gunshot sound FX sound like they are right next to me?

[scurvy]

when playing DM in maps that are open, whenever someone shoots, towards me, no matter how far away, it sounds like they are about 2 feet away from me, and the gunfire is very loud.. is this just the game or some kind of glitch?.. i've messed with the sound settings in game but nothing has helped.

Also i get a crashing error sometimes that says something like 'the memory cannot be read' any know how how to fix either problem :sniper:

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

this has happeend to me a couple of times.... reloading the game fixed it I think(or maybe my sound option was set to speakers instead of headphones...I don't remember exactly)

 

[.syL]

It always seemed that way to me, especially compared to HL1. I was never able to tell where anybody was at, especially the xbow was a bitch. i have just switched over to 5.1 headphones and thanks to valve now with digital surround, and that works much better.

 

[Flyingdebris]

this happens to me, but only when sombody is getting beaten with a crowbar or stunstick.

if they are halfway aross the map, it still sounds like the beatdown is ocurring next to me

 

[KetelOne]

ugh..I had my speakers get stuck playing the "ears ringing" noise after an explosion near you. That was torture.

 

[elg2001]

this is a bug that needs to be fixed. so is the water sound/perpetual drowning problem.

 

[rpgprog]

just type "stopsound" in console that stops sounds that should have been just for a while,