Is there any way to turn down (or off) the awful "HONK" given out when discovery scanner completes (without turning off the other sounds). Especially at night, this is extremely loud and penetrating and for what, just some info, not a warning or critical issue, just "HONK". (N.B. It is even worse with the audio option set to "night time". )
Discovery Scanner "HONK"
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i like the honk
it's like having a Michael Bay movie trailer on loop in the background while you play
it's like having a Michael Bay movie trailer on loop in the background while you play
This is one of the problems with repetitive tasks; eventually you get tired of the same notification alerts. I don't like the big blue font, it's to video gamish, console even. I'd prefer all the HUD be toned down, in size especially. I'd like different ships to display the data in different ways. The cockpit of a MiG does not look like the cockpit of an F-15. Sure, an altimeter is an altimeter, but you have the exact same HUD on every ship. Whoever sells those HUDs is making a fortune.
Lolol... So true
I love the discovery scanner BWAAAAAHHHH.
I do it next to stations and imagine everyone in their little apartments shouting and hitting their holo-TV's as the reception goes haywire.
And a really weary-sounding traffic controller messaging, "Three of Hearts *fzzzt* please don't operate your exploration scanner in the vicinity of the station *fzzzt*"
"Sorry, my hand slipped, my bad."
"Understood, Three of Hearts, but it causes a lot of interference on all systems and we start getting complaints from all over the sta-"
BWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH
"Sorry, hand slipped again."
"Three of Hearts, you need to hold down the trigger on that thing for like 5 seconds, your hand didn't slip... look it's actually hazardous, some of our traffic control systems get blinded by the pulse - "
BWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH
"That isn't funny."
"Say again, I didn't catch that."
"Thr - "
BWWWWAAAAHHHHHH
I'm easily entertained.
I do it next to stations and imagine everyone in their little apartments shouting and hitting their holo-TV's as the reception goes haywire.
And a really weary-sounding traffic controller messaging, "Three of Hearts *fzzzt* please don't operate your exploration scanner in the vicinity of the station *fzzzt*"
"Sorry, my hand slipped, my bad."
"Understood, Three of Hearts, but it causes a lot of interference on all systems and we start getting complaints from all over the sta-"
BWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH
"Sorry, hand slipped again."
"Three of Hearts, you need to hold down the trigger on that thing for like 5 seconds, your hand didn't slip... look it's actually hazardous, some of our traffic control systems get blinded by the pulse - "
BWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH
"That isn't funny."
"Say again, I didn't catch that."
"Thr - "
BWWWWAAAAHHHHHH
I'm easily entertained.
It's there to remind us how Mass Effect III's ending failed beyond the description of words.
I prefer linking it to the Tripod sound from War of the Worlds.
This actually makes some sense. If you have HUD design standardized across all ships, it reduces the difficulty of hopping from one ship into another (which CMDRs obviously do pretty frequently). Most cars have very similar dashboard setups, and I really hate having to learn all the radio controls every time I get into a rental. Plus it frees up the devs to work on other fun things.
On topic, I rather like the sound myself. It reminds me of that BWAAAAAAAM noise from Inception. I have an irrational love for that sound effect.
This is in a galaxy where every station docking bay is built to an identical blueprint. Sure, some have the odd palm tree, or moody red lighting, but they're all structurally identical.
The guy making the ship HUDs is a pauper compared to the one who designed the station docking bay.
Im sure there is an option in the audio settings, theres an option to turn basically everything off, but i haven't looked yet
[video=youtube;6qJQlfMMNmw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJQlfMMNmw[/video]
Starports across the galaxy are supplied with specialist parts and preassembled modules from Brewer Corp whose main fabrication plant can be found in [Minerva].
"Looking down on worlds since 3100."
As an aside Deep horns have been used by many cultures like the Celts and the Romans, to put the fear of doom into their enemies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVAWwWi0DbE
https://youtu.be/wRij5nbhFVI?t=148
Which was the Inspiration for the Tripods
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To OP - I love the scanner honk - its soooo unlike the wimpy stereotypical, Star Trek-esque, high-pitched 'tinkle tinkle' scanner sounds from film and other games.
It sounds powerful, like an EM pulse scanning the whole systyem should be.
Brilliant sound effect - you just need re-calibration to appreciate it
I wear headphones so as to not wake the kids up!
I will say that the sound is nice & meaty...kinda reminds me of a lot of the sounds from Michael Bay movies though (esp. anything with large alien ships...er, well, Transformers movies ). Still...its great hearing that noise, and knowing that I may have found something interesting.
I'll have to try annoying a station with it sometime...I wonder if they'll take offense to setting it off when I'm sitting on the pad in the docking bay? LOL
Oh, and I just thought of something that could make explorers and traders a bit safer...maybe an ADS honk should scramble the scanners of all ships within a certain distance for x number of seconds. So...if you get interdicted you can run, start your drive, honk right before the countdown, and jump, masking your wake. Just a thought...
). Still...its great hearing that noise, and knowing that I may have found something interesting.I'll have to try annoying a station with it sometime...I wonder if they'll take offense to setting it off when I'm sitting on the pad in the docking bay? LOL
Oh, and I just thought of something that could make explorers and traders a bit safer...maybe an ADS honk should scramble the scanners of all ships within a certain distance for x number of seconds. So...if you get interdicted you can run, start your drive, honk right before the countdown, and jump, masking your wake. Just a thought...
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This single post made me LOL, wouldnt it be nice to have background chatter in stations and in space from other pilots etc. I think it would make the whole universe more alive.
Imagine it your sitting at a nav point in a full A spec anny and some pirates turn up and you hear 'Im not taking on that thing it would be suicide', and people requesting to dock at stations etc instead of just heading in.
You are all wrong.
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The discovery scanner is actually a Reaper mating call attractor for Reaper hunting.
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Now, the Reaper is rather rare with 400 billion solar systems but most of them are hiding at the edge of the galactic disc so it might take a while for them to reach civilized worlds.
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A skillful hunter hides out in RES asteroid fields in well developed systems that has a lot of intelligent life - the staple food of the Reaper. Once a Reaper appears it is important that the hunter has most of the galaxies collected navys present in order to sacrifice about 90% of them in order to get in a good shot.
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So far the only kills done are pilot accidentally mistaken each others ships for Reapers as they have been honking their way across a system towards the sound of the other hunter.
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The discovery scanner is actually a Reaper mating call attractor for Reaper hunting.
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Now, the Reaper is rather rare with 400 billion solar systems but most of them are hiding at the edge of the galactic disc so it might take a while for them to reach civilized worlds.
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A skillful hunter hides out in RES asteroid fields in well developed systems that has a lot of intelligent life - the staple food of the Reaper. Once a Reaper appears it is important that the hunter has most of the galaxies collected navys present in order to sacrifice about 90% of them in order to get in a good shot.
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So far the only kills done are pilot accidentally mistaken each others ships for Reapers as they have been honking their way across a system towards the sound of the other hunter.
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