Poll: What do you prefer: 3D voices or not.

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Poll: What do you prefer: 3D voices or not.

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zeep

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 21, 2005
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The big deal is,
MG's calling for ammo can be instantly located without having to open the map and look for him.
Aural information about the locations of your teammates (calling help etc).
Being able to determine distance based on sound is a plus, let alone an addition to the immersion factor.
Now you know where to look when somebody call grenade.

Apart from costing the dev(s) some time, how many factors of the current system outweigh what i mentioned above?
 
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Letum

FNG / Fresh Meat
Jul 24, 2006
466
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Ive heard there is an internal debate in TWI over this issue. I hope this poll assists them.
 
SiC-Disaster

SiC-Disaster

FNG / Fresh Meat
Dec 16, 2005
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Netherlands
www.tangodown.nl
[ODIN]cart said:
"As the nades they rained down"
by [ODIN]cart


He ran through the mist
He climbed up tall stairs
He raided and killed
and caused great dispair
He heard lots o' shoutin'
as the nades they rained down
and ran for his life
so the nades nothing found

Angry and shaking
he fired up a storm
of bullets and nading
as the sun rays looked on
He heard lots o' shoutin'
as the nades they rained down
but hasted away
For a last cap' was bound

But the world 'round him trembled
The yelling got loud
as the fighting as ever
was bitter and proud
He heard lots o' shoutin'
as the nades they rained down
and BOOM!, lost his life
when he lost 3D sound
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haha aint that the truth :p
personally, i wouldnt mind MG ammo-warnings to be all-over, but grenadewarnings etc just ARE useless at the moment. Thus people never use it and use TS and ventrilo instead, wich leads to other persons believing voicecommands are unnecessary.
however, when the voicecommands of direct and imminent danger (like the grenade warning) become 3d, soon people will see the benefit of this and shortly after people want it no other way anymore.

I HONESTLY cant see what's so much better about the system the way it is now, then when at least some of the voicecommands would be 3d.:confused:
 
SgtH3nry3

SgtH3nry3

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 23, 2005
2,472
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Oudenhoorn, The Netherlands
www.tangodown.nl
SiC-Disaster said:
but grenadewarnings etc just ARE useless at the moment. Thus people never use it and use TS and ventrilo instead, wich leads to other persons believing voicecommands are unnecessary.
however, when the voicecommands of direct and imminent danger (like the grenade warning) become 3d, soon people will see the benefit of this and shortly after people want it no other way anymore.
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Yes, at least the warnings in RO 3.3 actually worked.

Can't tell that of Ostfront.


Maybe little details like this meant why RO 3.3 did have a lot of teamplay and Ostfront doesn't.
 
melipone

melipone

FNG / Fresh Meat
Mar 22, 2006
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Theres no benefit in not having the voices as 3d at all. What you hear doesn't mean anything until you look at the text to see where it originated. Why not have a little click sound or something to alert you to the text, but hear the voice in 3d? It would be so much better hearing someone shout "grenade!" and knowing that its a threat nearby rather than on the other side of the map. You could do away with the Satchel Planted spam on the HUD because we could pinpoint exactly where the satchel is if the soldier shouts that he placed one. Voice comms would become useful rather than a sometimes amusing thing to do when bored "ACHTUNG SHAMBEH BAMBEH" "ARCHELOCH" etc..atm you hear a voice comm and just look at the text to see the general area it originated from..99% of the voice comms would be much more useful as 3d..the only one better as it is is the "NEED HELP" command, but even then as I already stated, it just alerts you to the TEXT, which we would have anyway with 3d sounds..just add a little sound for important comms so we know theres a new message. Man we can hear people scream from half a mile away, why can't we hear em scream "NEED HELP AT..." loud and the others at a quieter volume. It would add to realism and teamplay so 5 star idea imo with no negative aspect that I can think of.

I don't understand TWI's stance that it increases teamwork having it as it is..it seems the opposite to me
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zeep

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 21, 2005
434
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I agree.
In my opinion 3D voices will contribute more to immersion than how it is now.

Anyway, since it was discussed amongst the devs i wonder if we can get a verdict?
Here's hoping they make it optional.
 
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IncredibleGeek

FNG / Fresh Meat
Sep 18, 2006
178
5
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Glad to see this bumped. Funny how those people thought the game was "perfect" because people "stopped complaining". :p

Not having 3d voices makes a good chunk of the voice command menu useless. Wonder why they never implemented it?
 
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C-Unit

FNG / Fresh Meat
Jul 1, 2007
63
0
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I use the voice chat in game just as much as ts/vent, it allows players who aren't in a clan to use teamwork...........
 
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ramsy66

FNG / Fresh Meat
Mar 10, 2006
261
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Nottingham, UK
Seems like it's 3D audio that's wanted! It's hard to tell who's saying the comamnds, so most of the time you have to pop your head up and look around to see who just screamed for help lol, then you end up with a round in your face.
 
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Hamster

FNG / Fresh Meat
Jun 3, 2007
11
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I throw my vote in favor of 3D voices. There have been a few times I've lost teammates to enemy grenades simply because they didn't know I was talking to them in particular.
 
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Zell

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 21, 2005
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Maine, USA
What he said. I'm one of the few people who actually use the voice command for 'Grenade!', and I even have an easy-to-reach key bound to it. But it's fairly useless as it is, due to this global voice system. It is kind of annoying.
 
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