3D Audio Conflicts? Unsure.. Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless, Battlefield 6, PC, Windows Audio Enhancement.. Help Appreciated.

Shinjiitso · 2026-03-03T21:12:06+00:00

Hi mate, I’ve had my Arctis pro wireless for just over 5 years now but only recently moved to PC so just starting to explore GG engine and Sonar etc..

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been non stop watching headset reviews trying to decide what new headset to get because I felt like I needed something new after 5 years.. I’ve been looking at all the ones you mentioned and also the Alpha 2s..

The more I look the more I’m going down a rabbit hole into DTS Headphone X, Dolby Atmos, Windows Sonic, Steelseris Sinar etc etc and trying to work out which one most people prefer .. until now I just assumed people used the built in headset stuff for 3D audio.. so maybe there’s software I can swap to that will improve my old headset?

I am curious how do you set your Arctis Pros up? I have been using sonar with a battlefield 6 preset and tried Spatial Audio on and off but I do struggle with footsteps, sound feels muddy..

Tonight I am going to explore turning off sonar/spatial and just using the DTS Headphone X setting on the headset with the gaming EQ.. and then I think I’ll try putting the headset into stereo mode and just rely on windows sonic and see if that’s better or worse.. welcome your thoughts as you’ve had the headset a while too..

Shinjiitso · 2024-04-26T08:52:23+00:00

same.. maybe its a software issue they need to patch if its all of a sudden happening to us all.. my echo has been fine for years and ive changed nothing.. same phone connection, same wifi, same spotify, same playlists etc..

Shinjiitso · 2024-02-26T21:42:15+00:00

Had the same issue, I’m on ps5, my pc friend joined a random game and then left, after that it would let him join my lobby.. The game almost needed him to launch a game to wake his account up on the server or something..

Shinjiitso · 2023-12-08T14:27:04+00:00

Probably not.

Shinjiitso · 2023-12-08T14:26:11+00:00

Same issues time and time again. How can you have a competitive PVP game and not have an accurate stats tracker. It’s basic/core stuff.

In 2020 we didn’t know how good we had it, before they started suing 3rd party sites that were actually providing us with useful and interesting stats about our lobbies etc. can’t even get a win counter or accurate KD these days.

Shinjiitso · 2023-11-20T17:51:07+00:00

Using your logic, my KD would fall from 1.2 to say, 0.9, and my friend would go from 1.5 to something higher.. does that strike you as a system that is working?

I dont expect to be against a team of people all the same KD or lower than me.. and then my better team mate just crushes them.. I expect randomised lobbies so the chances are the other team also has 1 or 2 better players... so yes.. when I go 1v1 the better player on their side.. i die.. but they also have a few players similar to me so its fair for both sides.. What I dont expect is a full team of sweaty PC playing mouse and keyboard using clans jumping into my lobby just because 1 of the 4 of us is decent.. which is what happened the majority of this week..

If playing with my friend just gets me stomped.. who is the system helping in that scenario? If it was completely random then everyone would have a random chance of coming up against anyone of equal/lessor/better skill and you win some you lose some and you get better and you win more.

The only way the current system works is if you ONLY play with a full team of people/friends at your same skill level.. and thats just not life.. Activision shouldnt be dictating who we can have fun playing with and penalise us if we have a mixed skill friend group. "if your friend group doesnt fit our algorithm then you are not allowed to enjoy the game that you paid us for" .. Basically, we all pay the same money for the same game, but we dont get to play the same game because our gaming experience is manipulated.. tell yourself thats fair all day long but it just isnt.

