Any audio innovatons planned?

[MikeyD]

I recall back last century when I first heard the old CMBO demo in action I was totally blown away. It was like the sounds were placed right 'in' the environment! Since they're planning to totally redo every other aspect of the game I was wondering, what could they include to improve on the audio part of CMx2?

Comparing CM to other games, the first thing that comes to mind is volume controls. I suspect A lot of people will want to turn the explosions up to maximum and the region-specific bird calls down to minimum.

Next, might be radio traffic used as audio cues. Something linked to relative spotting, so we might hear "This is [call sign]. [enemy unit type] just spotted around [map cooridinate]". I admit this feature might be a bit one sided for us non-Arab speakers. Syrian radio chatter might might not hav the same tactical impact. Maybe just use it for the U.S.-only campaign? This feature also implies we'd have (pull down?) access to a gridded map to locate units. So this feature might actually involve too much dedicated coding to expect in the game.

[ December 14, 2005, 10:27 AM: Message edited by: MikeyD ]

[flamingknives]

Speed of sound!

It would really increase the immersion. Watch a hill light up under artillery bombardment, then hear the earth-shattering kaboom.

Or have a tracer shoot past your viewpoint before you hear the report.

That would be sweet.

[AstroCat]

I have to add, being an "audio guy", I am totally looking forward to any audio enhancements that the new engine will hold... any hints or insight in to this?

[ December 14, 2005, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: AstroCat ]

[akd]

Speed of sound would make the most dramatic difference.

[aka_tom_w]

Do any other games feature " the speed of sound" (enhancement) simulation you folks are talking about?

Because for SURE that would be TOO COOL!

I am guessing it is not on the "to do" list for this release.

-tom w

[Bonxa]

Operation Flashpoint features SOS IIRC, so it's not unheard of.

[aka_tom_w]

WOW

thats interesting

"Gameplay: Dead before hearing the gunfire?

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis is the total conflict simulator. Everything happens for real, including the speed of sound. If the bullet is faster, anticipate a silent death."

OK then it can be done I guess.

- tom w

[flamingknives]

CMX1 mitigated sound volume the further the camera was from the thing making the sound, so would adding the delay be that hard? I wouldn't have thought so, but I'm not much of a programmer.

[MikeyD]

I recall in that old old movie (Red Dawn?) about America being invaded (Patrick Swayze's finest acting effort -cough cough) that the in-theater cut showed a distant hillside going up in flames followed a few seconds later by the boom of the explosion. By the time the film made it onto TV the flash and boom matched-up. I guess the time delay was realistic from a physics point of view, but movie audiences had a 'movie-expectation' about explosions and noises that simply HAD to be honored. Like all those 'explosions in space' we have to sit though in the movies these days.

[juan_gigante]

Such a bad movie! Colonel Bella? That means Colonel Beautiful in the Feminine! Of course, check the IMDB user review. I only don't like Red Dawn because I'm liberal.