Sorry if this has been asked before, but people's signatures make searching for "5.1" and "surround sound" not terribly effective.

Anyways, has surround sound been implemented in BOS yet? It doesn't seem to be working for me, but it can be hard to tell sometimes (I'm using 7.1 headphones, so I can't just put my ear near a rear speaker). The hardware is working otherwise.

Even though it isn't necessary, it would be nice if more sims and games presented explicit options for this just so you know it's there.

Surround works. It has worked for years with RoF and BoS is the same. I'm using 5.1, directional audio works very well.

There aren't additional settings, the 5.1 would be detected through your Windows audio configuration. So if this is a new sound setup for you, check your windows, or your specific sound card's, audio settings and verify the proper speaker configuration.

I dont know. A while ago, I recall dev team talking about that it will only implement R/L channel. Not sure if that stance moved.

It does. I have 5.1, it works. It uses the FMOD sound engine, which is used in the DN game engine. Also used by engines such as CryEngine, Source, Havok, and Unreal Engine 3 plus many more. It also powers Star Citizen, which is obvious since that's built off CryEngine 3 and that has 5.1 support at the minimum.

http://www.fmod.org/

Nothing else to add here other than that 5.1 surround has worked for me since day 1 of ROF and BOS.

Thanks for the replies, something must be wonky on my end then. It's definitely not working right in BOS but is in ROF and other things. I probably just need to play around with the balance settings or something, and/or take it up at the official forums.