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PikachuRuns
4 years ago
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Audio Issues Since 9-26-2022

I believe this was the first day it started for me. All kinds of sounds, including but not limited to: footsteps, gunshots, teammate communications (pings, ammo requests,etc.), and even the ring clos...
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OldTreeCreeper
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4 years ago

@LordAwoz it is my son's experience that footsteps are audible behind you, in fact 360 degrees, both up and down using SSS. This implies that all the audio is there, and if footsteps can be brought to the fore, then other sounds that you desire can be too. 

SSS can diminishe other sounds, but my son dosnt care about them. He uses the SSS apex settings with some of his own adjustments. 

I don't really consider it gamebraking when somthing like SSS works well on pc. 

I play on xbox and really have no options like SSS, but the dtx sound settings has really imoroved things, which I'm exploring at the moment in arenas.

It's a real pity that the visual audio is nowhere near as good as fortnite, which I can happily play with the sound off. 

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swift07
4 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper Honestly, using sonar to enhance footstep audio is an advantage, no?
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    OldTreeCreeper
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    4 years ago

    @swift07 if you put the sound through a good stereo you might get the same results using similar eq settings. 

    No it's not the same, as you are not breaking the tos. The tos is very clear about file adjustment.

    But I understand about hearing no footsteps and how bad the situation is with that. I've played for 3 years in that situation, but the dts settings that I only became aware of recently on my xbox have really improved the footsteps. 

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    swift07
    4 years ago
    @OldTreeCreeper the issue we are talking about, is not about footsteps. It is a bug where you literally cannot hear anything behind you in a 180 degree radius.

    I've tried the settings you've suggested, and the audio sounded too high pitch, and it didn't help with footsteps. I've tried it for a few days, hours at a time. It might work for others, but it didn't work for me.
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    swift07
    4 years ago
    @OldTreeCreeper I actually spent a lot of time searching for a solution and that's the only thing I've found, and it worked. I'm not changing things in order to gain an advantage over others, I did it to fix the audio, so that it would work as intended.