No space combat sound when zoomed out

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hi.
Anyone else have this problem? when im zoomed out ( and im pretty much 100% of the time zoomed out), i have no space combat sounds. No phasers, torp's explosions , even scanning etc. If i zoom in, i can hear them.

Im using a x-fi sound blaster on vista 64, and have alll updates.

thx.

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I believe the audio is based on the character/ship's relation to the sound. If that's the case a bug is the reason it is using the camera view as a reference point rather than the ship.

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I believe the audio is based on the character/ship's relation to the sound. If that's the case a bug is the reason it is using the camera view as a reference point rather than the ship.

The game is in 3rd player view (your look at your ship which is doing the fighting). So in reality the closer you are to you ship and the action the more detailed and clear the sound of battle is. So by design it is not a bug.