Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
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I think adding sound effects like the Doppler effect or sonic booms could make the planetary experience in SE2 much more immersive and cool. It wouldn't be too hard to implement, but the payoff would be huge. Imagine doing your duties at the base and hearing the sound of a spaceship flying past you, or the distant crack of a sonic boom. You could then jump in your interceptor to investigate or prepare air defenses if you know it's an enemy ship
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will be cool i think
will be cool i think
I think the Doppler sound effect can be approximately achieved by sweeping a parametric EQ across a noise source with an amplitude fade according to distance. A sonic boom's sound character will relate to size of the craft producing it and the position of the observer relative to the procedure of the tail of the compression cone.
Note that higher frequencies tend to be absorbed by the surroundings more readily than low frequencies. The approaching sound is often short and loud, whereas the decaying sound will persist and fall in tone for a while. Echoes of the lower tones will reflect off of hill sides adding to the mix and may precede the craft when sub-sonic .
The reality is that this would normally need an atmosphere, only game magic would allow for it in space or on a planet/ moon with no air.
Sound underwater is another story, as the speed of sound in water is much faster.
I think the Doppler sound effect can be approximately achieved by sweeping a parametric EQ across a noise source with an amplitude fade according to distance. A sonic boom's sound character will relate to size of the craft producing it and the position of the observer relative to the procedure of the tail of the compression cone.
Note that higher frequencies tend to be absorbed by the surroundings more readily than low frequencies. The approaching sound is often short and loud, whereas the decaying sound will persist and fall in tone for a while. Echoes of the lower tones will reflect off of hill sides adding to the mix and may precede the craft when sub-sonic .
The reality is that this would normally need an atmosphere, only game magic would allow for it in space or on a planet/ moon with no air.
Sound underwater is another story, as the speed of sound in water is much faster.
there is no sonic boom at 300 m/s
there is no sonic boom at 300 m/s
Not fully sure how practical this could be to do, but I like the idea.
Not fully sure how practical this could be to do, but I like the idea.
I'm pretty sure a doppler effect is a setting in SE1. Never have been noticeable for me, though, but that may be because there aren't really sound effects in the game that take long enough time to notice the effect. Almost all native sound effects are instantaneous, booms, objects interacts, etc. the only two exceptions from the top of my head are players walking (and they'll never walk fast enough for doppler to be significant), and machine guns.
As for sonic booms, I think they're a cool idea. They are of course technically not possible due to the speed limit, but that limit exists only because of game engine limitations and as far as physics is concerned, it's arbitrary, so I don't see why the sonic boom couldn't happen at 290m/s or something similar.
I'm pretty sure a doppler effect is a setting in SE1. Never have been noticeable for me, though, but that may be because there aren't really sound effects in the game that take long enough time to notice the effect. Almost all native sound effects are instantaneous, booms, objects interacts, etc. the only two exceptions from the top of my head are players walking (and they'll never walk fast enough for doppler to be significant), and machine guns.
As for sonic booms, I think they're a cool idea. They are of course technically not possible due to the speed limit, but that limit exists only because of game engine limitations and as far as physics is concerned, it's arbitrary, so I don't see why the sonic boom couldn't happen at 290m/s or something similar.
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