Audio Occlusion - First Prototype

Nice

This is what "immersion" is about!

Nice demonstation. Truly something to look forward to

Details, details, details.

It's all in them little details.

Jawesome! :D

AAAwesome !! :D This is one of the things that impresses me the most of this game!

Very impressed with this!!

That is the kind of thin that will set IM appart from other.
And will improve the Immersion.

thats as said above very impressive

I think that's a fantastic improvement. I rely on audio a lot, and I'm fussy about it, so kudos to you for doing something worthwhile with it!

That's awsome! The doorway occlusion is much better than the standard. Keep up that good work :)
Such things are the reason why I am believing :)

And this is only Deadlock! I am amazed, no, I am stunned. Also, I found little sound ball thingy :D

Thats awesome guys that "Doorway" Occlusion is really impressive, I'd call it "Dynamic Audio Occlusion" lol

You could call it bending sound (-waves). Something that shows that sound actually can travel in more directions than just a line-of-sight.
Again, a well-made piece of oden-door developement. I like that a lot.

I like this ! Awesome guys ;)

I was like.. It's kinda qwiet (that isn't how you spell it :-p) and then i went to the other room and i was like WAAAARGH!! (Or maby just like Wow! :-p)

Put pretty awesome guys :-D

Wow, very impressive. I know it's exaggerated to prove your point, but sound shouldn't be completely eliminated from coming through the wall. You would definitely get some feedback through the wall itself; right now it sounds like it's perfectly insulated which of course is impossible. Hopefully you can come up with a nice balance.

OOOOOiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiii :P

Nice demo kenneth, some reverb would give a extra bling, but that shows that you guys are in the right path with sound, and from what i saw on the UE3 demo you guys will not disappoint. I also have to say that Naty722 is right that the majority of walls can't eliminate sounds like that (but is not impossible has he said).

Good demo guys, keep up the good work :D

Wow this is so amazing! Try and walk past the door with you head turned the other way. It's very easy to sense when you are passing the door.

Sound - one of the main things I'm really looking forward to. In the GDC 08 demo there was this awesome doorway effect in real-time using voic-porting technology by ZPS and I was blown away. So immersive.

Amazing, this Doorway Audio Occlusion and voice porting sys are things that I am really excited about.

very good!

As usual, awesome, guys. True proof you're going the right way, doing a great job so far. Keep it up!

Wow! It's awesome! Needs just a little bit of tweaking and it's perfect! Nice job, as always! You guys always make me believe even more and more 8)

Kenneth, you're an audio GOD.
That is perfect, perfect, perfect.

I expect nothing less from the genius team who made RTVP!

Very nicely done.

You guys should license these technologies you develop fro IM and sell them so other game companies.

Time for me to go Spearhead :p

It's the small things.

It is because things like that that i still belive. It's a wonderful experience to see how a master piece is created on its minimal details.

Absolutely fantastic stuff!!!!!! When I walk through buildings I pay a special attention to how the sound changes in the environment. And this is very good, I'd even go as far as to say it's the best I've ever heard in a game. Great job!!!!!

*drool dangles for a couple minutes* ..... very, very , veeeeery nice!

This is incredible. Really ground-breaking stuff. You guys are really pioneering the industry here. Something that all these new FPS shooters claim to do, but don't. One of the things that I'm most excited about is the real-time voice porting that you guys demonstrated at the end of the GDC video on the briefing room page. I'll be using headphones and a mic even if I'm in the same room as my mates, just to get the immersion going.

I have to admit, I tried the first occlusion demo and I was like...
Damn, I can't believe they are going to use this. It is SO terrible, it sounds miserable, they should just leave it out. Man, was I pissed.

