Shrapnel Sound Effects

[Roughbeak]

I saw this on another forum talking about "shrapnel sound effects" and "shake". How audible you can actually hear them is interesting. Is it possible to add them to the game?

[video=youtube;v_MgM17Lqdc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_MgM17Lqdc[/video]


It would bring the true life of a FPS come to life that is for sure!

 

[Pjosip]

This is the only ear-rape I am looking forward to.

 

[VonMudra]

Yep, totally something we want to portray ingame.

 

[Feldmeijer]

Will the flying shrapnel actually hurt you?

 

[VonMudra]

If you're hearing it, you're not being hit by it It's what you don't hear that gets you.

In the end, I'm unsure how explosives work in the CryEngine (again, not a coder ). If there is a way to model unique explosions that include fragmentation, that would be great, but I know not of any FPS games that accomplish that. It would most likely (correct me if I'm wrong, Naga!) be simply the sphere of death that occurs in most games, IE, anyone in a certain radius is killed if not in cover.

 

[titsmcgee852]

There's a mod for Red Orchestra 2 that models shrapnel (go to 6m, 50s).

 

[Roughbeak]

Yes, if that was in TW, I would be happy.

 

[General Naga]

If you're hearing it, you're not being hit by it It's what you don't hear that gets you.

In the end, I'm unsure how explosives work in the CryEngine (again, not a coder ). If there is a way to model unique explosions that include fragmentation, that would be great, but I know not of any FPS games that accomplish that. It would most likely (correct me if I'm wrong, Naga!) be simply the sphere of death that occurs in most games, IE, anyone in a certain radius is killed if not in cover.

We could implement individual fragments from shrapnel but that means rather than having to track a single explosion we'd have to network each fragment which for the benefits gained isn't worth it in my opinion.

It's not something I've look into however.

The compromise could be a killzone from the shock-wave with a wider zone which has a chance of shrapnel damage which decreases to zero as you get further away from the impact. You could then add shrapnel geometry into the particle effect just for effect (which are run entirely client-side I believe but I haven't looked). The disadvantage is the shrapnel geometry won't tie up to who gets hit but the gameplay effect would be the same.

 

[Roughbeak]

The default SDK, shows you shoot a Desert Eagle against a hard surface and it shockwaves back. I guess it's not a bad start