0001368: Default Audio Volume/scale too high - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

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0001368

AI War

[All Projects] Bug - Audio

Nov 14, 2010 7:20 pm

Apr 10, 2012 10:22 pm

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Master Cylinder Pants

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x4000

Severity

tweak

Status

closed

Resolution

not fixable

Product Version

4.033

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0001368: Default Audio Volume/scale too high

Description

The default audio level is very high (this seems to be the case in Tidalis too - might be the engine?).
Vinraith and I have the music audio level at something close to 2% and the master at ~< 10%. So, the scale might be a bit off too, I guess it might need "stretching out" b/c we are playing in the 1 to 15% range at most (it's hard to adjust when you're most of the way to the left and small changes seem to have a big affect on the level).
Either way, I would recommend setting the default master volume to 20% or so of the current setting.
Just in case it matters I have an SB X-Fi gamer card on Win XP sp3 32bit - a fairly standard setup.
Obviously this is not a big deal either way - just thought I'd mention it while reporting a few other items.

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(0003491) Heavens (reporter) Nov 14, 2010 8:27 pm	I forgot about this but I agree. I had to lower the Music Volume and Master Sound Volume slides to 20% sometimes lower to have the average volume I'm used to in other games or even when watching videos or listening to music.

(0006559) x4000 (administrator) Dec 20, 2010 7:59 pm	I think that this is just the engine plus your sound card drivers, and how they happen to interact. This isn't a global problem, so I can't turn it down to an inaudible level for some people (who might just assume the game is silent). In this case, I think that too loud is better than too quiet, since at least when it's too loud you know how to fix it. :/

(0006601) Master Cylinder Pants (reporter) Dec 21, 2010 10:08 am	Very reasonable - just thought I'd mention it on the off chance it was a wider issue.

(0006604) x4000 (administrator) Dec 21, 2010 10:13 am	Absolutely -- thanks for checking.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Nov 14, 2010 7:20 pm	Master Cylinder Pants	New Issue
Nov 14, 2010 8:27 pm	Heavens	Note Added: 0003491
Dec 20, 2010 7:59 pm	x4000	Note Added: 0006559
Dec 20, 2010 7:59 pm	x4000	Status	new => resolved
Dec 20, 2010 7:59 pm	x4000	Resolution	open => not fixable
Dec 20, 2010 7:59 pm	x4000	Assigned To	=> x4000
Dec 21, 2010 10:08 am	Master Cylinder Pants	Note Added: 0006601
Dec 21, 2010 10:13 am	x4000	Note Added: 0006604
Jan 3, 2011 10:44 am	x4000	Status	resolved => closed
Apr 10, 2012 10:22 pm	Buttons840	Priority	none => urgent