Heatblur F-14B Sound Mod

[Bananimal]

I've made some changes to the intake sounds and a few other adjustments. Not all problems with the original sounds have been addressed in this mod. Namely because I am not a seasoned sound modder. But, it should get us by until HB or someone else makes adjustments to the original sounds.

 

Download link is in my signature.

 

[JagHond]

Sounds good now... literally!

Thanks for sharing.

 

With best regards.

 

[Nealius]

Is there any way to boost the volume at distances? I noticed the sound mod is very quiet once you get further than a few hundred feet away, even at high engine RPM. Just for example, my video here showcases the sound mod very well, but for the overhead break and landing sequences I had to boost the audio by 8.0db in post to match the volume to the taxi/takeoff sequences.

 

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[Bananimal]

That's going to happen when the camera is zoomed way in but is actually further away from the aircraft.

[Nealius]

Camera was roughly 800ft away during the overhead sequence (precisely at the break point). With the stock sounds I didn't need any audio boost during post when flying 1,000ft away from the camera, at the same speed/throttle setting, so there must be some value in the .lua that can be changed to boost the sound.

[Bananimal]

It won't be in the lua file, it'll be in the sdef file.

[I_Gamer]

Issues like these mentioned are reasons why I haven't gone beyond 2-3 hours of initial work getting this to sound better - there are too many back end issues HB needs to address with the way the game handles the current sound files. Fortunately the base sound infrastructure on the FA-18 by ED was integrated a lot better, which paved a nice path for the overhaul I created - HB did not follow suit on this, which means making a proper overhaul is next to impossible. I made it sound better, but is far off from being a product where I feel it is to "Echo 19" standards. Hoping the Viper follows the same path the Hornet has been on (in terms of audio fidelity and infrastructure).

 

Anyway, nice work Bananimal. A step in the right direction, for sure. Modders have a little bit more flexibility when it comes to content creation - as the community does not have to strictly abide by copyright free/royalty free material, whereas companies or 3rd parties (like HB) do have to abide by such standards and are more limited with what sources they are allowed to (legally) pull from.

[Larkis]

Could you please make a comparison video?