no surround sound whilst in VR

Discussion in 'Bug Reports' started by Smeghead, Jun 10, 2023.

  1. Smeghead

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    I have a 5.1 sound speaker setup and sound is good when I play on monitors, but when I play in VR the sound is bad. The rear speakers produce no sound but the front 3 do, so a rear engined car has almost no engine noise at all, but if i hit the "look behind" button I get the full engine noise through the front centre speaker, which makes sense, but then back to forward view and I get nothing from the rear speakers.

    Its possible that this is somehow related to openvr_api.dll though I'm not sure how, because I've also noted that if I use a different openvr_api.dll (open composite, in order to use pimax XR) I get the same sound issues even whilst playing on monitors. It seems strange that openvr_api.dll would have any effect on sound when not playing in VR but it does.

    as an aside, using a different openvr dll disables the ability to choose hrtf profiles when using headphones

    Thanks for any help
     
    Last edited: Jun 10, 2023
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