Archival note: This is a very old project of mine and one of the first things I ever programmed as a teen, the code/repo quality reflects that. I am keeping it here for archival purposes. If you are looking for something similar, there are a bunch of updated forks available.

Canetis Radar

CanetisRarar is open-source application for helping with recognizing sound direction in games. It has overlay that can be used in games and it uses 7.1 audio to calculate sound direction.

How to use

You need 7.1 audio device to be connected and selected as primary speaker, but don´t worry. You can also use virtual audio device. First of all check if your sound card or headphones does not support it and if they don´t use this guide.

1. Download VB-Cable (better alternative: Raser Surround)
2. Install it
3. Reboot PC
4. Go to sound settings
5. Open Playback tab
6. Set CABLE Input as default
7. Click on Configure
8. Set sound to 7.1 surround and enable all speakers
9. Go to Recording tab
10. Click on CABLE Output and click Properties
11. Go to Listen tab
12. Check Listen to this device
13. Set your normal playback device
14. Profit

Download

You can download latest compiled build from AppVeyor, releases or build it from source.

Contributing

If you want to help, you can create pull-request.

You can also star this repo or fork this repo.

License

Copyright (c) 2018 Samuel Tulach

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.