5.1 PCM surround sound

[DamnFine815]

As the game natively supports it, I wanted to ask if you could add 5.1 audio to recomp for Windows.
If you need it to be tested on a surround system, you can send me a testbuild. Just let me know, in case it's planned.

Thanks anyway, this is all very great!!

[adriadam10]

Thanks for the offer. Right now the port tells the game the audio device has 2 channels, so the game mixes to stereo. The audio renderer already handles 6-channel mixes (its reverb has the 5.1 layout), so 5.1 output is mostly about reporting 6 channels and opening a 5.1 device on the PC. It's noted as a planned feature; when there's a build to try I'll mention you here.

[adriadam10]

@DamnFine815 5.1 output is done and will be in 0.1.9 (the next release, coming soon). The game now mixes 5.1 itself: the port reports 6 channels to it and opens a 5.1 device on the PC.

• Settings > Sound > Speakers: Automatic (default: 5.1 when Windows' default playback device has 6 or more channels), Stereo, or 5.1 surround. It applies at the next start.
• Checked here on a Windows PC with 5.1 forced: there is sound in the rear channels already at the title screen.

Since you have a real surround system, when 0.1.9 is out it would help a lot if you could check that each channel goes to the right speaker (centre for voices, rears during a race, the subwoofer) and tell me here what you hear. Thanks for asking for it.

[adriadam10]

v0.1.9 is out with 5.1 surround: on a system output with 6 channels, Settings > Sound > Speakers on Automatic gives the game's own 5.1 mix (5.1 forces it, Stereo turns it off). If you try it, tell us here how it sounds. Release: https://github.com/adriadam10/mkw-recomp/releases/tag/v0.1.9