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Originally Posted by harlikwin
Is there a specific hovercraft sound included?
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Hi Harlikwin,
One of the weaknesses of the original Steel Panthers is that they had a limited number of sounds, and often used the same sound for many different vehicles.
Because of this many water craft use sound 34, which is mainly used by wheeled vehicles.
Hovercraft also use sound 34.
The original sound 34 is so generic, that you can't tell what it is. Which is perhaps why it also got used by a lot of water craft.
Cross Sounds doesn't add additional sounds, or change the existing sound map, it only changes - and improves the quality of - the original sounds.
So when improving sound 34, I had three choices:
1. Make a great water craft sound. But then all your wheeled vehicles would sound like boats.
2. Make a 'better quality' generic sound. But you still wouldn't be able to recognise the sound.
3. Make a good wheeled vehicle sound. But some of your water craft will sound like wheeled vehicles.
I went with door number three, because sound 34 is one of the most common sounds, used constantly by almost all wheeled vehicles, but only used occasionally by water craft.
The good news is that many rowing/assault boats use sound 38, and quite a lot of barges and landing craft use sound 232, both of which are dedicated water transport sounds that Cross Sounds has improved considerably.
Sorry for the long answer.
cheers,
Cross