hey!

I'm posting here in the off-chance someone might be able to help, but this applies more to other games (CoD4 specifically) since I unfortunately had trouble with TC:E and had to uninstall it.

I very recently bought a new pair of headphones, higher quality and all, but i'm experiencing a problem with sound being inverted when i'm playing games: I'll hear people as if walking to my left while they are actually to my right...

I'm 100% sure it's not a hardware problem, as Windows detects the channels correctly and even test music tracks work pefectly, only cod4 (I wish I could test with more games but I don't have many installed) seems to be at fault.

Has anyone ever experienced something similar?

unless you cant test it with more games to confirm (and try to uninstall/reinstall cod4 as well). we'll need more info. which headset exactly(usb or not,..), which soundcard+ drivers/settings,...
there can be many things causing it, but i guess its just some game specific problem(reinstall) here.
also test it with your old headset/ speakers in cod4, if they work properly ur headset/settings might be bad.

and reinstall tce as well, there basically isnt any problem that cant be fixed, just ask if it doesnt work

Sounds like you have them on wrong.

seems that you have wrong game installed

try to invert the headphones on your head. easiest fix oO

Send them back... it could be a hardware problem. XD

It's actually stupider(est): I'd been wearing my old headphones backwards for years (5+ years in SHT (Standard Human Time)) and was thus subconsciously conditioned to hear left-side sounds as people to my right... I can hardly even believe it, but everything seems to point to this conclusion...

rofl you imagine your brain is inverted now ?

I tried playing recently, it's absolutely terrible I keep trying to jump off the map in an attempt to follow the fighting sounds.