Hydrophone ambient sounds question

[HEMISENT]

Well guys, for me it's simply that since installing GWX ALL the ship sounds appear to be greatly reduced(volume) to a point where I now have to crank my speakers to the moon just to hear beyond 8km. Losing the ambient sounds simply helps. Either that or raise the volume of each individual ship sound.

[shegeek72]

Originally Posted by HEMISENT

Well guys, for me it's simply that since installing GWX ALL the ship sounds appear to be greatly reduced(volume) to a point where I now have to crank my speakers to the moon just to hear beyond 8km. Losing the ambient sounds simply helps. Either that or raise the volume of each individual ship sound.

I increased the volume of the propeller sound files in GW1.1, but since installing GWX I let them be. I have to turn the TV/radio down and the speakers up a bit when listening to the hydrophone, but think it adds challenge to the game. I wonder if they're more accurate?
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[HEMISENT]

Originally Posted by shegeek72

I increased the volume of the propeller sound files in GW1.1, but since installing GWX I let them be. I have to turn the TV/radio down and the speakers up a bit when listening to the hydrophone, but think it adds challenge to the game. I wonder if they're more accurate?

I dont know about accuracy but playability has definately lessened. Prior to GWX I could hear VERY VERY faint convoys out to 28- 33 km with the speakers raised a little, depending on sea state of course. Now I have trouble hearing the same convoys at 10km. Seems like someone lowered all the propeller sounds in GWX.

[Zinmar]

The problem I am running into is that I wear hearing aids, so turning the volume up isn't an option. My wife is always telling me I need to turn my speakers down because it is to loud, but good for me. So if someone could set it up so that the hydrophone was louder I would e tickled!!

[Woof1701]

I'm HEMISENT here. When you're on the hydrophone you still can here people moving and talking silently and all those noises you expect to hear in the officers mess. I think that really distract. In addition those are exactly the sounds the the headphones should block out.

[vanjast]

With a nice pair of military headphones on, you literally hear nothing from the outside world. What little you hear is usually low frequency, low volume and very muffled. whereas the sound from the headphones is crystal clear.
I edited the volume from the ambient hydrophone wav as it got annoyingly 'loud' after many hours of use. I 'live' on hydrophone during attacks and 5 hour escape sessions so too loud an ambient can be irritating.

[Vikinger]

There is also another possibility to adjust the volume.

If you use sh3 mini tweaker you can change the volume settings in the tweak file
Sh3_sdl.txt

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by vanjast

With a nice pair of military headphones on, you literally hear nothing from the outside world.

That may be true - BUT, have you noticed that in just about every sub movie (at least the ones I can remember seeing - I haven't gone back to check them so I could be off base on this) the soundman seems to be sitting there with only one headphone ear on and one off? I always assumed that this was so they could hear orders/questions from the captain, which they might otherwise miss if they had both ears under the headphones. If you did that, you would also be hearing all that ambient sound from your own boat, so maybe it's not so bad for those sounds to be in the file. Too bad there's not a way to switch back and forth to simulate slipping both ears under the 'phones occasionally if you need to hear better

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by Zinmar

The problem I am running into is that I wear hearing aids, so turning the volume up isn't an option. My wife is always telling me I need to turn my speakers down because it is to loud, but good for me. So if someone could set it up so that the hydrophone was louder I would e tickled!!

Hi Zinmar,

Hydrophone Sound File
For the gamers who wear hearing aids

I've completed 5 different hydrophones sounds for you.

1. The hydrophone sound used was extracted from the GWX mod.
2. Download size is approxmatley - 3megs.
3. Level one is normal.
4. Level five is the loudest
5. File will be deleted 31 days after last download

http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/64371/Louder-Hydrophone-Sound-rar.html
I hope this improves your gaming experience.

[Zinmar]

Thanks much!! Will install it tonight...or rather this morning and try it out later today. Will make my wife alot happier, my not having it so loud!!