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Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: Mister Fork on March 08, 2005, 01:55:48 PM

Is there a sound for ships engines?

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: frank3 on March 08, 2005, 02:17:13 PM

I don't think so, there's is one for the Pt though...

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: Westy on March 09, 2005, 07:43:30 AM

In RL when you are out on deck on a ship you only feel the vibration from the ships engines but you do not hear them at all.  All you hear is the human activity going on, the water against the ship as it moves through the water and the wind.
 
 (edited: that's fors for non-turbine powered ships. Modern day turbine ships have a low whine type of noise that increase or decrease it's engines accelerate or spool down)


 In RL you would not hear another airplanes engine while you were in flight either so AH is a "different" world.

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: Mister Fork on March 09, 2005, 01:45:23 PM

Westy: having grown up in a port, and having sailed on dozens and dozens types of boats and ships of a variety of sizes, all have a 'rumble' no matter where you are on the ship.  

You're right though. You can't hear the engine, but you can hear & feel the rumble.

And the rumble is very audiable.  Sort of like a soft but low-low growl. Sort of like a volcano under a large pillow.

I'd like to hear a ships engine noise or 'rumble' in AH. :)

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: Westy on March 09, 2005, 02:12:15 PM

Well!

Back in 45 when I was at the helm of the Missouri steaming into Tokyo Bay, or in the 50's waiting in the conning tower for the Nautilus to brake thru the polar ice and while on the USS Nimitz during her maiden voyage I never heard a peep!



Hah. So much for my straiga imitation....


It's been years but you may be right. Most of my time was spent out in the Atlantic and the wind there is incessant  The sound of it going thru the mast, signal flag wires and radio antenna may simply have drowned out any engine noise. I just recall how nice and peaceful it was to be outside than in.

I wonder if someone could replace the PT sound with a large ships engine noise?  I forget.  When on ship in AH (DE, CA or CV) is there any sound at all besides gunfire and planes?

tangent thought! Ships need a battle stations sound, like the air radi siren at airfields, for when they come under attack!

"General quarters, general quarters! All hands man your battle stations. This is not a drill!"  ....

 :)

Actually found a wav file of that...

http://goatlocker.org/sound/GENQUTR.WAV
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Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 09, 2005, 06:24:59 PM

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Originally posted by Westy


 In RL you would not hear another airplanes engine while you were in flight either so AH is a "different" world.

Really? you mean real life they couldnt just turn their engine sounds down???

Pretty lame if you ask me:)

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: frank3 on March 10, 2005, 05:44:50 AM

Couldn't they just press escape, and go to the sound options?

Title: Ships engine sound
Post by: Mister Fork on March 10, 2005, 01:18:05 PM

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Originally posted by frank3
Couldn't they just press escape, and go to the sound options?

Nah, they should just Alt-F4 it.

I'm in for ship rumbles. HiTech/Pyro?