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The updated Sound Manager system or Quantum Sound Manager is a culmination of enhancements and improvements made to the audio backend of Ready or Not game, particularly with how they handle sound occlusion and obstruction.-
Occlusion and obstruction are ways in which the higher frequencies of sounds fall off based on a number of environmental factors. The new Sound Manager system properly takes into account the distance of sounds and environmental factors to calculate occlusion and obstruction.-
To calculate occlusion and obstruction, the new system traces multiple paths from each sound through the environment using specially placed volumes throughout each level.-
The new Sound Manager system is more consistent and performant, and uses less system resources for sound checks.-
To simulate obstruction, the player's angle in relation to certain sound portal points is taken into account, and an additional check is done to determine whether a door is open or closed or if there's a door at all.-
When a player is outside, some filtering is also applied to simulate how the environment absorbs sound waves, also known as acoustic absorption.-
In the future, the Sound Manager system will be expanded further to maximize how moving through an environment impacts
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Lukaku's First Touch
Member
Are you actually an AI making posts?
nemiroff
Member
I love how far this game have come. When I went in on the early access it was very rough, also graphically. Now it looks super-slick. One of the bigger complaints I have is that the locomotion and controls makes it feel cumbersome, almost like forced-walking. The UX is not very intuitive. I have similar issues with Ground Branch.
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ozz ex machina
Member
I think the cumbersome movement is the key selling point of the game. It's a sim not an arcade shooter.
anthraticus
Banned
Will play years down the line if it ever gets finally realized
nemiroff
Member
Considering how good it is already, and with rapidly growing content and improvements lately, I don't think you need to wait years.
That's of course not what I meant but ok..
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Bry0
Member
Wow, this sounds great. Finally adding the things I felt were missing and more.
salva
Member
Yeah the changes sound really good. I bet the game "journalist" are gonna rip this game apart though. The 'school shooting' scenario is supposedly coming that was hinted all those years ago...
Really looking forward to the campaign and the ai squad management/perma death etc. gives me original ghost recon vibes.
Really looking forward to the campaign and the ai squad management/perma death etc. gives me original ghost recon vibes.
drotahorror
Member
Bought this a few months ago. Not really my type of game but wanted to support it. Never played it yet but looks like it's about time.
Grildon Tundy
Member
If this has a single-player campaign with good reception, I'm in.
I added this game to my Steam wishlist 1.5 years ago. Glad it's finally getting a full release!
I added this game to my Steam wishlist 1.5 years ago. Glad it's finally getting a full release!
nemiroff
Member
Damn, they actually did it. The AI is no longer braindead. So happy I backed this game.
I hope Ground Branch will have a similar positive trajectory to launch.
Loaded and played the bulk of my time with it on Steam Deck. Bit glitchy and needed a bit of work to get it running but it's been pretty good so far. Having gyro aiming and worked out a pretty good key binding has made it an absolute pleasure to play on the Deck.
What I find remarkable is they've done considerable work to streamline AI commands. A lot of "defaults" are in place with one button press that can get your team in position relatively quickly without scrolling through tons of commands. With a bit more tweaking on controls it's almost entirely possible to make a console port of this.
The game is a pretty good balance between playability and hardcore unforgiving sim. With more of a lean towards unforgiving sim.
Hopefully Ground Branch delivers and keep that tactical shooter train rolling.
What I find remarkable is they've done considerable work to streamline AI commands. A lot of "defaults" are in place with one button press that can get your team in position relatively quickly without scrolling through tons of commands. With a bit more tweaking on controls it's almost entirely possible to make a console port of this.
The game is a pretty good balance between playability and hardcore unforgiving sim. With more of a lean towards unforgiving sim.
Hopefully Ground Branch delivers and keep that tactical shooter train rolling.
calistan
Member
Bought this a couple of years ago with free money from PayPal, it's great that it's finally more than just open a door, get insta-killed by AI terminators.
On the first mission my team went apeshit. As soon as they got out of the truck they started yelling drop the weapon, get down on the ground, in an empty parking lot. They only shut up when they got inside the building and started executing suspects. No perps left alive, it was a massacre.
On the first mission my team went apeshit. As soon as they got out of the truck they started yelling drop the weapon, get down on the ground, in an empty parking lot. They only shut up when they got inside the building and started executing suspects. No perps left alive, it was a massacre.
calistan
Member
There was another patch today. Hasn't stopped the bad guys being extremely fast on the trigger though.
