Indoor Sound Reverb

[Ralfst3r]

I was playing Battelfield: Bad Company and I noticed something really cool. As soon as you fire a weapon inside a confined space, the gunsound gets really loud and distorted. I dunno if Unreal Engine 3.0 would support for something like that, but it would make for a great feature in RO:HoS.

 

[Rabid Penguin]

That would be awesome, would really help the immersion. It would also be good if for a few seconds afterwards you hear everything filtered through a high-pitched whine.

 

[Rikharthu]

I suggested both of these ideas in my "Soundscape" thread

So yes. Gotta have em.

 

[Xendance]

You can already set different reverb settings in the old editor
Though they were a bit bugged iirc.

 

[Rabid Penguin]

This could make grenades more effective indoors. Currently you can throw a grenade in a room, and the enemy can simply hide behind a crate or something and survive, then pepper you with bullets when you enter. It would make grenades a lot more useful for room-clearing if the grenade blast could momentarily stun any occupents that it didn't kill; for example ringing and blurred vision that takes about 3 seconds to fade.

 

[Ralfst3r]

This could make grenades more effective indoors. Currently you can throw a grenade in a room, and the enemy can simply hide behind a crate or something and survive, then pepper you with bullets when you enter. It would make grenades a lot more useful for room-clearing if the grenade blast could momentarily stun any occupents that it didn't kill; for example ringing and blurred vision that takes about 3 seconds to fade.

Would be nice if something like that was implemented. The German Stiel grenade was based on stunning the enemy I believe.

 

[Miro!]

yeah cool idea and with that, it COULD BE REALLY GREAT TO if we could just return a grenade to its launcher (if there is enough time to do it). An other thing, imagine 4 russians in a room and a german solider throws a nice nade through a window, one soldier sacrifices himself for keeping his kamrades alive lying on it ! SO his body absorbs all the energy with a little blur only for the survivors ?

 

[LemoN]

Would be nice if something like that was implemented. The German Stiel grenade was based on stunning the enemy I believe.

as are all offensive grenades

 

[Xendance]

Offensive grenades? Grenades are always offensive to you regardless of the type they are (shrapnel or HE)

 

[iTRemeN]

Offensive grenades? Grenades are always offensive to you regardless of the type they are (shrapnel or HE)

Smoke grenades?

 

[Xendance]

Smoke grenades?

Well duh... I supposed they were talking about HE vs. shrapnel. Soviet nade vs gerry nade.

 

[Rabid Penguin]

Do you think having grenades actually send out shrapnel as well as a blast would be possible in the game?

 

[Rikharthu]

yeah cool idea and with that, it COULD BE REALLY GREAT TO if we could just return a grenade to its launcher (if there is enough time to do it). An other thing, imagine 4 russians in a room and a german solider throws a nice nade through a window, one soldier sacrifices himself for keeping his kamrades alive lying on it ! SO his body absorbs all the energy with a little blur only for the survivors ?

Do you think having grenades actually send out shrapnel as well as a blast would be possible in the game?

I suggested all of these ideas also XD

 

[LogisticEarth]

Do you think having grenades actually send out shrapnel as well as a blast would be possible in the game?

My understanding is that the F1's used to send out shrapnel back in the mod days. I think that would be great again.

 

[SiC-Disaster]

That would be totally awesome to have ingame.

 

[Rabid Penguin]

I'm pretty sure that most fragmentation grenades had a lethal radius greater than they could actually be thrown, due to the shrapnel, which could fly out for a hundred meters or so.

 

[Napoleon Blownapart]

yup... u can throw a grenade about.. lets way 100-120ft (in an ideal situation) but fragments can fly as far as 200m but the kill and wound zone is about 30-45m (90-135ft...lets just say 140ft)

 

[Rabid Penguin]

yup... u can throw a grenade about.. lets way 100-120ft (in an ideal situation) but fragments can fly as far as 200m but the kill and wound zone is about 30-45m (90-135ft...lets just say 140ft)

lol, i think you might want to pick a system of measurement there

 

[Xendance]

I seriously doubt that a grenade shrapnel is lethal at 100 meters, because I know for a fact that a modern 81mm mortar round shrapnel is effective up to 150 meters.

 

[Rabid Penguin]

I seriously doubt that a grenade shrapnel is lethal at 100 meters, because I know for a fact that a modern 81mm mortar round shrapnel is effective up to 150 meters.

According to a quick wikipedia check, the soviet F1 grenade could be thrown on average between 30-45m, had a lethal radius of 30m, and could wound out to 200m.

So if you throw one as far as you can, it may kill you, will definitely wound you. Between 30m and 200m away from the grenade and you may get wounded; obviously the chance and severity of the wound would decrease with distance. And closer than 30m to the grenade without cover and you will almost certainly die.