NS2 sound volume is very quiet
Adambean
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<div class="IPBDescription">Sound from NS2 is very quiet, checked software-based volume levels</div><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i>I did search for this but mostly got results of people misspelling "quite" :)</i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
I am wondering if it's just me or not. NS2 sounds very quiet compared to any other application and game I have that produces sound. That includes sound effects, voice, and music. I've checked the volume levels in NS2 itself (all 3 of them), Windows' master playback volume, and Windows' NS2 playback volume -- all of which are maximum.
I have to turn my physical speaker volume up very high (nearly 50% -- it's a 5.1 home theatre system) to be able to hear what goes on in NS2 clearly, but then every other application is massively loud. If someone messages me on IRC or MSN, that becomes the overruling event by quite a margin :p A workaround would be to lower every other application in the playback mixer, but clearly that would still imply that NS2 is at fault.
I also noticed NS2 uses the FMod sound library, but that can't be the issue as we also use it in Sven Co-op and that is very loud indeed when its' volume level is maximum.
Btw: Windows 7 Pro x64, Realtek HD audio
This along with minor rendering glitches is the only quibble I have with NS2 beta so far. I am very happy with everything else NS2 has brought beyond NS1, thanks for a great beta :)
I am wondering if it's just me or not. NS2 sounds very quiet compared to any other application and game I have that produces sound. That includes sound effects, voice, and music. I've checked the volume levels in NS2 itself (all 3 of them), Windows' master playback volume, and Windows' NS2 playback volume -- all of which are maximum.
I have to turn my physical speaker volume up very high (nearly 50% -- it's a 5.1 home theatre system) to be able to hear what goes on in NS2 clearly, but then every other application is massively loud. If someone messages me on IRC or MSN, that becomes the overruling event by quite a margin :p A workaround would be to lower every other application in the playback mixer, but clearly that would still imply that NS2 is at fault.
I also noticed NS2 uses the FMod sound library, but that can't be the issue as we also use it in Sven Co-op and that is very loud indeed when its' volume level is maximum.
Btw: Windows 7 Pro x64, Realtek HD audio
This along with minor rendering glitches is the only quibble I have with NS2 beta so far. I am very happy with everything else NS2 has brought beyond NS1, thanks for a great beta :)
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Its also good to see in the volume mixer, NS2 never reaches any sound level above 20%...
Windows 7 Pro x64, Realtek HD audio
PS: No one else have this problem?
There is a bit of inconsistency with volume across games/applications, but that happened with every sound card I've had. Nothing has had quite this amount of volume offset.