Azimech
09-24-2009, 08:13 PM
Hello everyone!
I'm new on this forum, before a few days ago didn't even know it even existed. Allright, logic could've brought me here, but I'm bit of a vague bloke, if ye know what I mean.
So anyway, I'm new here, and I've got a bit of a technical question. BUT, this is my first post so might as well write something 'bout meself here.
My name is Alex, 32, live in The Netherlands. Long time fan of the IL2 series, got 'm all in me closet, just wonderfull stuff. More of a tourist flyer, ye hardly find me online, but still havin' a great time. Currently getting meself tested by the government 'cause I like everything, just hate details 'n get bored easily. That doesn't work in a job interview, ye know what I'm saying.
Oh, and I like alcohol, hence the style of writing ;)
So, now for the interesting part, I've got a technical question for the devs here, something the community hasn't been able to solve for me. Done some reading myself here 'n there, and tried a lot.
Everyone knows the effect of sound travelling great distances, the fact that some frequencies are easier carried trough air than others. The higher frequencies get muffled, they fade away sooner than low frequencies.
I don't know the technical slang for that, reading a wiki didn't help.
Once, years ago, I had a setup with Forgotten Battles, that had this effect. Artillery at short range had the full spectrum of frequencies in it, at greater distances you only heard the low "boom". Same with aircraft, near you heard the cylinders firing together with the propellor whine. At greater distances again only a low rumble and low whine remained.
One day I had to reinstall my XP...
I've been unable to reproduce this ever since. The sounds always sound the same, only the amplitude drops with the distance. Can someone help me with some settings? Maxing out in the setup doesn't help. I'm using an old Audigy under XP. Maybe I'm missing some EAX software? The drivers should be enough, right?
My install of 4.08m hasn't been modded, I tried all the usual options in il2setup.exe including modifying conf.ini by hand. DirectX is in good shape, my DSP works fine.
The reason I'm busy with this is simple, A lot of people are known to whine about the sound engine, but I'm sure a lot of 'em don't have this option working. It makes the whole sim even better!
Thanks for your time!
I'm new on this forum, before a few days ago didn't even know it even existed. Allright, logic could've brought me here, but I'm bit of a vague bloke, if ye know what I mean.
So anyway, I'm new here, and I've got a bit of a technical question. BUT, this is my first post so might as well write something 'bout meself here.
My name is Alex, 32, live in The Netherlands. Long time fan of the IL2 series, got 'm all in me closet, just wonderfull stuff. More of a tourist flyer, ye hardly find me online, but still havin' a great time. Currently getting meself tested by the government 'cause I like everything, just hate details 'n get bored easily. That doesn't work in a job interview, ye know what I'm saying.
Oh, and I like alcohol, hence the style of writing ;)
So, now for the interesting part, I've got a technical question for the devs here, something the community hasn't been able to solve for me. Done some reading myself here 'n there, and tried a lot.
Everyone knows the effect of sound travelling great distances, the fact that some frequencies are easier carried trough air than others. The higher frequencies get muffled, they fade away sooner than low frequencies.
I don't know the technical slang for that, reading a wiki didn't help.
Once, years ago, I had a setup with Forgotten Battles, that had this effect. Artillery at short range had the full spectrum of frequencies in it, at greater distances you only heard the low "boom". Same with aircraft, near you heard the cylinders firing together with the propellor whine. At greater distances again only a low rumble and low whine remained.
One day I had to reinstall my XP...
I've been unable to reproduce this ever since. The sounds always sound the same, only the amplitude drops with the distance. Can someone help me with some settings? Maxing out in the setup doesn't help. I'm using an old Audigy under XP. Maybe I'm missing some EAX software? The drivers should be enough, right?
My install of 4.08m hasn't been modded, I tried all the usual options in il2setup.exe including modifying conf.ini by hand. DirectX is in good shape, my DSP works fine.
The reason I'm busy with this is simple, A lot of people are known to whine about the sound engine, but I'm sure a lot of 'em don't have this option working. It makes the whole sim even better!
Thanks for your time!