Sound eh?

[fjia 0]

Dear sir

May you please answer me this, why oh why in the name of all thats holy does the sound of the engines leave me. I does hop in a truck or a tank and start the engines then afters a few seconds the engine noise goes away, this is a piles of assness of the highest order. Oh it just gets quieter I hear you say and I hear you easily cause me tank sure the hell aint making much noise. Its so freakin quiet why in the name god is it so quiet? I do want to listen the engine also cause me no listen to music so me drives tanks and all I hears is my computer fans and the odd guns from games and if I does listen to music I still want rumble of big tank engine as part of game noise experience thing, get what I mean, so why this oddness, and or how fix?

Thanks

[theavonlady 2]

What OFP version are you running, newbie?

[Warin 0]

Moving to troubleshooting...

[fjia 0]

1.75

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

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the sound does not go away it gets less loud. The reason for this is called "addaptive Senses". If I pretend hitting your eye you will show a reflex for a the first 10 times but then no longer. Same with sound, your senses will get used to a sound and you will barely hear it anymore! Did you never notice that inside a car?

[fjia 0]

I know of what you speak as I said

So you say reasons is you get bored listen same noise all time and no hear no more, but do engines not rev and change noise and pitches and gears and such. What I notices is the lack of noise I flys helichopper and hear rotors then I fires rockets and hears for some ass reason them blow up then I no hear rotors no more sudden me thinks I'm in a ufo or something its really odd. Or to be exact I hears them really really quiet so that I cant hear them over a mouse fart and it is dumb and gay if the engines arnt going to noises why dont I throw my speakers out the window,the guns are the only noises thats I hear so when drive tanks and no shooting theres no noise no noise at all to pick hairs theres noise buts it s so quiet its irrelvant. Sigh before I thought it was so I could hear helis over the trucks engines but this is not case as no helis abouts, nothing about. Goddamn I want drive a tanks up a hill and get into the experiance if have no sound then why have texture graphix etc its all the little things that add up to make the big experiance if you get what I mean

[Zerogreat 0]

Holy God, his english is even worser than mine!

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (fjia @ Aug. 25 2002,19:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I know of what you speak as I said

So you say reasons is you get bored listen same noise all time and no hear no more, but do engines not rev and change noise and pitches and gears and such. What I notices is the lack of noise I flys helichopper and hear rotors then I fires rockets and hears for some ass reason them blow up then I no hear rotors no more sudden me thinks I'm in a ufo or something its really odd.  Or to be exact I hears them really really quiet so that I cant hear them over a mouse fart and it is dumb and gay if the engines arnt going to noises why dont I throw my speakers out the window,the guns are the only noises thats I hear so when drive tanks and no shooting theres no noise no noise at all to pick hairs theres noise buts it s so quiet its irrelvant. Sigh before I thought it was so I could hear helis over the trucks engines but this is not case as no helis abouts, nothing about.  Goddamn I want drive a tanks up a hill and get into the experiance if have no sound then why have texture graphix etc its all the little things that add up to make the big experiance if you get what I mean<span id='postcolor'>

Okay, if you want a strong sound then go and download the german BW-MOD, get into the editor and load the Leopard. But I warn you, if you got a subwover you better watch it cause that tank might bust it! This thing is realy noisy!

[fjia 0]

hoho so the programme simulates whats I will do anyway in turning noise to background noise but eh I am not simulated I am real if you do something for me all that will happen is like what does instead of not noticing background noise I notice its lack, cause it takes noise away before I would naturly do so.

Since I would do so anyway why hell get computer to do for me, hell why not get computer to play the game for me to while its at it. Did they think about how no one does this, and why that might be or they think they smarts and reinvent wheel type thing.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Well if you think about it it makes sense. If you switch from outside to inside view the noise becomes extremely loud (normal for sitting inside a tank). If you realy want to keep it that noisy, fine. But fact is that I dont want to it to stay that loud cause it is anoying. If you think a game has to be anyoing to be realsitic then you could also rent an appartment near a tank-barrack and you would have your desired effect.

[Hidden 0]

LMAO! Albert, if you were my neighbour, I would buy you a beer or ten, great reply.

My soundcard is crap at 3D sound (Audiophile 2496, not exactly a gamer´s soundcard), but I have always noticed the sound fading to a minimum after a short while, and although even that gets just a bit annoying sometimes (like "where did the engine go, did it fall out or something?"), I like it and think BIS are heading the right way with this. Just one of those tons of minor details that makes OFP (and Resistance) so good.

fija: Many of us (including me) have been playing this games since the release last year, and we have not been bothered too much about the way sound works. Simulation? OFP is a game rather than a simulation. You will get used to it sooner or later anyway.

A company recently showcased a new toy for sadistic Playstation owners: A pain giver. If you gets hit, it really hurts, not just in the game. If you would like something like that, wait for the full body suit so that you will be screaming every time a bullet hits you. Now that´s simulation!

[fjia 0]

yall take everthing to extemes I dont want it as realistic noisely as real tank, just more than it is, it sounds like I have eletric tank when hit trees sand stuff just tree noise and sod all tank noise is oddness.

Dont know abouts sound mod thing like problems with turning sound up is when guns is fired I scream ekk too loud like that sort of with footsteps too if footsteps loud enough too hear then guns a bit loud but that not so bad as the tank noise thing.

[Hidden 0]

Well if you want realistic gun sounds, try Americas Army. It is a free download, even (www.americasarmy.com - also referred to as just AA). When I started shooting with the SAW at the shooting range, guess who jumped high Very nice sound.

Ok the sound is not the best in OFP, although very good, but what has not been "fixed" by now will not be fixed until a sequel anyway (IL or OFP 2, who knows). I will then consider buying one of the more expensive SB cards and speaker sets to enjoy the rich and natural surround sound.

Somebody said the sound when bullets hit the ground next to you is a lot better in the Delta Force games. It´s been a while since I played those (as soon as I got OFP, I forgot about DF), so I don´t remember.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I got the ordinary onboard sound. I wonder if it realy would change much if I would buy a good soundcard for my silly 2 speakers and the subwoover?

[Balschoiw 0]

I play OFP with headphones all the time and I love the sounds. A really great effect are the shots passing you in 3D.

They sounds differe all the time, depending wich direction over you they take. Also I think the fade sound within tanks is not sooooooo bad. Test it on your own. If you enter a tank it is pretty loud. After a while is fades. Now adjust the volume to get the origin volume. It is very annoying to drive a tank over distances with this sound in the ears. Or why do you think tank crews wear ear protection and muffled headsets.

Another favourite of mine is the surrounding sound like wind , grass, bugs :-)

If you sneak towards an enemy outpost and fire no shot everything becomes louder after a while. I like the sounds . This is a great BIS thingie.