sound radar is back ... naaaaaaah!

[l3uLLDoZeR]

I fly with the canopy open in the hurricane. I think you should be able to hear to some extent. I have no idea how much I should be able to hear, do u fly around in open cockpit biplanes or something that you know what it sounds like?

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by l3uLLDoZeR

I fly with the canopy open in the hurricane. I think you should be able to hear to some extent. I have no idea how much I should be able to hear, do u fly around in open cockpit biplanes or something that you know what it sounds like?

Well, flying in a closed-cockpit Cessna is so loud that you need to wear headphones just to communicate.

That's a 175-hp turboprop. I imagine a World-war era 1000-hp+ fighter would be significantly louder.

WWII pilots have said in multiple interviews that you can't hear anything happening outside of your cockpit. Even with an open cockpit you're not going to hear anything because your engine appears to you, to be that much louder. The first clue that someone was firing at a pilot was when tracers were flying past their cockpit or rounds were impacting against their aircraft.

[reflected]

I agree, you shouldn't hear anything. Then again, I've never heard another aircraft from my cockpit in CloD. I don't think this problem exists.

[CWMV]

I noticed it tonight big-time. I knew a 109 was jumping me before my wing saw him because I heard the guy a mile away.

My own guns? Sure, I should hear them.
A 109 on my 6 high 500 meters out with a 1000 ft alt advantage? Probably not.
I dont notice it so much when I normally fly blue. Merlin's are quiet compared to the DB.

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by CWMV

I noticed it tonight big-time. I knew a 109 was jumping me before my wing saw him because I heard the guy a mile away.

My own guns? Sure, I should hear them.
A 109 on my 6 high 500 meters out with a 1000 ft alt advantage? Probably not.
I dont notice it so much when I normally fly blue. Merlin's are quiet compared to the DB.

+1

[6S.Manu]

Where's the problem, Insu?

People here are happy: they claim CloD as the most realistic WW2 simulator ever...

During SoW development I asked about this problem pratically every time Oleg was posting an update on the board. Now, knowing the substance of those updates and the final release state of CloD (lol) I understand why they never answered to my two questions... (the other one was about target visibility)

Anyway yesterday I've uninstalled both CloD and RO2.

Simply I can't enjoy passing hours fighting over my airbase bnzing the countless Spitfires who fly over the channel at 500m in a voulching/suicide mission (because there is not profit in gaining altitude over the channel, at least for me).

I wish I could enjoy it, to minimize the other deficiencies of this "sim", but I really can't.

So I'm not going to pay attention to the board like i did before: I can stand no more Tagert-like clowns or the endless "Please! New flyable airplane!" threads posting.

I don't think I'll contribute to my own "Target visibility" thread too, since many people here are satisfied hunting dots. I was going to post a video about a possible solution, but who cares?

[klem]

Originally Posted by a67epipadjld

The crazy sound radar ruins all of the sneak attacks... I suffered this issue several times in ATAG, approaching an enemy plane from 6 o'clock low, in the blind spot. They hear you from > 300 m.
it wasn't present before last patch iirc.

Devs do something !

What's with all the advertising junk ??

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by CWMV

I noticed it tonight big-time. I knew a 109 was jumping me before my wing saw him because I heard the guy a mile away.

My own guns? Sure, I should hear them.
A 109 on my 6 high 500 meters out with a 1000 ft alt advantage? Probably not.
I dont notice it so much when I normally fly blue. Merlin's are quiet compared to the DB.

So, it was you that I tried to jump on ATAG yesterday night, and turned when I was 400 m far sneaking on your 6 o'clock low?

[Skoshi Tiger]

It's not just a case of a simple if then else statement in the code.

You should be able to hear noises that are completely different to the sound of your engines if it's got a significantly higher or lower frequency to the sound your own engine is making.

Point in case, when I drive my Charger (which is extremely loud) I can't hear the GTHO driving next to me, but I can hear the Harley Davidson with shotgun pipes a two hundred yards away only because it is completely different to the noise my own engine is making.

Notice with the sound Radar you can't actually hear the engine noise of the 109 on your tail you can only hear the turbo whine.

Whether or not this is over done is another matter and would require a very detailed look at the sound engine. I assume everyone wants COD to be as realistic as possible.

To do that the sound engine needs to be examined and adjusted by the developers to work realistically otherwise it'll turn into a big pile of single case cludges that needs to be 'fixed' every time a new plane is added.

I've been tiped off that theres a 109 on my six from the turbo noise a number of times. Generally when it's almost too late to react .

I have more luck following the "don't fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area rule". I generally pick up an E/A on my tail after performing a violent break to see whats behind me.

Cheers!