[Twinsen]The explosion sound

[DanGio]

Hello ! I wanted to report this for a long time :

When exploding, exploding rockets and combat robot make a BOOM sound. The more objects are affected by the explosion, the louder the sound is (the loudest I had was 100+ group of biters hit by an exploding rocket). So I think this is a problem, and I made a video to show it : https://youtu.be/vIV9vs_Mp5g

So :
- Is everyone getting the same problem, or is it my configuration ?
- Should I make a Bug Reports thread, or a Ideas and Suggestions ?

[Klonan]

Moved to bug reports

[Rseding91]

I don't know if this is really a bug. Sounds are accumulative: 15 * sound at volume 5 will be louder than 1 * sound at volume 5. That's how sounds work.

Two speakers each playing 10 W of sound will be louder than 1 speaker playing 10 W of sound.

[Klonan]

I don't know if this is really a bug. Sounds are accumulative: 15 * sound at volume 5 will be louder than 1 * sound at volume 5. That's how sounds work.

Two speakers each playing 10 W of sound will be louder than 1 speaker playing 10 W of sound.

Perhaps limit is to 3-4 max_sounds_per_type so that the loudness isn't stacked extremely high, but that more explosions do result in louder explosions

[Guest_4544]

- Is everyone getting the same problem, or is it my configuration ?

It's the "problem" of everyone. I'd suggest for the devs either remove the sound from those explosions appearing on entity or make a new explosion entity which does not play a sound at all and use that instead.

This is the reason:

For example this rocket projectile:

explosive-rocket

{
type = "projectile",
name = "explosive-rocket",
flags = {"not-on-map"},
acceleration = 0.005,
action =
{
type = "direct",
action_delivery =
{
type = "instant",
target_effects =
{
{
type = "create-entity",
entity_name = "explosion"
},
{
type = "nested-result",
action =
{
type = "area",
perimeter = 6.5,
action_delivery =
{
type = "instant",
target_effects =
{
{
type = "damage",
damage = {amount = 40, type = "explosion"}
},
{
type = "create-entity",
entity_name = "explosion"
}
}
}
},
}
}
}
},

and this explosion entity, "explosion":

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    sound =
    {
      {
        filename = "__base__/sound/fight/small-explosion-1.ogg",
        volume = 0.75
      },
      {
        filename = "__base__/sound/fight/small-explosion-2.ogg",
        volume = 0.75
      }
    }

[DaveMcW]

I don't know if this is really a bug. Sounds are accumulative: 15 * sound at volume 5 will be louder than 1 * sound at volume 5. That's how sounds work.

Yes, if you are adding sound sources. 5 rockets are louder than 1 rocket.

The problem is trees are not the source of the explosion, so 5 trees should not be louder than 1 tree.

[Loewchen]

I don't know if this is really a bug. Sounds are accumulative: 15 * sound at volume 5 will be louder than 1 * sound at volume 5. That's how sounds work.

Two speakers each playing 10 W of sound will be louder than 1 speaker playing 10 W of sound.

Perhaps limit is to 3-4 max_sounds_per_type so that the loudness isn't stacked extremely high, but that more explosions do result in louder explosions

I think both of you misread the post. There is just one explosion

[Koub]

The only thing that explodes is the rocket. The other things are destroyed by the explosion, but they do not explode themselves (unless they are explosive too) :
Biters, trees, rocks, ... are not explosives, so they should not generate explosion sound.

[Twinsen]

Fixed in 0.13.0 by limiting the number of explosions that can be played at the same time