my opinion about what works best 4 me.

I dont know what to say other than I am playing just fine.
With in game master volume turned down 10%, music volume turned down 20%

Windows volume is at 100%

And

Mixer volume is @ 84%

Same settings i use for just about every game.

Nothing seems odd with the game volume at all in any way.

So I tried with my Logitech z5500 and my Samsung Atmos surround setup and guess what it works just fine also, with a POS onboard sound chip.

I cant replicate the problems being reported here.

Have any of you here found a solution to your problem ?
maybe turned off the foot steps only EQ settings for Call of Duty
or perhaps
Turned off any extra 3D audio processing that maybe being applied by your audio hardware's software.

if it was an issue with the game, you think it would be posted every where by now !!

[End_Wokeness]

I have an actual 5.1 system and although it does appear to work for the environment (confirmed in the beginning the directional audio from a waterfall passes over and behind you correctly) I think this game may suffer from the same problem plaguing other games (Cyberpunk 2077 has this same issue) where the dialog is only conveyed through the front L and R speakers irrespective of where the character who is speaking is in relation to the camera position. This makes it seem like directional surround is broken but it's actually just a design flaw with the dialogue audio.

[vAndu]

Changes TV. not default.

[sf.0519]

Originally posted by vAndu:

Changes TV. not default.

I thought that fixed it but you hear dialog and turn around it doesn't come from rear speakers correctly. This is a hard to solve problem as it maybe Windows or Nvidia I have been fighting with windows for watching movies for a long time with Dolby Atmos for a long time. But some say this is a issue with other games as well so it may not soley be on this game,