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  1. Posted

    Something I noticed just recently is that slow rotations cause noticable lod switching, while quick twitches produce way less switching, sometimes none at all.

    I just tried this in an altis forest: look to one direction, then another about 90 degrees to either side. Keeping switching between the two and notice the lod switching. Now instead make really quick twitches between the same two directions. Any difference?

    For me, the quick twitch doesn't produce any lod switching at all.. how come?

     

    Anyone else care trying?

  2. Posted

    Guards! Seize him!

     

    lol!

     

    whats ofp?

     

    .. I think he's referring to Operation Flashpoint. Can't but think back to OFP with ECP.. oh the nostalgia!

     

     

    I've been following the recent changes and I really like what I'm hearing! The state of the audio right now, I think is the best yet in the series and I'm really anxious to see where this is going.

    One thing that I would really like to see fixed is the sound of missiles being stuck to the launcher instead of following the projectile, this is one thing I think would add alot to the soundscape.

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  4. Posted

    Fixed: ExplosionEffects are shown only if a projectile stops

    So I thought: Nice! They've finally fixed this issue. But it seems seems a bit strange to me, a little the wrong way around. Now there's no effect on impact unless the projectile stops, and shouldn't an impact generally set the round off? Wouldn't it be better the other way around - the projectile is deleted (or fragmentation is created) after the explosion effect, which appears on impact..?

  8. Posted

    Tweaked: Sound: Changed shooting sounds dynamic

    What's this exactly?

    I noticed today that I can barely hear enemy fire at about 400m distance. As I recall it, it was more audible just recently? Could be that I've been playing with megagoths sound lately, but I don't think that's actually it.

  9. Posted

    This is sounding great! And I really like the distance the sounds can be heard from... An arma dream finally coming true :)

    However, I feel like it could be a bit more.. aggressive, or.. alive. It's really hard to explain though. But I'm guessing that has more to do with them fancy tails not being in place yet. :) Don't get me wrong it sounds simply great! Loving the work you're doing

  10. Posted

    Problem Nr. 1: Mechanics are BAKED into the audio sample instead of being added by "soundClosure". This means that they are heard over ALL distances.

    This! This is what has been annoying me the most about the gun sounds. At a distance I expect to hear the discharge, a bang, but not any mechanical noise

  11. Posted

    Look at this poll. People are actually barely use the volume slider above 50%. This means that this creates a whole bunch of headroom for the "punches" in sound. :) When this is done, you will be playing at 100% in game volume, not going deaf and enjoying these very clean kind of punches.

    New Technology: There is none really for weapons. There were never samples for different distances, people created scripts to play these sounds. BIS never had a similiar solution. The filtering they implement right now was already there for weapons, they are adding it to ALL OTHER sounds though, which is very good indeed. One thing I have to watch out for is when the split up between the "shot" and the "environmental response" (tail) goes vanilla, until then I have to split up all my weapons into shot & tail. I did a test with the MX and it sounds superb.

    I have access to the filter in the configs BUT I do not understand it and I don't want to do much testing right now really. Also I read that BIS is using scientifically correct numbers for the filter so there is no need to change it.

    :) I am off, copy pasting volume entries again.

    If anyone wants to help me out, check this post.

    Aah, I see. Thanks for straightening that out.

    Going to try out your volume levels as soon as arma finishes updating.

  12. Posted

    I'm getting these errors when trying to play the showcase mission "Armed assault":

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_addWaypoint.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_ambientFiring.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_echoSupportCalled.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_handleDamage.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_apcHit.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_chopperLanding.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_music.sqf not found

    22:59:59 Warning Message: Script functions\Showcase_Armed_Assault\fn_saa_bobcatPush.sqf not found

    Mission is unplayable as the vehicles won't start moving at mission start.

  13. Posted

    Thank you for this megagoth! This really adds a new dimension to arma! I really like how you've caught the punch of a gunshot in a really nice way. And the thing is, that with this I can actually play at a higher volume than before, and it still doesn't create discomfort. It's simply superb!

    A few questions though.. With the new sound system in place, how does this work with your mod? I mean the old system was based on having multiple samples for different distances, but the new system uses a distance based filter. If I got it right. So, does your mod automatically use the new system, and just one base sample is used? Or is that up to you to choose?.. New or old system. And, can you get access to this new fancy filter and edit it to your liking?

