These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

Player Features and Ideas Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Option to turn station / citadel background NOISE off.
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#1 - 2016-06-10 03:17:40 UTC
A simple toggle for station / citadel background NOISE.

Reasoning:
1. It truly is just NOISE that gives no benefit to game play
2. Running multiple accounts - it's not always desirable to have several stations worth of NOISE going in the background
3. I think you used to be able to pan out (in station) and the noise would go away. Currently it can't be bypassed.

Benefit:
1. You could run multiple accounts at the same time and not have station NOISE imposing on the gameplay of undocked characters
2. User control of the UI is generally a good thing
3. It seems simple enough to implement

Drawbacks:
1. Fewer headaches
2. Better focus on undocked characters
3. Fewer headaches


From where I'm at it seems to be a clear buff to player sanity and a clear nerf to tylonol revenue.


(If need be I can make up some nonsense about how it would create content or be a conflict driver if anyone needs the comfortable buzzwords to feel good about this)
Stan Durden
Solar Forged
#2 - 2016-06-10 07:57:03 UTC
This is Eve where choices matter... except UI choices...
Iain Cariaba
#3 - 2016-06-10 11:53:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Iain Cariaba
Serendipity Lost wrote:
A simple toggle for station / citadel background NOISE.

Reasoning:
1. It truly is just NOISE that gives no benefit to game play
2. Running multiple accounts - it's not always desirable to have several stations worth of NOISE going in the background
3. I think you used to be able to pan out (in station) and the noise would go away. Currently it can't be bypassed.

Benefit:
1. You could run multiple accounts at the same time and not have station NOISE imposing on the gameplay of undocked characters
2. User control of the UI is generally a good thing
3. It seems simple enough to implement

Drawbacks:
1. Fewer headaches
2. Better focus on undocked characters
3. Fewer headaches


From where I'm at it seems to be a clear buff to player sanity and a clear nerf to tylonol revenue.


(If need be I can make up some nonsense about how it would create content or be a conflict driver if anyone needs the comfortable buzzwords to feel good about this)


Escape menu
Audio tab
Check "Advanced Audio Settings" box in the middle panel
Move slide bar labeled "Station Interior" all the way to the left
Profit.
Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#4 - 2016-06-10 23:31:20 UTC
Iain Cariaba wrote:
Serendipity Lost wrote:
A simple toggle for station / citadel background NOISE.

Reasoning:
1. It truly is just NOISE that gives no benefit to game play
2. Running multiple accounts - it's not always desirable to have several stations worth of NOISE going in the background
3. I think you used to be able to pan out (in station) and the noise would go away. Currently it can't be bypassed.

Benefit:
1. You could run multiple accounts at the same time and not have station NOISE imposing on the gameplay of undocked characters
2. User control of the UI is generally a good thing
3. It seems simple enough to implement

Drawbacks:
1. Fewer headaches
2. Better focus on undocked characters
3. Fewer headaches


From where I'm at it seems to be a clear buff to player sanity and a clear nerf to tylonol revenue.


(If need be I can make up some nonsense about how it would create content or be a conflict driver if anyone needs the comfortable buzzwords to feel good about this)


Escape menu
Audio tab
Check "Advanced Audio Settings" box in the middle panel
Move slide bar labeled "Station Interior" all the way to the left
Profit.


That's why Eve and CCP are so awesome! It took under 2 days and no lengthy discussion to install a hot fix and get this feature implemented. I'd like to thank CCP, the developers, Iain Cariaba, and all the little people that made this exciting new chapter of Eve Online possible.

Thank you!
Iain Cariaba
#5 - 2016-06-10 23:55:14 UTC
Serendipity Lost wrote:
That's why Eve and CCP are so awesome! It took under 2 days and no lengthy discussion to install a hot fix and get this feature implemented. I'd like to thank CCP, the developers, Iain Cariaba, and all the little people that made this exciting new chapter of Eve Online possible.

Thank you!

Not to crush your delusion, but that's actually been there for quite a while.


Oh, who am I kidding, this post is entirely to crush your delusion. Twisted
Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#6 - 2016-06-11 04:39:30 UTC
Iain Cariaba wrote:
Serendipity Lost wrote:
That's why Eve and CCP are so awesome! It took under 2 days and no lengthy discussion to install a hot fix and get this feature implemented. I'd like to thank CCP, the developers, Iain Cariaba, and all the little people that made this exciting new chapter of Eve Online possible.

Thank you!

Not to crush your delusion, but that's actually been there for quite a while.


Oh, who am I kidding, this post is entirely to crush your delusion. Twisted



I would have played along for you.... just sayin'
Lugh Crow-Slave
#7 - 2016-06-11 05:03:49 UTC
No CCP actually built a time machine to better help their customers now when they see them having a hard time they actually go back in time to patch the game so they never have to deal with the issue in the first place

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#8 - 2016-06-11 05:28:11 UTC
Lugh Crow-Slave wrote:
No CCP actually built a time machine to better help their customers now when they see them having a hard time they actually go back in time to patch the game so they never have to deal with the issue in the first place


QFT

(Screw you lain)


TL/DR: Lugh Crow-Slave is a handsome and powerful man.