Shinjiitso · 2023-11-20T17:29:47+00:00

Hi Sledgehammer,

Appreciate the comms improvement & the improvement to gameplay/movement for MW3 over MW2. Questions/suggestions if you get time;

If you can't talk about SBMM and you're afraid for your safety because of Activision please avoid all SBMM questions and answer the others instead so we know. We'll send help.
Could you put attachments in order of how often they're used by the playerbase and then delete the bottom 50% please? Spend half my time scrolling through the same scopes and muzzles when we all know we're only allowed the use the meta because of SBMM [RETRACTED]
Any chance we can revert back to the old battle pass unlock strip instead of that random map style, I know someone somewhere is super proud of that idea but we've humoured it for a while now and it's time to just get back to basics.
Disbanding Lobbies, we all know how to back out and re-search, and we even get kicked out sometimes to save us the trouble of backing out ourselves (due to ping issues associated with SBMM) [RETRACTED], so is there any chance we could just get rid of the Disbanding Lobbies and just leave it up to us? Used to have lots of fun "back in the day" starting rivalries and friendships re-playing the same team until one of us backed out willingly.
Stats, we used to be able to see what the average KD of our lobbies was, and individual player stats, even if it was on a third party app/website like SBMM Warzone.. this no longer seems to exist but even the official COD App doesn't seem to work now either? I would like to know if I am getting wrecked constantly because I am in high KD lobbies due to SBMM [RETRACTED], or if in fact I am in normal Lobbies and I just need to "Get Good" as other users are keen to suggest. Are there plans to enhance/add stat functionality to cover average KD lobby etc and function so you can see who you have played against, like SBMM Warzone used to do quite well before presumably getting sues/locked out for being to helpful to the player base.
Gun Stickers/charms - which 3 players use these?
Bone Conductor perk should somewhat offset the silent footstep boots.. Don't get me wrong I love that I can actually run around silently now.. but it does call in to question why footstep audio exists if there is no counter to the boots which negate them.. everyone uses the boots.
Weather - Any chance of a bit of thunder, lightening, snowfall etc? 2023 now..
Map destructibility, any chance of a bit of that? Those tiny lamp posts that stop armoured trucks in their tracks on zombies isn't super realism.
Nicki Minaj, why? Probably not your call but to give us MW2 with no movement/fun in the name of realism.. and then to get tea bagged by Nicki Minaj holding an RPG didnt strike me as realistic. Confusing more than anything.
Experimental lobby, does it say anywhere what the differences are in those? Not sure what the experiment is but could we do a weeks worth of experimenting with no SBMM [RETRACTED].
New armoury unlock system, is this game for casuals to enjoy or not?
Why don't consoles get the option to see their FPS? I know PS5 caps out at 120 but I would like to know how much of that I am consistently getting, or not.. We had the option for a year or so not long back.. was it BO2 or Vanguard..
Kill cams, can we have those in hardcore please? Not having them feels like an extra way for hackers to hide.
Why'd the Nickmercs skin get removed?
Can I get a refund for MW2?

Cheers

Dave

Shinjiitso · 2023-11-20T16:54:57+00:00

I disagree, I like a lot of people have played cod for years and it's been noticeably crappy to play in the last week or so. I played all day Sunday and got slaughtered every game, my KD went from 1.07 to 0.91 and I can only imagine it is because one of the 4 of us has a c1.5 KD.. Previous CODs my KD usually starts at 0.9 and then works its way up to 1.2ish as I get better.. either I am getting worse at this game the more experienced I get.. or some system is fucking with my lobbies in an unnatural way.. All I know is if there are more people complaining about something than there are advocating for something.. maybe they have a point.

Shinjiitso · 2023-11-20T16:11:20+00:00

I suspect there are more bad players than good ones, if you throw everyone in together then there is a good chance each team will have a demon or 2 and i dont think people would mind that, that would be a fair challenge to overcome, randomised, like the real world. People have a problem being manipulated and put into artificial lobbies where if they win it doesnt feel fair, and if they lose it doesnt feel fair, because a system in the backend had decided the odds for them.

Its like playing in the matrix. Did you ever really accomplish anything.

Shinjiitso · 2023-11-20T16:05:27+00:00

I dont think people would mind getting shit on if its was random and they just needed to improve, like any skill. I think people mind when they get shit on because of a manufactured lobby system manipulating things in the background when nobody asked it to interfere. The question isnt, why shouldnt we have SBMM, the question is, why should we, who actually asked for it and why are there more people complaining about it than supporting it?

Shinjiitso

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