Then, I saw there was a second occlusion model that worked brilliantly. Now, I'm thrilled I support you guys :D I was reminded why I think your team is so amazing, and why I'd love the opportunity to work with you guys one day.

very very nice

@Saijin_Naib: Yeah, i had the exact same reaction :P

Very nice work on the audio effects, quite impressed, keep up the good work :)

OMG!!!! This is so jawesome!
As mentioned earlier I tried to locate the doorway with my eyes closed, and I found it spot on twice! Incredible work guys! You should really patent the tech you develop...
Also; name suggestion: "The ZPAM Effect" (Zero Point(Entity) Audio Manipulation) xD or more professionally; "Realtime Dynamic Digital Spiral Ganglion Directional Wave Density Modulation"
or just "Dynamic DSound" or "DSM" Dynamic Sound(Wave)Mapping

If this where your tool to conquer the world, I think most people would believe. Keep up the good work.

ok this is the best sound / design enguon I've heard in a game ..... nice don

great!...
i mean: if you can feel through the "eyes of your ears"...evr`yone here will believe it!!
=)

btw, i've been thinking on a name for it...

BAs 1.5 (Bridges Across Sound) where 1 = User and 5 = Dimmension

Jawsome.

I always was tired of games making sounds come through the wall. But, with this 'Audio Occlusion', I think the game will be a game a lot of people will talk about.

:) <- Smiley Face

Will this mean I can hear the "whiny kid trying to be all tactical and important sounding"? :V

small glitch in actual doorway though you can stafe through and notice the sound change point. jus a lil heads up but good work.

very nice, its the little things that help make a game great

sounds great!

putting 5 bucks in right now.

Fantastic sound, Really puts you in the game.

Im amazed. The presentation is phenomenal (and I like the look, even though Tron was awful).
I think this IS revolutionary :)

Finally! this is what I thought about when thinking about AAA Indie Development!

Keep this up and I may even pay for these development snippets ;)

Oh wow, this is really fantastic. I'm really surprised at how well this works.

this will be more realistic tha COD

This is going to be nasty when I learn how to detect where people are by sound through Fear online. :D

I got a question for you all, in the Audio Occlusion Prototype did you find the little ball that is the source of the sound? I did. =)

Also one thing that I noticed was that in the 2nd room (the one where the sound is not coming from) the sound is way to muffled for the thickness of the walls.

The walls need to be thicker or and sound less muffled but other then that, epic job.

Also yes I know that what I am talking about is just a Prototype but still figured I would give my 2 cents.

I found a name for the Doorway Audio Occlusion-thingy, it's called "Exclusion" in <a href="http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/sound-technolo
gy/index.html">this</a> article by Aleksei Menshikov. I have also seen the same therm in a couple of essays i stumbled upon.

Keep up the good work, it's really inspiring!

This is NOT what emersion is about. For all of those White Knighting this common as hell game, I really feel the need to express the fact Ive played nearly all FPS in the world since Doom and Wing Commander. Firstly, you have a hud...thats not emersive in any way. Secondly, I highly doubt this frail game will have anything "new" to bring to the table at all. Thirdly, I have a damn good sound system, but the fact is, in an FPS, there are two things you will listen for, and the rest is useless garbage getting in the way.

Footsteps
Gun Shots

This isnt "Quake" where one actualy hears where the other person is via pickup sounds. This is a generic FPS game with no intent to do anything other than make money, just like the rest. I was not impressed with anything, outside of the FPS I got in the demos..and that was only due to the fact they were not complete games.

Having an announcer say "This game will be unique and unlike anything youve every played" made me laugh when it looked like a dumbed down version of Blacklight right from the start of the preview video. You want to ask people for money and tell them "to believe" in you? Then give them something to believe in and stop lying and asking for hand outs. Real games dont work like that, and by using "Minecraft" as one of your selling points and use a game which has NO baring on -this- game, pretty much shows me right from the start you are riding on the coat tails of everyone out there to make a quick buck.

Do I believe? Hell no. You will just make another plebian pile of crap and issue people cash-shop type advances like the rest of the FPS games are now. You are not unique, and the system of game play is going to be "been there done that" for anyone who has played any FPS and likes the color grey.