FN FAL full auto sound

[ArcL!ght]

While I love the metallic ring of the single shot on FAL, the full auto is nothing but the old bullpup sound from beta days. It really does lack the punch.

What other weapons feel a bit lackluster or you noticed have a "recycled" sound?

 

[s5yn3t]

I honestly have problem with sound design in general.
Guns lack volume and bass. As in that they blend in into other sounds without sticking out much.

The sound itself could use more depth, as in if you're indoors the guns sound louder with no echo, while outside they sound less loud but there's a good amount of echo (something like in Survarium)

Audio occlusion is also barely working.
when you're at a good distance from another player, you should be able to hear his gunshots in a muffled form.... Only that it either works or it just cuts off as if it couldn't use the audio channel.
You hear like half a shot and then it immediately disappears.... Its like playing street racing syndicate with 8 audio channels enabled (who played that will understand what im talking about)

And i guess audio possitioning could use a bit of love as well.

 

[ArcL!ght]

You can say that when it comes to gun games it's the sound that sells the game. While Tarkov is a different game I think sound design wise it's really on point and weapons do feel great.

On the other hand I am disappointed with boomstick. It has much better sound in kf1.

 

[imnrk]

The Fire Axe and Greataxe both use the generic "sharp weapon" sound. There is literally no reason why an axe should make the same impact sound as a katana. It should have more of a deep "thunk" or something to give it a sense of weight.

 

[HeatSurge]

Yeah, especially if you play with music disabled, it's really evident that the sounds could be just better. It would add to the immersion and satisfaction if the sounds were more "fleshed out" on the deep and high end.

As far as muffling/lowpass, positional stuff, and echo - unreal hasn't really been outstanding as far as its audio capabilities go. I'm not sure what they have to work with, but depending on the audio library chosen, there might be severe limitations which would take reworks of code to get working, which realistically probably won't happen.

I've noticed the "channel cutoff" stuff as well.

Speaking of sound, I still dislike the design decision to "announce" SC/FP spawns to everyone. Sadly, probably here to stay after all this time.

I've also continued to experience bugs with sounds not stopping. It happens in particular after escaping the "results" screen of a match quickly, right after killing the boss, while some sounds are playing, like the "berserker enraged" ambient sound after successfully parrying with "parry" at 15, the "specimen grabbed you" "shinnng," as well as other similar "looping" sounds. Sometimes, after escape-quit to main menu you can hear specimens finishing their "speeches" as well. Thankfully, most of the time the sounds are "turned off" as the main menu loads, but sometimes a looped sound persists and you have to exit the game and restart it to kill it.

Something probably easy to address is the volume of certain sounds. I think the EDAR sound in particular is just too loud and shrill. Dosh headshot FX "cash register" sound is probably a bit too loud as well.

I said it in my other "huge thread" here, but again the electric sounds are just kind of... cheesy/bad, in particular the grenade sound and the "EDAR Explode" sound. The fists hard attack is better, although I don't believe anyone can hear those sounds, which is probably ok due to sound chaos, but it might be interesting to try or have as an option. Also, reloading would feel better with metal clunks as weapons open and rounds are inserted.