Dolby Atmos for Headphones is no longer working after recent Hotfix #51 (1.5.4)

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Type (Required):

Audio

Issue Description (Required):

Before the patch surround audio was great, after the patch it was not and very difficult to discern sound directions. Doing some testing with the different audio settings in game and disabling spatial sound in Windows has not improved it. During this testing I find that there is no difference in when windows spatial sound is set to none or when set to Dolby Atmos for Headphones.

The audio settings I’m currently using in-game.

  • Sound device: default device (have also tried selecting the specific Realtek(R) Audio)
  • Speaker settings: 5.1 (have also tried auto detect, stereo, stereo headphones)
  • Audio mix preset: default

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

Steam (PC)

Player ID (Optional):

One3rd

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Same here.
Dolby Atmos no longer working on 7.1 AV Receiver

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Hey both, we are investigating this issue. Which specific headphone model are you using?

It would also be helpful if you could please provide a console log from a session that this occurs, and your user_settings.config ideally:

Thanks in advance!

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I’m using a Sennheiser GSP 350 and an Audio-technica ATH-M50x.

I don’t hear much (if any) change when using either headphones and switching between spatial sound off, Dolby Atmos for Headphones or Windows Sonic for headphones. Which is a bit strange as normally there is a very clear difference when Sonic is enabled.

The console log and settings files from a session today are below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10rcFs_S-6CacDVy4dmvCTazg-x8PM0kL?usp=sharing

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Thank you! I have passed this information on to the developer investigating the issue. Much appreciated.