Next mission was to apprehend someone who had killed his mother and barricaded himself in his room. But the intel was wrong, the place was swarming with enemies and I got killed.
I tried again - each failure somehow increases your team's stress levels - and the enemy placement was different. This time I killed them all, plus one civilian who had the misfortune of being held hostage by somebody who was shooting at me point blank. Killing them seems to be the sensible option - there was one who got down on his knees and surrendered, then whipped out a gun anyway.
At the end of the level a goddamned therapist said he was 'staggered at the levels of aggression' in me and my team, and signed off one of them on medical leave.
Next mission was to apprehend someone who had killed his mother and barricaded himself in his room. But the intel was wrong, the place was swarming with enemies and I got killed.
I tried again - each failure somehow increases your team's stress levels - and the enemy placement was different. This time I killed them all, plus one civilian who had the misfortune of being held hostage by somebody who was shooting at me point blank. Killing them seems to be the sensible option - there was one who got down on his knees and surrendered, then whipped out a gun anyway.
At the end of the level a goddamned therapist said he was 'staggered at the levels of aggression' in me and my team, and signed off one of them on medical leave.
Gp1
Member
Great update but it feels like the bad guys are the Swat and my team is the rag tag bum shooters.
The enemies can laser tag your team even before you bend a corner or open a door. Considering that almost every weapon can shot across walls, when shit hits the fan you don't even know were the shots are coming from.
Besides that (edit. And the campaign progression), its one of best tactical shooters out there.
The enemies can laser tag your team even before you bend a corner or open a door. Considering that almost every weapon can shot across walls, when shit hits the fan you don't even know were the shots are coming from.
Besides that (edit. And the campaign progression), its one of best tactical shooters out there.
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calistan
Member
I haven't figured out how to get my team working with me rather than just following them while they do the correct procedures.
Mission 3 just now, I was commanding them to breach and clear rooms, and it was all going well until one of the rooms led into the upstairs of the house and they went off up there, clearing corners and wasting suspects.
They probably would have done the whole house on their own, but I made a wrong turn while following them and got killed. Feels a bit like they could just do the mission without my intervention - sometimes they even say "you're in the way chief" if I'm blocking them.
Mission 3 just now, I was commanding them to breach and clear rooms, and it was all going well until one of the rooms led into the upstairs of the house and they went off up there, clearing corners and wasting suspects.
They probably would have done the whole house on their own, but I made a wrong turn while following them and got killed. Feels a bit like they could just do the mission without my intervention - sometimes they even say "you're in the way chief" if I'm blocking them.
calistan
Member
Yes, you click join public game and you're in the police station with a squad of players.
I was going to complete the campaign first, because there seems to be a lot to learn, but after my last mission I don't have enough officers to form a squad. One of them resigned and three are in therapy. That makes it extremely difficult to complete the mission, and any failure will result in me losing the last two guys.
It's a weird design decision, that's for sure. Very punishing for new players. I'd be better off restarting the campaign.
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
This game alone my be enough to make me get a pc
salva
Member
I think a lot of people are also coming from COD/arcade shooters and used to fast paced running and gunning.
This game is the best if you take each room slowly and meticulously. I pretty much mirror every door and always banging or flashing it before entry.
The team AI are the best for leading into rooms with you just behind them to control them from not going too far (issuing "fall in").
That creepy porn/brothel mission was pretty suspenseful where you enter the room where the hostage has a gun to their head. I wasn't quick enough to use a less lethal option and shot the assailant in the head.
This game is the best if you take each room slowly and meticulously. I pretty much mirror every door and always banging or flashing it before entry.
The team AI are the best for leading into rooms with you just behind them to control them from not going too far (issuing "fall in").
That creepy porn/brothel mission was pretty suspenseful where you enter the room where the hostage has a gun to their head. I wasn't quick enough to use a less lethal option and shot the assailant in the head.
calistan
Member
Anyone know of a mod to prevent your team wigging out due to mission failures?
It seems such an unnecessary penalty, so now if something goes wrong I just Alt+F4 and reload the entire game. They can't stop me doing that, so why not let me quit and restart a level like any normal game?
It seems such an unnecessary penalty, so now if something goes wrong I just Alt+F4 and reload the entire game. They can't stop me doing that, so why not let me quit and restart a level like any normal game?