Bioshock 2 with virtual surround sound (CMSS-3D Headphone)
8Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off.
Unlike the first game, Bioshock 2 has excellent headphone virtualization as well as wonderful sound design. The city of Rapture actually sounds as good as it looks this time thanks to 2K Marin. Well, maybe better; Bioshock 2 is infamous for its texture streaming problems, after all. I would say the quality of the HRTF is on-par with Halo: CE and the old 3D GTA games. That would place Bioshock 2 around a B; maybe B- if you're harsh. You can't deny that the shootout at 18:00 sounds better than anything in the entire 43-minute Bioshock 1 video.
I'm playing Bioshock 2 with a custom SoundMixStates.ini mod that restores the original PC audio balance before a Steamworks patch ruined Bioshock 2's sound. This fix is pretty much mandatory if you want to play the Steam version nowadays.
(I apologize for the awkward silence at 3:15. It seems that specific scene was tied into the Music volume unlike all other speech in the game.)
HRTF grade:
B
Settings:
Windows Control Panel: 7.1 speakers
Creative Audio Panel: Headphones
In-game setting: 7.1 speakers
CMSS-3D on
MacroFX & ElevationFilter: Auto
TextureStreamingMemoryLimit=4096
TextureStreamingDistanceLimit=10000 (doesn't seem to work on Medium settings.)
MaxChannels=128
LevelOfAnisotropy=16 (in all locations.)
bReverb=True
bUseEAX=True (I don't think this does anything, but it doesn't hurt to try.)
[Default]
W=MoveForward | set Engine.PlayerInput MouseAccelThreshold 0.0 | set Engine.PlayerInput MouseSmoothingMode 0 | SetFOV 115.63
AutoAim=False
[Engine.PlayerInput]
MouseSmoothingMode=0
MouseAccelThreshold=0.0
Links:
http://satsun.org/audio/
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=322637977
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/BioShock_2
http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/File:BS2L.png
(Credit to Sychoff. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)
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