Ingame sound doesn't give you directional and space sensations

[letsreplaythewar]

Guys,

Its just me or the Ro2 audio doesnt have much directional and space sensations?

I say that because the noise of the fires and the interactive character voices sometimes seems to be on my side, when they really are very, very far from me.

Another ex is when i hear the enemy TL calling the art in the radio, when i am VERY VERY FAR AWAY from the closest radio he could be calling it...

Other really bad thing is when i am at the top of a house, like pavslov, and the enemys in the first floor seems to be firing on my side...

BTW, using 128 Channels here.



What about to fix that?

 

[Mangley]

Personally I find it all good on 32 channels EXCEPT for your own sounds. Like when you talk to yourself or you shout something and it's directional and sounds like it's coming from behind you as you move.

It should play to you from your clientside position, not from your server position.

Your footsteps could also use the same love.

 

[Nenjin]

It has bugs. There's no denying that.

On the other hand, it works perfectly other times.

Last night I was on FF in one of the tunnels, as Russians. Germans just down the street from the tunnel exit throw smoke. After one runs down into the tunnel and gets gunned down, I tell my squad member to wait a second.

I hear MKB fire like crazy somewhere off to my left, behind us. I go up the tunnel ramp, turn around to my left, and gun down 3 German assault guys before the 4th kills me.

Works pretty well IMO. If bullet impacts are heard from too far away, if radios are heard from too far away, it's all minor stuff that needs to be fixed, and will be, in time.

I think I'm doing 64 channels.

 

[Kirq]

Guys,
Its just me or the Ro2 audio doesnt have much directional and space sensations?

I'm afraid it's Your sound card or headphones. For me RO2 has amazing sounds, and I can specify direction and distance of gunshots and footsteps without any problem.

 

[MadTommy]

I'm afraid it's Your sound card or headphones. For me RO2 has amazing sounds, and I can specify direction and distance of gunshots and footsteps without any problem.

Well i have trouble with directional audio..with both high quality sound card & true 5.1 headphones..

General sound is awesome.. but the directions sounds are a bit iffy IMO.

 

[Nenjin]

The only time I get confused signals from the audio is when guys are directly above me or below me. Like when stuff gets hairy on Grain Elevator. Then it's pretty much impossible to tell which direction it's coming from, because it sounds like its on top of you.

 

[Alperce]

The only time I get confused signals from the audio is when guys are directly above me or below me. Like when stuff gets hairy on Grain Elevator. Then it's pretty much impossible to tell which direction it's coming from, because it sounds like its on top of you.

So, so true.

 

[Rak]

Sound directions are definitely not accurate for me. Sometimes it's impossible to tell if a sound comes from downstairs or upstairs or the same level of you, and I've died many times because of that. Also the sounds your persona makes comes from random directions which makes me nervous.

 

[THD]

This is all because twi chose to use xaudio2 (instead of openAL), which does not support hardware acceleration and is a lot worse at 3d sound positioning. So not only does it sound worse, but it also lowers your performance, compared to what you would have if you have a good sound card.

They've also pretty much confirmed that it will stay this way in another thread, because "xaudio2 does what they want it to and they aren't gonna spend 3 months coding a new sound engine". Enjoy your great audio.

 

[passer]

Seems like a give and take. Sometimes it does seem far but at times its very usefull. Especialy on the Vonetorg for me.

 

[5thSSDW.KGW~CO]

This is all because twi chose to use xaudio2 (instead of openAL), which does not support hardware acceleration and is a lot worse at 3d sound positioning. So not only does it sound worse, but it also lowers your performance, compared to what you would have if you have a good sound card.

They've also pretty much confirmed that it will stay this way in another thread, because "xaudio2 does what they want it to and they aren't gonna spend 3 months coding a new sound engine". Enjoy your great audio.

What? RO2 sound doesn't use a sound-card's dedicated chip?!

 

[The Beast (nl)]

Guys,

Its just me or the Ro2 audio doesnt have much directional and space sensations?

I say that because the noise of the fires and the interactive character voices sometimes seems to be on my side, when they really are very, very far from me.

Another ex is when i hear the enemy TL calling the art in the radio, when i am VERY VERY FAR AWAY from the closest radio he could be calling it...

Other really bad thing is when i am at the top of a house, like pavslov, and the enemys in the first floor seems to be firing on my side...

BTW, using 128 Channels here.



What about to fix that?

You are right, but further the sound is awasome.

But using 32 channel is enough. That`s the maximum in this game.

 

[Gaizokubanou]

You are right, but further the sound is awasome.

But using 32 channel is enough. That`s the maximum in this game.

What do you mean? The config file lets you go up to 128

 

[stayBlind]

Another ex is when i hear the enemy TL calling the art in the radio, when i am VERY VERY FAR AWAY from the closest radio he could be calling it...

I get this all the time, it's pretty annoying.

 

[5thSSDW.KGW~CO]

What do you mean? The config file lets you go up to 128

Doesn't let me, my slider won't stick beyond 32 channels.

 

[Gaizokubanou]

Doesn't let me, my slider won't stick beyond 32 channels.

Yeah the slider is bugged. You have to manually change it in the ROEngine file. But if you do that it'll stick.

Slider is so buggy that once you lower it to 16 channels, you can't even go back to 32 channels

 

[THD]

What? RO2 sound doesn't use a sound-card's dedicated chip?!

No, the sound processing is done by the cpu.

 

[5thSSDW.KGW~CO]

Yeah the slider is bugged. You have to manually change it in the ROEngine file. But if you do that it'll stick.

Slider is so buggy that once you lower it to 16 channels, you can't even go back to 32 channels

Thankyou.

 

[Nenjin]

No, the sound processing is done by the cpu.

Well that explains a few things.

 

[5thSSDW.KGW~CO]

No, the sound processing is done by the cpu.

That defies understanding. What did TWI get out of that, a sound-engine at a bargain-basement price? Let's guess where the performance issues are coming from for people with not so powerful CPUs. FFS.