  14. Posted

    I really like what you done with the soundengine BI! This more dynamic approach, I believe, is really the way to go and the positional bulletcracks really add to immersion and put me inside the game more. Thank you for this BI!

    And while many weapons have been changed to the better, I strongly feel they lack the proper punch of a firearm, especially at a bit of range. I think you should really listen to what megagoth has got to say about that :)

    Anyway, this all is a huge step in the right direction!

  15. Posted

    Hi,

    1st/3rd person samples differentiation is possible only for the vehicles and their loop sounds by using camPos controller in the volume calculation. There is also new playerPos controller which returns int according to the player's position within the vehicle.

    Currently there is no engine support for doing similar thing within the weapons (shooting). Anyway, this feature is very closely linked to your second question, the possibility to define distance-based samples for shooting (or for the same event generally).

    It's true, it was under consideration for a long time. But simulation of distance shooting sound is more complicated issue than simple ballance between close shooting samples and the tail samples (resp. crossfading close/distant samples). "The tail" in reality is generated by the environment, which could be so variable. Forest, town, hills, or the interior - all that produces different tails to the basic close-range shooting sound. Yes, I am pointing to different feature which is missing in the game, which would change the overall sound experience. Talking about shooting, it would generate different sound basically for each shot. Using virtually positioned stereo samples with wet/dry parameter of environmental effects based on distance in combination with eq could work much better than simple distant samples.

    Yeah, that last part got me really curious.. Is a more dynamic approach like that something you're actually considering? Atleast, it seems logical in an open world game like arma. Simply put, imo it would be awesome! But would it really be necessary to generate a new sound for each shot? Same general position and direction - same sound. Would probably save you alot of resources. Even if it's something you'll never get to do, it's still exciting that you're thinking of it :)

  18. Posted · Edited by Heruon

    Well, it may not add that much.. but it does add a feeling of space, which is something Arma really lacks otherwise. I do like the effect but I guess it depends alot on the performace impact.

    Would it perhaps be possible to instead make a script that delays the sound from the jet? Just to simulate speed of sound?

    edit: Listening to it again, I really like the effect!

  20. Posted

    BTW, just came up with an idea, something that I think it's missing and would add a lot to the atmosphere. 3D insects sounds that come from the actual 3D model of the insects. Imagine the BZZZZZZ of a bee flying past your character's ear!

    As much as I'd love to have that I'd rather they started with adding just that, but for projectiles. Buzzing ricochets perhaps? After sorting out eventual bugs they could apply it to the bugs ;)

  23. Posted

    It doesn't actually come straight from your eyes, but doesn't seem to come from the back of the gun either. The shots are slightly off target when your weapon is misaligned, but not nearly as much as you'd expect. I am not sure if this is just a perspective issue or what. But some people confirmed a couple days back that the bullets do not come out of your eyes and to the front sight. Just that the misalignment has less than expected impact on the shot.

    Thanks for pointing that out. Ofcourse that discussion started the page after I stopped reading.. :p

    Well anyway, yes, something feels a bit off and bullets really don't seem to have lateral movement matching the misalignment and at normal engagement ranges I'd say the effect is negligible, as long as you know about it. But if you don't know about it and wait for the sights to realign, I guess i'ts fine

  24. Posted

    Just tried this out and I think it's quite good, but I really was expecting heavy weapons to feel more sluggish. Anyway, what I noticed with this misalignment is that the projectile actually isn't fired in the direction of the misalignment, it's just fired in the direction of the front iron sight. Can someone else confirm this? I tried this with MX SW ironsights by snapping the weapon to a point and firing while the sights are still not yet aligned, and even at several hundred meters the bulllet lands where the front ironsight was when i fired. This becomes more apparent with tracers as they do not have any horizontal movement, they fly straight from you.

    So, anyone care to make sure I'm not just fooling myself?

  25. Posted

    Added: Sound of church bells

    Nice, BI! I appreciate the effort to make the audio environment more alive. More so, I like that you made the sound nearly positional, there's just one little problem with it.. If you turn while the bells are chiming, the sound sticks to the direction from which it started playing, until it starts all over with a new sample. To me stuff like this is very disorienting. And while you're at it could you perhaps add a chiming impact sound for bells?

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