Better sound design Please

[Better sound design Please]

Battlefield Bad Company has some of the best sound in the industry, if only it were an industry standard. Sound is almost always treated with a low priority and, sadly, it really shows in ArmA2.

I would love to work on the sound for this game if given the chance.

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

i see thats too bad. i guess whatever makes it better.

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

It will probably take the form of the current ArmA mod, which is that the new longer lasting smoke is a separate effect layered over the default smoke. This new smoke can spawn viewblock objects and as such it will be this new smoke which will block AI view.

I also tweak the default smoke to match the effect of the new smoke, in ArmA2's case I might even have to pull it back a bit in order to not clog up the game too much. But, rest assured, the final effect will be better, or it won't get released :)

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That effect is as per the ingame physics. It's rate of rise & fall closely matches the default rubble that is also spawned by the engine at the same time, and is limited by gravity :)

Does that mean you can fix it?

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

Well, in the JTD Smoke Effects addon, the dust from collapsing buildings (which hangs around for a LONG time) does indeed block AI view. And in fact all the smoke in the addon has AI viewblock, by default it's disabled (fps eater) but it can be enabled via the config file.

I just hope the mud and dirt doesnt float in the air like its on the lunar surface. If your designing this mod, watch the videos i posted above of the real thing.

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

Sure maybe it should be an option but i really would not get this game if i didnt have a strong system. Just seems pointless really cause your paying so much money for effects that you wont see.

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Operation Flashpoint 2 is doing it and it looks awesome. Even though the terrain does not look as good as Arma2, that effect alone is making that game very realistic. I am not sure what needs to be done, but i know that it has to be.

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Watch the smoke in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8nJvQOciy4&feature=related

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or this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYvgPeXEDYw&feature=related

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

Yea i watched this addon for the first Arma, its ok but just remember the Mud should not be flying in the air in slow motion like this vid

[Muzzle flash needs variation.]

agreed it looks like they spend years making the scenery and ignored the muzzle flash.

[Smoke and Dust to last longer]

Is it possible to make the effects such as dust and smoke to stay around longer? This game is so realistic and if they only tweaked this small detail, it would improve the game in so many ways. I hope someone can get this to the developers.