Do you turn off the music in operation flashpoint?

[FallenPaladin 0]

I`m just curious, how many people play Operation Flashpoint with music turned off.

I play without music, because that improves the atmosphere in my eyes (and ears) . Also it makes it easier for me to react to enemy movement, if I hear them before I`m able to see them actually (thanks to my surround speaker system ) . Especially in the woods.

[advocatexxx 0]

I honestly don't view this as the average action game designed for fun. I play to experience the combat, and thus I doubt that soldiers in the battlefield carry boom boxes or wear headphones listening to music. lol

I find it more useful to listen for enemy footsteps from 500 meters away and try to pinpoint their location.

[FallenPaladin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ May 23 2002,14:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I honestly don't view this as the average action game designed for fun.  I play to experience the combat, and thus I doubt that soldiers in the battlefield carry boom boxes or wear headphones listening to music. lol<span id='postcolor'>

true, true

[theavonlady 2]

I voted yes. I'z got kultcha!

[joltan 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ May 23 2002,14:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I`m just curious, how many people play Operation Flashpoint with music turned off.<span id='postcolor'>

Well, I like music in intros, but hate it during gameplay, so I usually turn it off. I rely much on my ears for early warning during gameplay. Music just distracts me.

[Gorgi Knootewoot 0]

Hmm, i don't remember i heard ever music play during the game. Only in cut-scenes, or when you died or won the level. When in combat i never had music.

[joltan 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Gorgi Knootewoot @ May 23 2002,14:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmm, i don't remember i heard ever music play during the game. Only in cut-scenes, or when you died or won the level. When in combat i never had music.<span id='postcolor'>

Some MP missions have this - it's very annoying...

[Hilandor 1]

i like the music in cutscenes etc, some made missions had some cracking tunes " spirit in the sky" tune for a platoon mission that somoene made was amazing

[LordZach 0]

i don't mind music in cutscenes but turn it off if some genius decided to play some music full blast in the middle of a infantry battle, also accept it while in transport, as long as it's not full blast

[Aculaud 0]

I used to have it off, cause its not that realistic; you dont exactly get to hear "Lifeless" on command in real life when you know youre about to kick some ass.

But then i turned it back on cause a lot of it can really help the mood.

[Hardliner 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ May 23 2002,14:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">play Operation Flashpoint with music turned off.<span id='postcolor'>

Nein.

Altho it is not realistic it still makes the mood better, I guess. I probably will try it with music off but I only really mess around in the editor recently. Music is ok in tank battles (slow blades mostly for some reason) but sometimes I leave music out of it.

Voted yes, of course it is obvious I do listen to music in OFP.

[LordZach 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ May 23 2002,08:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">you dont exactly get to hear "Lifeless" on command in real life when you know youre about to kick some ass.<span id='postcolor'>

didn't you hear? the OICW has a MP3 player and headphone jack

[Aculaud 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LordZach @ May 23 2002,10:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ May 23 2002,08:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">you dont exactly get to hear "Lifeless" on command in real life when you know youre about to kick some ass.<span id='postcolor'>

didn't you hear?  the OICW has a MP3 player and headphone jack<span id='postcolor'>

lol, i wouldnt be a bit surprised!

[foxer 0]

Music off for me.But i would listen to it if he had some jimi hendrix ,some hard rock stuff.That would be pretty sweet.Where did Ofp album thread go to ?

[Satchel 0]

I turn music very low volume, not because i wouldn´t like it, but it is distracting for me if it kicks in at full loudness, making it almost impossible to hear the more important sound effects.

The speech/voice volume i turned also down in loudness, because it is very nerving.

[KingN 251]

I definately keep the musics on because most intros sucks if they don't have it, they lack the right atmosphere and some mission makers has put a custom music which could be worth for listening too. And I haven't seen so many missions where the musics would be in the mission itself, only in the intro. Or if so, they are only been played during a transportation or so.

[LordZach 0]

you mean you don't find the constant shouting of "WHERE ARE YOU" when you are clearly in their field of vision sexy?

i wish their mouths would move when they said that, so i could put a bullet in it. all the AI squad is really good for

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I play this game now for such a long time that I dont realy care anymore about how "challenging" the mission is. I like the athmospherics: I like the right color of the sun at the right moment. I like distant war sounds, I like the music at the right moment of the intro? I keep it on!

There has been a tool to implement your own music into OFP right? How much bigger does the mission get if you implement a new *.wav or *.mp3 or whatever it requires?

[KingN 251]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ May 23 2002,21:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I play this game now for such a long time that I dont realy care anymore about how "challenging" the mission is. I like the athmospherics: I like the right color of the sun at the right moment. I like distant war sounds, I like the music at the right moment of the intro? I keep it on!

There has been a tool to implement your own music into OFP right? How much bigger does the mission get if you implement a new *.wav or *.mp3 or whatever it requires?<span id='postcolor'>

I totally agree with you in that atmosphere opinion

A mission's size can jump from 50kb even up to 10mb if you add a long music track in it. But often it's worth it. The format is .ogg by the way.

[LordZach 0]

i've had WAVs load in missions before on accidents and they played, didn't know that was possible, i doubt they would work with mp3s tho

[Satchel 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LordZach @ May 23 2002,21:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">you mean you don't find the constant shouting of "WHERE ARE YOU" when you are clearly in their field of vision sexy?

i wish their mouths would move when they said that, so i could put a bullet in it.  all the AI squad is really good for <span id='postcolor'>

that´s exactly what i meant, it´s horrible, i almost get haunted by that.

Maybe i should strap on some horns and a rotating flashlight onto my helmet in addition to a large cowbell around my neck, so AI don´t loose track of me.

Also inside the vehicle it´s horrible, especially if you have to wait with your fire command till the AI has finished croaking its dubious reports.

[LordZach 0]

(3 is the gunner doing the blabbing)

"12 oclock t-80 200"

"target t80"

"12 oclock man 200"

"12 oclock at soldier 200"

"3 injured"

"12 oclock t-80 100"

"12 oclock hind 500"

"12 oclock soldier 100"

"3 status red"

"2 oclock man 100"

"2 oclock truck 200"

"3 is down"

"fire"

what i would give for a radio silence mod...

[John C Flett 0]

There are very few games where I listen to ingame music cause I mostly feel its unrealistic. Frequently bad music also.

I have however played a few gems, early in the demo days of OFP somebody did a mission where a mass airdrop was set to a piece of 'Conan the Barbarian' music and another in Ghost Recon which used some 'Lisa Gerrard'. A cliche but still very effective.

[USSoldier11B 0]

I love the OFP soundtrack. I think it is one of the best I've heard so far. Even better than the R6 themesongs. Like alot of people said, I like music during cutscenes and intros, but during game play is distracting and can get annoying.

[Aculaud 0]

If i'm just TEARING the shit out of some enemy base in an aircraft or something, i think music can be cool. As its been said, sometimes, it really helps the mood. Sometimes "Dark Side" makes me feel so alone when i'm doing a spec ops mission.