sound question

[WEZEL]

whats the sound format of AH, Dolby, stereo 5.1 7.1 or something else?

[zack1234]

All of them?

[Chalenge]

In the past it has been mono inputs. DirectX changes that to whatever your system is set up for. If you use anything else it will not work right.

With the new AHIII . . . I'm betting the same, but haven't played around with it yet.

[Bizman]

As Chalenge said, mono.

The game then converts it to stereo or multichannel by placing the sound clip into the virtual space. That way you can hear the direction of a sound source such as an enemy tank. Just as in real life: You see a single vehicle driving past you, producing a single monaural sound. However, by using your personal audio input system called ears you hear a stereo sound telling the exact location and the direction of movement of that said vehicle.

If the meaning is to simulate real life, I don't see any reason to change that.

[Randy1]

In the past it has been mono inputs. DirectX changes that to whatever your system is set up for. If you use anything else it will not work right.

With the new AHIII . . . I'm betting the same, but haven't played around with it yet.

Are you saying the clipboard-preferences-sound should set it to mono instead of windows config?

I am confused.

[Bizman]

No, Randy.

In order you to determine the direction of the game sounds your sound settings have to be in stereo or multichannel, depending on your speakers/headphones. Windows config is fine if it's set to stereo or multichannel (5.1, 7.1 etc.). There's exceptions for example if you're using both your headset for voice and your speakers for other sounds at the same time, but supposedly you're not doing that.

If this makes it any clearer: Mono means one, stereo means two. If you have one engine roaring, you can't hear it from two different locations. But you can hear it with two ears. If you turn your head, one ear will be closer to the engine and thus hears it louder than the other one. That's the idea of stereophonic hearing. It's actually triangulation. By the volume difference in your ears your brain can calculate the location of the engine.

[Randy1]

Thanks Bizman.

I remember getting our very first stereo, record player.

Stereo was cool but at that time the best thing was the change in car radios from AM to FM.  Traveling in a car with AM radio that caught every 60 Hz hum from power lines and transformers was very irritating.

[WEZEL]

Thanks for the info guys  just got a new sound card and just never knew the format of AH sound