Quiet demise

pythos · 04-02-07, 04:29 AM

Have any of you noticed the silence of the water spraying into the control room as your boat dives past safety depth? Or how about the complete lack of any kind of poping, or heavy creaking as the hull gets compressed.

These were things I used in SH3 to warn me that I was doing something wrong with my boat. Sh4 is quite accurate with the lack of colored arcs on the depth gauge, Like the type XXI, for some reason these were ommited from the american and british sub gauges. Seems odd, but it is acurate. Unfortunately this accuracy leads to my not knowing where the heck my poor boat is most likely to pop.

Did something not install right on my installation?

Or do I have to take damage from outside things before this feature is enabled, if present?

R3D · 04-02-07, 05:53 AM

you add this to the ever growing list of bugs, its the same for me.. totally amaturish oversights if you ask me.

Iron Budokan · 04-02-07, 08:24 AM

I dunno. I hear my hull creak and also hear the spraying water.

John Channing · 04-02-07, 08:26 AM

Me too.

Perhaps the fault is in your set up rather than "totally amaturish oversights" by the Developers?

JCC

AVGWarhawk · 04-02-07, 09:24 AM

I hear them alright. No issue here at all with the sounds. Looks like you might have a problem.

Lost@Sea · 04-02-07, 09:44 AM

I had similar sound issues, barely able to hear crew, no creaks groans of hull ect. Then when trying to tweek my system to run at higher settings I adjusted the power management in Vista to performance from balanced.

The unexpected result included sound improvement. Now all sounds are present and somewhat balanced. Did have to knock the music setting down quite a bit though.

AVGWarhawk · 04-02-07, 09:53 AM

Yes, I have the music turned down so it is background noise. I hear everything else. All noise is present in my games.

Bilge_Rat · 04-02-07, 10:16 AM

The first thing I did was to turn off the music, I hear all the sounds, in fact cruising at 200 feet, the sub creaks and groans so much, it sounds like it is falling apart!

One odd thing I have noticed however is that you can hear alarm bells going off on surface ships which are very close, it is a bit faint but audible.

AVGWarhawk · 04-02-07, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

The first thing I did was to turn off the music, I hear all the sounds, in fact cruising at 200 feet, the sub creaks and groans so much, it sounds like it is falling apart!

One odd thing I have noticed however is that you can hear alarm bells going off on surface ships which are very close, it is a bit faint but audible.

My not be to odd that you can hear the alarm bells of close passing ships. Water can carry that sound if I'm not mistaken.

Anyone:hmm:

SteamWake · 04-02-07, 10:49 AM

Actually water is an excellent transmitter of sound. Faster indeed than air.

But that speed comes at a cost.. diminishing energy.

As to there being no "warning" marks on the depth gauges I could be totally wrong but I belive it was done from a psychological viewpoint "ohhh look were in the red !".

You can bet your bottom dollar that nearly every single sailor on that boat knew its crush depth.

pythos · 04-02-07, 11:49 AM

I have the music off. The crew were silent until I got the sound pack noted in this forum (nice diesle sounds, I didn't want to use the ones from SH3 cause german engines sound completly different from the american over under alco engine.) What settings did you fiddle with to get the sounds. I have all the creaking, engine, water sounds and such, but no Bad noises such as bolts popping, and lines breaking and leaking.

any help offers?

04-02-07, 04:29 AM	#1
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Quiet demise Have any of you noticed the silence of the water spraying into the control room as your boat dives past safety depth? Or how about the complete lack of any kind of poping, or heavy creaking as the hull gets compressed. These were things I used in SH3 to warn me that I was doing something wrong with my boat. Sh4 is quite accurate with the lack of colored arcs on the depth gauge, Like the type XXI, for some reason these were ommited from the american and british sub gauges. Seems odd, but it is acurate. Unfortunately this accuracy leads to my not knowing where the heck my poor boat is most likely to pop. Did something not install right on my installation? Or do I have to take damage from outside things before this feature is enabled, if present?

04-02-07, 08:24 AM	#3
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I dunno. I hear my hull creak and also hear the spraying water. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

04-02-07, 09:24 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I hear them alright. No issue here at all with the sounds. Looks like you might have a problem. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-02-07, 09:53 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, I have the music turned down so it is background noise. I hear everything else. All noise is present in my games. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-02-07, 11:49 AM	#11
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	quiet demise I have the music off. The crew were silent until I got the sound pack noted in this forum (nice diesle sounds, I didn't want to use the ones from SH3 cause german engines sound completly different from the american over under alco engine.) What settings did you fiddle with to get the sounds. I have all the creaking, engine, water sounds and such, but no Bad noises such as bolts popping, and lines breaking and leaking. any help offers?

04-02-07, 05:53 AM	#2
R3D Gunner Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 91 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	you add this to the ever growing list of bugs, its the same for me.. totally amaturish oversights if you ask me.

04-02-07, 08:26 AM	#4
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Me too. Perhaps the fault is in your set up rather than "totally amaturish oversights" by the Developers? JCC

04-02-07, 09:44 AM	#6
Lost@Sea Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 23 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I had similar sound issues, barely able to hear crew, no creaks groans of hull ect. Then when trying to tweek my system to run at higher settings I adjusted the power management in Vista to performance from balanced. The unexpected result included sound improvement. Now all sounds are present and somewhat balanced. Did have to knock the music setting down quite a bit though.

04-02-07, 10:16 AM	#8
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	The first thing I did was to turn off the music, I hear all the sounds, in fact cruising at 200 feet, the sub creaks and groans so much, it sounds like it is falling apart! One odd thing I have noticed however is that you can hear alarm bells going off on surface ships which are very close, it is a bit faint but audible.

04-02-07, 10:49 AM	#10
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Actually water is an excellent transmitter of sound. Faster indeed than air. But that speed comes at a cost.. diminishing energy. As to there being no "warning" marks on the depth gauges I could be totally wrong but I belive it was done from a psychological viewpoint "ohhh look were in the red !". You can bet your bottom dollar that nearly every single sailor on that boat knew its crush depth.