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Sound

Oct 14, 2004 Spider link
I'm not sure, if this should go into "Bugs" or into "Suggestions".

However, there's something missing, and a straight complaint about the game that I got from those that have seen it / tried it here. The sounds are repetetive, dull, lacking depth and overall "plastic" in feeling. The music is ok, but fex. the Turbo sound lacks a lot of force and depth.

Same thing about the guns, repetetive, annoying. Explosions (Erm. come again?) almost always the same. Beeping lacks depthperception (intensity is there, modulation is not)

I know you're strained for time, and manpower. However, some look at the sound would add a lot of feeling into the game
Oct 14, 2004 fleabait link
From Known Bugs on the bug report form page:

The sounds crackle and suck. This is due to Vendetta's not-so-good soundsystem, which is presently being rewritten and will be replaced. The sounds themselves are also in the process of being improved and replaced.
Oct 14, 2004 Magus link
The turbo used to be a lot deeper, but apparently it broke someone's priceless china when the turboed for the first time or something.
Oct 14, 2004 AlienB link
They were really fucking loud if you had a good soundsystem hooked up to your PC. Like, really.
Oct 15, 2004 Magus link
Maybe I should get one of those.

(A good sound system. Not a PC. uugh)
Oct 15, 2004 Spider link
@fleabait : this isn't to do with the sound artifacts, but about the actual sounds.

about the deeper turbo : yeah, and I recall the Ions had even duller effects ;P

But, overall, more variety would be a nice thing. :)
Oct 15, 2004 Phaserlight link
Two sounds I feel like are missing from the game:

*In-system warping

*Scraping against asteroids and stations

The deeper turbo was also very cool, especially with a good pair of headphones. Another one of my favorites is the thrumming sound of the rotating wheels with the chirping telemetry in the background. Very ambient.