Surround Sound

[acridiel]

ooo, thanks thexdane!

well, in that case, would earphones work?

Jup my Friend!
Earphones work great!
It´s amaizing how you realy CAN hear a MOb approaching from behind or whereever, passing you. (Or biting you if you´re unlucky)
I Loooove that soundsystem.
Even if it´s not "real" sorround-sound.
But well, I hav a Guild Member who´s playing it on a BEAMER!
WITH Sourrond Boxes and everything.

He says the inmersion is fantastic, if the PCs are Life-Sized!

(getting green with envy)
Acridiel

[thexdane]

Jup my Friend!
Earphones work great!
It´s amaizing how you realy CAN hear a MOb approaching from behind or whereever, passing you. (Or biting you if you´re unlucky)
I Loooove that soundsystem.
Even if it´s not "real" sorround-sound.
But well, I hav a Guild Member who´s playing it on a BEAMER!
WITH Sourrond Boxes and everything.

He says the inmersion is fantastic, if the PCs are Life-Sized!

(getting green with envy)
Acridiel

actually it's better than surround

surround == fake and not how we hear

positional == real and how we actually hear with our ears

if you don't believe me, you happen to only have 2 ears that you hear with but yet you can still hear someone behind or to one side of you or in front of you without having ears all around your head

and yes ear phones work fine, i use a pair of $30 stereo headphones just cause it cups my ear and sounds more rich, don't like the sound walkman style earphones have, so i use stereo ones

[raynes]

Sourround Sound or positional audio, whatever they use it does make a difference.

[darylq]

yup, the game is awesome with EAX, only wish the Kipee roars were a little quieter - realy grates on the nerves after 2 mins :/

Would love to hear the sounds of footsteps, maybe a background mumbling of voices in cities, etc..Would also love to hear some more ambient ingame music, not just when entering cities..


Hellraiser

[vinnyq]

yup, the game is awesome with EAX, only wish the Kipee roars were a little quieter - realy grates on the nerves after 2 mins :/

Actually, that sound irritates me even with regular speakers

You can turn it lower via the ingame menu though (hit 'U'). Meaning all ingame animal sound effects. It's a drag bar under the 'Sounds' menu I think, don't remember. I done this long ago and haven't had "kitins roar' sickness since.