Friday 2010-08-20 Dev. update and Discussions

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by onlyforbrian

Well..things seem to be coming together, any idea on a release date yet? I'm almost afraid to ask given the fact you guys have been giving release dates now for 4 or 5 years. Also, any hints on sound? I'm hoping the reason the 2 preview videos have no sound is because you guys are working on a new sound engine, to improve on what was IL's weak area, very lame sounds. Even using ALL-ARCADE's IL2mods pack would be a big improvement. Thanks though for years of a great sim, I've been with you since the beginning and have all versions, so obviously I'll be adding this one (if I don't drop dead first..lol)

Hi,

For your info, whenever teased on this subject, Oleg pointed out that IL2 sounds are optimized for high-end sound cards. He recently said that the sound mods are indeed worse than his original sound engine ... when you have the opportunity to listen the latter on a decent sound card.

Try and search for Oleg's posts on this subject, the question was asked already.

Cheers,
Insuber

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by Insuber

Hi,

For your info, whenever teased on this subject, Oleg pointed out that IL2 sounds are optimized for high-end sound cards. He recently said that the sound mods are indeed worse than his original sound engine ... when you have the opportunity to listen the latter on a decent sound card.

Try and search for Oleg's posts on this subject, the question was asked already.

Cheers,
Insuber

Just to play Devils advocate, I've played IL2 on several high end soundcards and found the sound lacking. I think this may be the point where the master fails (and they all do). I do however hold out more hope for SOW.

[nearmiss]

IMO, either you have the sounds to start or it won't make that much difference.

I've had the so-called high end sound cards... nope.

I might agree, if you were buying some kind of professional music or sound production type card.