GUIDE: Planet sounds and how to know everything from System Map.
- Thread starter CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI
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just to make sure, when jumping into a system i should come out of supercruise for this to work?
cant wait to try this and see if it helps me. im not color blind but i am color deficient and have a hard time with shades of green,red and browns. mainly issues determining ammonia/rocky worlds apart. scanned a whole system last night and nothing but rocky planets when i thought at least a couple were ammonia based.
cant wait to try this and see if it helps me. im not color blind but i am color deficient and have a hard time with shades of green,red and browns. mainly issues determining ammonia/rocky worlds apart. scanned a whole system last night and nothing but rocky planets when i thought at least a couple were ammonia based.
Yeah I logged in just to check the system I'm currently in that looked worthless and sounds like there are a couple candidates to go to.
Just wanted to make sure it's not a non supercruise only thing. Thanks
Just wanted to make sure it's not a non supercruise only thing. Thanks
Can't rep you enough.
A big thanks to everyone involved in making this guide! Can't wait to get home and give it a go...had no idea about these noises.
(Am I the only one who thinks it's cool that metal planets have sounds similar to electric guitars?)
(Am I the only one who thinks it's cool that metal planets have sounds similar to electric guitars?
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True story... :
- Capitan, there is planet 600,000,000 ls away on second star in this system wich look just like earth-like!
- Aright, set the course! Lets put our name on it!
Bit later...
- Captain, its just another high-metal with some atmosphere!
- ...
^
No idea how many times had this situation on early trips... but not anymore such disappointment, because they all have own sounds. Good thing there is thread about it. Rep+
I noticed thing about sounds in system map during my last trip that maked me Pioneer from Ranger, then later found this thread.... Too bad I did not had that knowledge during my trip to SagitA* or on other trips... but back then there was no explorers subforums and I did never bother myself to zoom into planets at map to listen at them during travel. It was when found my first earth-like on my most recent trip... I started readin its details on max zoom, and heard something like birds... and then realized that all objects have own sounds if zoomed.. wich is very, very cool. Person who created these sounds is amazing. Once realized/learned, it makes exploring much more juicy.
- Capitan, there is planet 600,000,000 ls away on second star in this system wich look just like earth-like!
- Aright, set the course! Lets put our name on it!
Bit later...
- Captain, its just another high-metal with some atmosphere!
- ...
^
No idea how many times had this situation on early trips... but not anymore such disappointment, because they all have own sounds. Good thing there is thread about it. Rep+
I noticed thing about sounds in system map during my last trip that maked me Pioneer from Ranger, then later found this thread.... Too bad I did not had that knowledge during my trip to SagitA* or on other trips... but back then there was no explorers subforums and I did never bother myself to zoom into planets at map to listen at them during travel. It was when found my first earth-like on my most recent trip... I started readin its details on max zoom, and heard something like birds... and then realized that all objects have own sounds if zoomed.. wich is very, very cool. Person who created these sounds is amazing. Once realized/learned, it makes exploring much more juicy.
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Why couldn't I have read this post some 300 jumps ago..... Oh the planets I have missed.
19ly in supercruise in one system is surely some kind of record though
I don't mind the odd few hundred thousand ls to check out a planet that looks earth like, I enjoy the anticipation.
Zoom in on the system map, you don't need to get close in space.
In fact Ammonia World have louder sounds, i have found many and i recognize this too. I think that somwhen, maybe few month ago, the dev tweaked their sound a little bit, also becouse i was not the only one to have noticed that before 1.3.
Btw, my apologies to everybody i told they were wrong, i was sure about my 25 discovered, but needed fresh data.
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They STILL silence the background music, and are very different from HMC, but they do noises indeed.
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So i asked other CMDR to register ammonia world sounds, and will update the guide next week. Probably i'll take out a lot of words and weird descriptions, and sure I'll spoilerize all the recordings to make the guide accessible from device too.
Btw, my apologies to everybody i told they were wrong, i was sure about my 25 discovered, but needed fresh data.
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They STILL silence the background music, and are very different from HMC, but they do noises indeed.
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So i asked other CMDR to register ammonia world sounds, and will update the guide next week. Probably i'll take out a lot of words and weird descriptions, and sure I'll spoilerize all the recordings to make the guide accessible from device too.
Guys, if anyone found any special worlds that really turned out to be something you didn't expect, can you please post over here? : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=181725
Can't thank you enough. You have made exploration fun and interesting for me. Looking forward to your update
big revamp of the guide:
1: added a recording that shows the differences between the various solid planets
2: added a recording that clarifies the sound of ammonia
3: spoilerized all the recording to make it mobile friendly
A BIG THANK TO CMDR ASC THAT MADE COMPARISON RECORDINGS AND AMMONIA RECORDINGS.
1: added a recording that shows the differences between the various solid planets
2: added a recording that clarifies the sound of ammonia
3: spoilerized all the recording to make it mobile friendly
A BIG THANK TO CMDR ASC THAT MADE COMPARISON RECORDINGS AND AMMONIA RECORDINGS.
Fantastic work by all involved.
I discovered, and bookmarked, this thread a while ago but only found the time to properly digest it this evening (over a lovely gammon, egg & chips). yet again I am left awestruck by the enthusiasm and dedication of the Elite community. Also a dollop of rep to the (sound ) designers for including such nuggets.
Thanks all
<-lightspeed->
I discovered, and bookmarked, this thread a while ago but only found the time to properly digest it this evening (over a lovely gammon, egg & chips). yet again I am left awestruck by the enthusiasm and dedication of the Elite community. Also a dollop of rep to the (sound ) designers for including such nuggets.
Thanks all
<-lightspeed->
Did sounds change recently? I just experienced a planet which looked like an icy world, but sounded just like a metal rich world. Checked it out, and it was icy. Als9 had high metal world's sound like metal rich. Strange...
Why would you bother with a cheat? The sounds give it away, there is no cheating needed.
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