More immersion ideas

[ninja turtle]

Hi guys.

I've seen this on a lot of 'SH3 Let's Play', and also SH5. Particularly stoianm's LP's & Tutorials.

Can anyone steer me in the right direction to add sound to the gramophone in SH3 and also Speech Recognition mods (SH3 or 5)?

Does anyone have a particular Headphone/Mic. set-up they favour?

Thanks in advance

[Gustav Schiebert]

Ninja Turtle,

I've downloaded 'German Hits of the 1930s' and usually have it playing in the background while I SHIII. The speakers have a nice 'tinny' quality which sounds realistic, and having it seperately means that it doesn't need to be controlled through the menu (I can just hit mute on the laptop, rather than clicking and ordering the sound man to shut it off when we go to Action Stations).

Speaker quality is a big thing for me - a friend just invested in an extra-big subwoofer and it's been highly recommended. Mine's in the post.

If you're after immersion there's nothing better than a commander's hat!

[Karl Heinrich]

Similarly, I use radio files, as near to the date as possible.

A good source, that I've posted in a separate thread recently is Joeri's radio files, she has some outstanding stuff there. And as Gustav says, a tinny, lo-fi speaker for an MP3 player or similar is great - remember to turn it off when going silent though I was the one that invested in the surround sound and sub-woofer and recommended it to Gustav. As SH3 doesn't support proper surround sound, I got hold of a pretty old one with a "matrix" system that converts 2 speaker output to surround sound - and it actually works really well.

Other things you can do is use real stop watches, maps and things like that can be good too. Recently I converted a set of 1930s headphones, as close as I could find to the Neufeldt & Kuhnke radio / hydrophone headset styles, so that they worked with the PC. So now I can sit at the hydrophones for hours on end, one ear uncovered so I can listen for orders, and sit whispering contact updates to an empty room... There's some that say you can take immersion too far. Obviously, those people are crazy.

The Almost N&K Headset
Here's the headset in question. It still needs a bit of a polish, just so it doesn't look too worn, these things would have been new in the 30s/40s after all... I also need to cover the wire with braided fabric (dark brown). The plan had been to use a hollow shoe lace, but need to readjust that slightly.

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[sublynx]

You're cracking mad the lot of you Absolutely great! This forum is the only place on Planet Earth where people can share ideas like these and be understood

[VONHARRIS]

Karl Heinrich,
You just took the game one more step ahead!
Well done.

Gute Jadg Herr Kaleun

[Sailor Steve]

Here is an older thread that might help:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ersion+realism

There used to be a thread with dozens of people saying what they did, but I can never find it these days.

[ninja turtle]

Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

Karl Heinrich,
You just took the game one more step ahead!
Well done.

Gute Jadg Herr Kaleun

[ninja turtle]

Originally Posted by sublynx

You're cracking mad the lot of you Absolutely great! This forum is the only place on Planet Earth where people can share ideas like these and be understood

So true!!

[ninja turtle]

Thanks for the ideas, guys.

Originally Posted by Karl Heinrich

Other things you can do is use real stop watches, maps and things like that can be good too. Recently I converted a set of 1930s headphones, as close as I could find to the Neufeldt & Kuhnke radio / hydrophone headset styles, so that they worked with the PC. So now I can sit at the hydrophones for hours on end, one ear uncovered so I can listen for orders, and sit whispering contact updates to an empty room... There's some that say you can take immersion too far. Obviously, those people are crazy.
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I've read posts about using real stopwatches but looking at the prices for authentic ones I thought I might have to give that a miss. Shame.

I remember when I played WW2 flight sims and contemplated wearing a flight hat, also playing Total War dressing up as whatever period I happen to be playing...crazy???