Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: TheRapier on July 26, 2010, 12:32:03 PM
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Lots of folks are complaining about the new sound system and the level of configurability. The Miles Sound System is on the flight path that gets the game to somewhere the HTC folks want it to be. So the nut of the problem seems to be what is configurable and what is not.
It appears that the sound sliders were done along logical lines, music, external, etc. The problem is that the logic doesn't follow what is useful from the cockpit. My suggestion is to make the sliders available along that line.
First, put sounds that are "constants", that is the ones that go on for long periods, essentially looping on one slider. These are sounds that a user has a high likelihood of wanting to tune down as they really contribute to sound fatigue. These would be your own engine and the air raid siren. No one wants hearing damage from a long term beating by those.
Second, VOX. Communication is key to the game. If you can't hear your teammates its pointless to have VOX.
Third, internal A/C or vehicle sounds. This would be wind, flaps, gear, buffet, etc. A great deal of the flying experience, since we don't have the priprioception, seat of the pants feedback is by audio cues. Having these not available or obscured by other sounds is not helpful.
Fourth, external sounds. Other vehicle engine sounds, naval guns, puffy ack, etc. These are relatively temporary but you want to have the sound level to where you are aware of them. You don't want to be deafened by them suddenly either and so they rate their own slider.
These are in order of priority, but I think the first is the most important. No one wants to be physically drained by being beaten by a horrendous sound over long periods. That is wearing and takes away the enjoyment of the game.
I hope that helps!
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Is it people with on-board sound chips that are experiencing most of the issues? I've got a sound card in my gaming rig, and after patch 1 things seem to be back to normal (except gear and flaps are still very quiet). Perhaps it's also that I play with a [non-USB] headset and have my audio settings auto-disable my speakers when I have the headset plugged in.
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Is it people with on-board sound chips that are experiencing most of the issues?
Nope, it's mostly (not all) people with sound cards and USB headsets/speakers...at least that's what I'm seeing from all the reports so far.
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I'm not using a USB headset. Mine is plugged into a sound card. :(
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The voice sliders (why 2 voice sliders in 2 different locations?) don't work at all on my system. Even turning down the master doesn't change the voice volume. Can't hear lots of external sounds like flaps and gear. Can't hear air raid siren at all. Surround sound doesn't appear to work right either.
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The voice sliders (why 2 voice sliders in 2 different locations?) don't work at all on my system. Even turning down the master doesn't change the voice volume. Can't hear lots of external sounds like flaps and gear. Can't hear air raid siren at all. Surround sound doesn't appear to work right either.
:huh Do you really want to hear that air raid siren? You're probably the only person that does. I used a custom file to mute it on my system.
Vox is too loud on your computer? Strange, you must be using a Soundblaster, audigy or x-fi?
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The voice sliders (why 2 voice sliders in 2 different locations?) don't work at all on my system. Even turning down the master doesn't change the voice volume. Can't hear lots of external sounds like flaps and gear. Can't hear air raid siren at all. Surround sound doesn't appear to work right either.
Fixed for next patch
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:huh Do you really want to hear that air raid siren? You're probably the only person that does. I used a custom file to mute it on my system.
Vox is too loud on your computer? Strange, you must be using a Soundblaster, audigy or x-fi?
I am and it sounds like vox is over modulating the sound card some when others talk. Audigy 2ZS
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Fixed for next patch
Thanks H, will look for it in "two weeks" ;)