Wrong side

[Metoil]

Is it a mistake to hear the sounds on the wrong side? My dog is on my right and barking, but I hear it on the left side with my headphones. And no, do not have them on backwards xD

[DopaTrain]

I noticed that the other day. Must be a bug. I was surrounded by mountain lions but their sounds were opposite to their direction.

[JPSGT40]

Originally posted by Metoil:

Is it a mistake

Yes, it is a mistake / bug. This problem has been happening in CotW for years. A couple years ago the devs made yet another attempt to fix this, but, as you can hear, it still happens frequently and inconsistently. Don't bother troubleshooting your audio or Windows settings as it won't help. Just have to live with it for now (maybe forever).

[Fleche007]

Problem of bad direction of the sounds for me too. Whether it's for the dog, the cry of animals or certain calls. I'm on 5.1. Before the last recent update it was fine. Now no . It's sad because the sound is very important in this game ???

Problème de mauvaises direction des sons pour moi aussi . Que ce soit pour le chien, le cri des animaux ou certains appeaux . Je suis en 5.1 . Avant la dernière mise à jour récente cela allait . Maintenant non . C'est triste car le son est très important dans ce jeu ???

[fuso]

I've got the same problem. For me it's noticable mostly when my dog barks. It's quite annoying.

[Geronimo]

All u have to do is sit backwards.

[Humpenstilzchen]

I only had this happen once when I plugged in my headset (logitech g633)while the game was still booting up. A restart fixed it.

[panzerd18]

Another positional sound bug thread.

[El Poto]

So sad, this used to be one of the strong points of the game. I remember my very first day playing, with my cheap headset, and my hd4k laptop, I was able to pinpoint animal calls and steps. No need for dolby or any other bs.
These devs started very bad, with tons and tons of bugs, after a couple of years they managed to get things somewhat under control while adding good content. But slowly, quality has gone down the drain again.
It's been nearly two years without music at the Medved Taiga outposts. The devs last response: since it is not a game breaking bug, it is not a priority.
Despite the long time, despite the game music being a hallmark feature.

I am disappointed, and tired.

[The Eagle]

i missed my snow leopard because of this bug, sound was totally in the opposite of where he was! He was behind me and the sound was coming from the front, good thing i looked at my dog and he was barking and facing to an area behind me. When i looked all I seen was a tail going over the hill and his tracks that he left behind.

[Agima]

Originally posted by The Eagle:

i missed my snow leopard because of this bug, sound was totally in the opposite of where he was! He was behind me and the sound was coming from the front, good thing i looked at my dog and he was barking and facing to an area behind me. When i looked all I seen was a tail going over the hill and his tracks that he left behind.

Not exactly. EW stated in a post that the tiger (at least, not 100% about the leopard tho) sound is coming from all directions so you can't pinpoint from where. This is by design, according to them.

But frankly, it sure look like an artificial and cheap way to make the tiger more "scary" I guess.

Audio positionning and Dolby Atmos was indeed a nice feature to have. They screwed it up many updates ago and by their own admission they don't know how to fix it. Very sad.

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by Agima:

Not exactly. EW stated in a post that the tiger (at least, not 100% about the leopard tho) sound is coming from all directions so you can't pinpoint from where. This is by design, according to them.

"Side eye" as the kids say

[Andi]

Since '22 I have a sound profile with switched channels for CotW since I lost hope they'll ever gonna fix it.
No joke, works for me, lol.
Or simply turn your headset around

[panzerd18]

Originally posted by Andi:

Since '22 I have a sound profile with switched channels for CotW since I lost hope they'll ever gonna fix it.
No joke, works for me, lol.
Or simply turn your headset around

I'll try my headphones turned the wrong way and see if its any better :D