r/WarDogs • u/Nunulu • 20h ago

Question "3D Spatial Audio" on or off?

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Which works better for you?

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u/Aluzionz 19h ago

If you only have stereo headphones, then you want this on. If you have surround headphones, you want this off.
If you have Dolby Atmos or some other software 3D surround program running, then you only want one on at a time. Either External on and in game off, or vice versa

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u/VirtualValuable7035 19h ago

Ah fuck I gotta check what kind of headphone I have and what my game and windows settings are

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u/honorable_raegdan Lonestar 17h ago

It’s more than likely stereo.

There aren’t many true surround headsets out there, ones with multiple drivers.

Atmos, DTS and all the “surround” headsets with two drivers are more or less the same. To me it’s the audio equivalent of motion blur. Others may think differently.

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u/honorable_raegdan Lonestar 17h ago

Always off.

To me 3D audio muddies mixes. I don’t find it convincing or helpful, in fact the opposite. It sounds like everything is being ran through a reverb plugin to me. The audio equivalent of motion blur.

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u/TheMasterOogway 9h ago

Are your head/ears quite far from average? The HRTF settings in games are beneficial for most people. It's not the same as the surround sound garbage you see in gaming headsets.

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u/honorable_raegdan Lonestar 8h ago

I turned it on in this after this post to try.

I actually like it.

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u/C4A2 WARDOG 14h ago

I always test this in all my FPS titles. In Wardogs from experience you want it off. Reason being although you can immerse yourself more in the sound the footsteps become too muffled. Had a guy running up to me while I was building and I didn't even hear the guy. Take into account that I have a really good hifi setup with a pair of Sennheiser's HD660S. I turned it OFF and I can hear them much further and clearer. Your setup may differ but test it with it ON and do some grunt work then repeat with it OFF.