EVE General Discussion

So it seems that the sound scaling for turrets has been tweaked when zooming in and out of your ship.

The problem now is that the volume is too low.

Now you have to be zoomed right in so you've got a screenfull of ship before you can distinguish your own turret effects from the new and improved loud missile explosions hitting you.

Used to like hearing my ac's firing, and although it was kind of glitchy when zooming in and out you could still find a point that it was functional.

Now I'm a "eve has sound?" convert.

EVE has sound?

(beetcha)

I'm sure our sound people will be thrilled that they are getting feedback, no matter the reason. I'll pass this on to them to take a look.

Now I've had time to test with Dual Light Pulse Lasers too. And sound is missing sometimes. To get turret sounds back I have to zoom in as close as it goes. After that sounds work just fine. Issue appears randomly after undocking. Redocking + undocking doesn't fix it.

I think either the missile impact sound effects need to be lowered in volume, or the scaling for the turret sound effects needs a boost in volume and range applied from ship.

Add some low end frequency to some of the gun sounds. Those 1400s should shake my walls.

Honestly I'd just like to hear some deeper, more throaty sounds from projectiles in general. The battleship sized artillery (1400's) sounds a bit weak, to be honest, and considering the sheer shock power of the weapon system itself it should have some serious grunge behind it's noise level as well.

Also it would be nice if a rack of 425 autocannons didn't sound like a rusty washing machine rolling down a hill, and more like a hail of bullets.

Take some inspiration from modern weapons systems with a high RoF- it would make perfect sense for some of the smaller, more rapid-fire guns to simply roar (even in short bursts) when they fire, rather than us being able to hear each individual report of the weapon. Visually nothing would need to change as, realistically, you would still only see every couple of rounds if you simply assume the visible projectiles (atleast for smaller ships) are tracers.

Lastly, it would be nice to see some much more visible muzzle flash for such primitive weapons.

Honestly, all the above mentioned effects are highly representative of the Minmatar as a relatively brash or supposedly "primitive" race with less than perfect weapons systems.

I actually like the new sound scaling more then before. It's helpull as a FC to be able to hear peeps talking better for me. the grunts though in the fleet may feel differently?

All I heard was the new missile sounds, loud booms in silence.

Great work with the sound design, they did sound very good, but relative levels need to be fixed.

I personally hope Gal drones and blasters get some sound designer love soon. Drones sound like dying elephant babies in heat, and blasters like toyguns. Inappropriate, I say.

The fitting window sound is also different, you can barely hear it.