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A recording of any fired gun digitised into whatever audio format (with no stupid amounts of lossy comperssion) & eq'd properly from the raw recording will sound the same on all systems.
"Adding" EAX will enhance its "presents" / sparkle plus its "position" and overal clarity of the digitised gun fire sound. This applys to any digitised sound no matter what the recording is. So it will enhance its "feel" I guess, but turn eax off on any eax card and its the same gun sound whatever the weather.
EAX to me is just lovely with its morphing of reverb amounts to depict room size & contents of a room/ space. Raven Shield shows that off realy well. 3D positioning is great especialy with knowing not just x & y position but also z. so you can pinpoint that the tango or sound is positioned not only high and infont but also behind to the left corner etc.
Anyone who doesnt have EAX supported cards (not just audigy) should get it as its the daddy of sound for games like the hi end GPU's for graphics, they go hand in hand.
As to Rocky's post, yes I see GR was optimised for EAX, but I do remember an interview with project manager or a dev stating that they would have like to focus on the sound more than they did. I guess its like imagining gr sounds now but with 3d panning & in stereo not mono, super crisp.
As regards putting Audigy EAX card against onboard sound (im assuming with EAX switched on for the eax card) the difference is without question.
Only way to explain is listen to a recording of music in mono on a radio, you can here it, you know whats it is, no problem. Then go and buy the cd & stick it on a stereo with decent speakers and sit in between the speakers in full stereo ... you then notice the difference.
Its all about adding "depth" to what you here in the game rather than just simply hearing it.
(sorry for long babble guys)
PS - always remember that eax/3d positioning is an option to switch off in eax games as it can add extra on the cpu .. unless you have eax card to take the workload.
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Yes its xbox pics but they shure look good dont they.
I understand the "all out war" worries but lets be realistic, if this game came out and every mission in the campaign was "all out war" it would just get tiresome, so I doubt its all about that style of game.
Also if you "realy" look at the screen grabs theres nothing more in the action that Ive seen in missions & mods from fans, most of them posting here infact. What good would it do showing screen grabs of 1 man's ret looking at grass ?? Not alot, so they have used "action" moments to give the overall idea of how it looks.
I see few jets & heli's plus soldiers shooting & tanks, nothing more than seen in GR1, so Im not panicking its looking like "a different game" at all. Just nicer graphics which is great.
Im still buzzed because we havent heard a peep from the PC angle and I doubt it will be a failure. Heres waiting for PC news ....
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Yes, Yes & Yes an all counts listed here.
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Yeh slink that was exactly what I thought the logo would be, same logo but with "2" on the end. Fixing what isnt broken I think.
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More seriously funny things in the cheats added.
More chickens that splatter better on impact.
A cheat that send the tangos into a mode where they set up a fire,drink beer & play trance music while necking pills.
Well I could get more silly but you get the idea.
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PS- admin can you delete the older (2 mins before) thread of the same thing, bit of a submit from browser wobbly, sorry guys.
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Im a music & audio nut and after playing Raven Shield (apart from bugs & nightmare alround) the EAX sound was awsome.
Im looking forward to not just seeing the game but hearing it too. I hope it has all the bells & wistles of EAX & surround. GR1 came out on the start of EAX (i think) so it wasnt optimised in this area for that. Although sounds in GR1 is fantastic, 3d positioning, doppler effects, echos & reverbs in open areas on weapons fire will be luuurvly.
I dont doubt for a second that this will be overlooked as seems to be standard in engines these days, Far Cry sound is a good example. Although RVS is a great example for CQB etc.
Looking forward to it, im all ears!
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This is probably the most picky thing ive ever posted, but I do create websites & graphics for a living so It did stand out to me.
The New GR2 logo suprised me as it doesnt actualy look as good as GR1. Keep GR1 & stick a 2 at the end I say. The "o" with the ret looks a bit poor. Infact it looks like its a logo created by a clan/fan for the game if you get me ... not that well polished I dont think.
This realy has no bearing on the game itself, just suprised when i saw it ... i thought ... "oh, that looks a bit under par for a designer" .... hey ho.
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It does seem to get better and better. As already said no run & gunners ruining it for everyone!
I get the feeling that GR DEVS and all who understand its "Realism" approach seem to be the Purtists Purist (if you get me). Take no nonsense and treat the game with a bit more of an adult view.
Any other way would mearly result in yet another game like many out there, so this news is perfect.
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I always laugh when people label things as "conspiracy thoery" ... doesnt take much to figure out this could easily be used "for other things".
IE washington sniper, doubt that rifle was manufactured for 2 guys no nail inocent by standers .. mind you thats probably a "conspiracy theory" ....
