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Much Lower Volume while not Facing NPC's

Shagreth
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I haven't changed anything about my setup (not even drivers) in the last 3 months or so and I recently noticed that the volume of a talking NPC's voice drops immensely when you turn away (both 1st and 3rd person) putting 192000Hz & 24bits helped with this somewhat, but the issue is still there. Was this always the case or has anyone else noticed a change?
Edited by ZOS_Hadeostry on 24 September 2023 03:21
  • phaneub17_ESO
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    Depends on your sound setting, I use surround sound from 5 speakers (3 frontal, 2 rear) so depending on where I am positioned in proximity of the NPCs changes which speaker the sound comes out and the volume on how near or away I am to them. It's neat if I'm in the middle of a bunch of them having a conversation as each NPC come out a different speaker.
  • Shagreth
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    Depends on your sound setting, I use surround sound from 5 speakers (3 frontal, 2 rear) so depending on where I am positioned in proximity of the NPCs changes which speaker the sound comes out and the volume on how near or away I am to them. It's neat if I'm in the middle of a bunch of them having a conversation as each NPC come out a different speaker.
    I'm well aware of such setups and how they work, however -- I'm currently (and have been for years) using a stereo setup and this is the first time I notice this behavior, so I thought that maybe they changed something with the recent patches, the difference was really big. Even with a stereo setup in ESO -- a small decrease in volume happens, to emulate surround sound, as much as possible, but this time around I'm talking like 70% decrease in volume, that isn't normal. The only thing that got updated in these 3 months is windows, so they either messed up something or it's the patch.
  • AcadianPaladin
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    I've noticed the same thing but it seems like it's been ongoing for more than a month or so. I actually like it. When I start to hear a conversation I've heard 1000 times before, I can turn away from it and it almost is gone. :)
    Edited by AcadianPaladin on 23 September 2023 23:29
    PC NA(no Steam), PvE, mostly solo
  • ZOS_Hadeostry
    Greetings,

    After further review we have decided to move this thread to a category we think is more appropriate for this topic, as it deals with troubleshooting.

    Thank you for your understanding
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  • ZOS_Phoenix
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    @Shagreth

    Hello there! I would recommend trying the steps in this article if you have not already. Please let us know how it goes!
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