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ev1ta
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Hi. I do love the almost ridiculous April Fools in-game joke with the Artisanal Sound System.
However, with much discussion with friends--I would like to propose a minor upgrade.
Can there be a BEEP BEEP BEEP, when attempting to reverse a ship? These are not small cars after all, and it would only be polite to warn everyone when attempting to reverse.
Option 1.) https://www.doobybrain.com/blog/2016/3/13/why-do-reversing-trucks-not-beep-anymore
Option 2.) It has to be a beep sound sung by someone
However, with much discussion with friends--I would like to propose a minor upgrade.
Can there be a BEEP BEEP BEEP, when attempting to reverse a ship? These are not small cars after all, and it would only be polite to warn everyone when attempting to reverse.
Option 1.) https://www.doobybrain.com/blog/2016/3/13/why-do-reversing-trucks-not-beep-anymore
Option 2.) It has to be a beep sound sung by someone
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beep, beep. "warning this vehicle is reversing!".
how can sound travel through space without some form of pressure for sound to bounce around in?
Better off having a flashing rear light instead. at least you can see that.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
After all, they can be turned off if you don't like them.
I love them myself. April Fools on STO is the highlight of my year. I never laughed so much in the time I played any other day of the year and I thank the devs for that.
Same old, same old ... classic complaint on any game, and well known on STO. As is the answer: those are different people with different jobs altogether. And god (or other deity of choice, or non-deity if you prefer that) help you if the guys responsible for sound start meddling in bug fixes. That would probably the only time allowed to spell "doom" on the forums.
It can also be good for healthy developing to have folks work on projects which they enjoy. Constantly fixing bugs and working at high intensity to satisfy the fan's maximum content expectations at minimum time can lead to burnout at worst and an unhappy work environment at least (which isn't where great art, writing, and gameplay most readily takes shape.) I have absolutely no problem with devs doing something because they think it would be fun even if it means that an inconvenience remains in game for a while longer. There's always the matter of priorities and greatest benefits but as a collective gaming culture I think there's an argument to make for easing up and treating devs more like people and less like servants indentured to our expectations (imagine telling Asimov that he needs to put everything down and sort out the grammar in Foundation. Different media and scales but the fan-creator relationship in gaming has definitely taken a different route.)
Ie. Bug fixes are good but it's good to balance them against collectively fun side projects for which an Artisanal update could qualify if the devs were so inclined. Kael mentioned it during the last Ten Forward to get more of the new folks in but we'll see what they get up to next year.
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oh man.. i just thought of the worst april fools idea in combination with this ever.
Reversing light is a disco ball with flashing lights and all nearby ships crew get on to the hull of their ships and start dancing in eva suits xD
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
> ev1ta wrote: »
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> Hi. I do love the almost ridiculous April Fools in-game joke with the Artisanal Sound System.
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> However, with much discussion with friends--I would like to propose a minor upgrade.
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> Can there be a BEEP BEEP BEEP, when attempting to reverse a ship? These are not small cars after all, and it would only be polite to warn everyone when attempting to reverse.
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> Option 1.) https://www.doobybrain.com/blog/2016/3/13/why-do-reversing-trucks-not-beep-anymore
> Option 2.) It has to be a beep sound sung by someone
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> beep, beep. "warning this vehicle is reversing!".
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> how can sound travel through space without some form of pressure for sound to bounce around in?
> Better off having a flashing rear light instead. at least you can see that.
Actually sound does travel in space: https://www.sciencealert.com/sound-can-travel-through-space-after-all-but-we-can-t-hear-it
https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/there-actually-is-sound-in-outer-space-1738420340/amp
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
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True. Also, bug fixes hardly give any positive feedback from the players, they will notice it's gone and now things are as they're supposed to be, so people are more content but usually not voicing it. Stuff like this, even with negative feedback added into the mix, does help to see that some players still like what you're doing.
Conjecture and hearsay isn't proof, you got something substantially more solid as proof?
do you know a tree fell at all? are you even aware you know a tree was going to fall at any point in the future?
stop asking such questions that make no sense if you don't know there was a tree that was on the verge of falling down in the first place.
i'm aware of this, moving on.
just what we need, horrible horn sounds!
Next thing we'd see are hood ornaments xD
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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