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Damn Chems .. "they" have got to you too ......
I must admit its pretty much the same as tagging animals in the wild ... but humans too, who knows where that could be exploited .... hmmmmmm.
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I thought it was a wind up!
Moderator Edit, Please dont make light or Terrorism thank you.
Ignoring my paroia ... its very interesting.
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Bullet Tooth quote :
"Red Storm is very good about making their deadlines and has a crack team of producers working hard over there."
This is great to hear. Not only have they been working on it for a long time they have also resorted to taking crack to boost staff moral
- hitting deadlines will be easy aslong as the design team dont have to resort to stealing parts from there own PC's to pay for a fix .. infact im guessing GR2 will literaly be "the next big hit" .....Dear me thats a poor gag ...
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Taliban I think.
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Actualy my nan made the code ... my gradad did the artwork.
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Oh yes plenty of
alot of and a sprinkle of - Night Folk mission 7 (i think ... the one where you get mortared at the start before piles of tangos attack your area, the map is the MP burnt out town) .. that was good. Lots of firefighting .. many a time i got splattered by Nades .. ooh the tangos!!
Been playing all the night missions in 3D with the glasses and they are superb in firefights!!
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Now we know its a in-house engine re-done and by Red Storm then we can safely say it wont be ######. So Im now done with specualtion just a matter of waiting for screenies & demo.
I have more faith in Red Storm than others - I was a sucker for Raven Shield and saw how UBI cocked that up, was worried this may be the same but hopefully with it in capable hands of Red Storm we should be ok whatever.
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True .. now after the official news im less sceptical about length of time to get to pc if it did console first - so all good.
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Im buzzed from that news
RSE, new engine, mention of other military titles ? hmmm.
Will make the forums more lively (than they already are) ... screenshot searches, console bitching, specualtion, aticipation, refreshing for news, oooh just like the old days.
If this turns out to be as good as we all like/hope I will certainly upgrade my graphics card to suit ... I havent bothered for some of the tat out after or since GR.
I just prey this hits the spot & isnt a turkey ... fingers crossed. Actualy when was the last time you entered the offical GR site/forum? I havent for over a year or more .... Never thought id be doing it now ... all good.
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Seeing as the news looks mainly to be console for release of GR2 now I guess its time to accept the fact.
SO, in a way, I have .. although I think its a crap way to go. Then again atleast we can "try before we bother to think about buying" via games shops etc & have a nose at GR2 on the console & realise if its a stinking pile or not. Better than Paying on pc and then realising its not good (I realy hope it isnt bad, Im a damaged Raven Shield hater now).
Also, we can then watch the game unfold from version 1.0 and onward to see what improvement are made before it comes over to PC. If it looks like a winner then we will be fired up to get it & wont have to belive the hype as we will know its a corker which will be good for the community too.
Lets forget its console first and think about it another way - the console users are the guinee pigs for the game & we will then be the recipients of a better game in the longrun. On the flip side we also see if its a load of crap and then know not to buy it when it does arrive on pc ... simple as that .. I hope
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Sounds great ....
As regard stewardesses ... dont you meean " minge benefits " ??!
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Will PM him.
Guatamala .. got that didnt see the links to him doing these also ... just proves even more great work!
Cheers.
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Just had something smart happen & stupid ...
On Beach map for map 1 of IT I was at the camp looking west down the beach and a tank was already destroyed half way up, beyond that were some patroling tangos. I got bravo team to hussle up to a rock in sea area half way between us & them and hold / recon. I then moved up to rock on beach which looked past tank to tangos.
I set my team to supress & bravo to normal & shot out at tangos ... after 10 seconds a tango threw a grenade which in turn sent 1 team mate of my team ( who was near the grenade) to run out of way & also oddly 1 member of Bravo to move (he wasnt near grenade at all). Great thing was as I shuffled up around the rock to look the 2 seperate team members who moved .. hussled up together toward the damaged tank ... stopped to take cover either side of the tank and then proceded in wiping out the tangos ... I just waiting & watched ... great.
BUT .... I then noticed on the Compund map if you have some dead tangod at the doors & on stairs your AI throws a serious fit trying to move through & up the steps purely via AI. Infact I told a team to move up the steps, all 3 wobbled about confused ..2 managed to get up the steps & the other one then decided to run outside up the field turn round & run back, problem was he ran out into view of a tank & got splattered .... doh!
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Thought of a work around .... use platoon extender & go rambo .... no matter who follows, you have a fair few team mates you can afford to be wasted !
GR2 = RvS = disapointment
in GR2 PC - [Cancelled]
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I wonder if they will remove the limp again ??? LOL
