FMod is such a simple and effective API, I couldn’t resist in adding some environmental audio effects… So now, on the caves, there’s a small echo effect, and on asteroid areas, we have some sound filtering, which mutes the high frequencies… It’s a small detail, and I think players would only really notice it if […]
Still working on the audio, mostly adjusting volumes to account for the 3d sound system… It’s actually quite impressive the difference 3d sound makes to the game… I’m also compiling a list of audio effects I still need to make for the game, and I’ll have to do that for the cutscenes as well… A […]
Today I got 3d audio working! It wasn’t that complicated, to be honest, and it actually adds something to the game… Now I need to retune all the existing sound effects (the volumes now are all wrong), so this is mostly boring work for now! :\ Now listening to “Tage Mahal” by “Jon Oliva’s Pain” […]
Today I integrated the new audio engine with the rest of the game… It worked fine, except for some minor bugs… I’m thinking of adding 3d sound, it’s a simple enough change, not sure if it’s actually a good one, since most of the audible elements are on screen at the same time and are […]
Today was mostly a bug-hunting day, but I had time to do other stuff… First things first, I removed one of the big bugs in the game: a raycast issue that would sometimes cause the game to freeze… This was very hard to detect, but after I found a way to replicate it consistently, it […]