I have to say that this ship is pretty much the perfect ship, for me. Beautiful to look at (especially with the ship kit) and the stats and handling are spot on. Bravo to all involved. However, if there's one single area of its design that irks me, it's the thruster sounds.
First off, the boost sound is almost offensively loud. I cringe every time I hit the afterburner. Does it really need to be that loud? In that respect, it kind of reminds me of the AspX thruster sounds which had to be toned down due to being way too loud. A 20-30% reduction in volume would be a definite improvement here. Maybe a tad more...
Secondly, the thruster sound when you throttle up or down. Initially, it doesn't seem too bad, and if you're not changing engine power a lot you'd probably think this an irrelevance. But if your performing a lot of speed changes, like trying to land on a rocky spot on a planet surface to grab a biological...boy, does that sound really start to grate.
Most of the ships thrusters (possibly barring the DBX's rusty trawler sound) are pretty innocuous, as they should be, and I rarely even consciously think about the sound of them as I fly about and land and take off. But the Mandalay's are way too 'in-yer-face' to be pleasant company after a while and, for me, start to rapidly outstay their welcome. I've even played with the Audio settings (changed from Normal to Full Range, dropped the sound effects volume and raise the voice volume to compensate) in an attempt to reduce the sound of them, and it helps slightly. Not completely though.
In all honesty, if the Mandalay had, for example, the same thruster and boost sounds that, say, the Challenger has, I would be a super happy bunny, because they're great, sound and volume-wise. Obviously, I realise that will never happen. But if you compare and contrast, you'll probably have a better idea of where I'm coming from on this.
Anyway, there we go. Thanks for reading, and thanks for the ship.
Cue loads of posts disagreeing with me...
P.S. Oh, and could you shift the fuel scooping HUD element up a bit higher. It's a rather low right now compared with other ships. Ta.
First off, the boost sound is almost offensively loud. I cringe every time I hit the afterburner. Does it really need to be that loud? In that respect, it kind of reminds me of the AspX thruster sounds which had to be toned down due to being way too loud. A 20-30% reduction in volume would be a definite improvement here. Maybe a tad more...
Secondly, the thruster sound when you throttle up or down. Initially, it doesn't seem too bad, and if you're not changing engine power a lot you'd probably think this an irrelevance. But if your performing a lot of speed changes, like trying to land on a rocky spot on a planet surface to grab a biological...boy, does that sound really start to grate.
Most of the ships thrusters (possibly barring the DBX's rusty trawler sound) are pretty innocuous, as they should be, and I rarely even consciously think about the sound of them as I fly about and land and take off. But the Mandalay's are way too 'in-yer-face' to be pleasant company after a while and, for me, start to rapidly outstay their welcome. I've even played with the Audio settings (changed from Normal to Full Range, dropped the sound effects volume and raise the voice volume to compensate) in an attempt to reduce the sound of them, and it helps slightly. Not completely though.
In all honesty, if the Mandalay had, for example, the same thruster and boost sounds that, say, the Challenger has, I would be a super happy bunny, because they're great, sound and volume-wise. Obviously, I realise that will never happen. But if you compare and contrast, you'll probably have a better idea of where I'm coming from on this.
Anyway, there we go. Thanks for reading, and thanks for the ship.
Cue loads of posts disagreeing with me...
P.S. Oh, and could you shift the fuel scooping HUD element up a bit higher. It's a rather low right now compared with other ships. Ta.
