Register    Calendar    Members    ST Team    Forum Search    FAQ    Portal    Overview Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » Acoustic Development » Town Ambience » Hello You Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites Town Ambience Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » KicknDave Warder Registration Date: 09.06.2006 Posts: 33 Location: Illinois Town Ambience        I've had this idea for some time now and now that I'm pacing along on the CS, I was wondering if I could make this happen. Also I'd like to see what everyone else thinks. Has anyone ever played Baldur's Gate 2? I'm sure some of you have...Well when you first leave the first awful dreaded dungeon in the beginning, your cast in this huge town/city. I loved this because not only was the town relatively big, but the town ambience just drove it so much deeper to a feeling, where it absolutely felt like it was indeed a very huge town. Now my idea was to some how get some kind of ambience placed in Oblivions major cities. My plan was to start with the Imperial City (how typical) and see how that worked out. Do you think this is a good idea? Because I mean, the IC is huge and well it's a lively city, even according to lore and such. But when I'm there, I just don't get that feeling. Sure I see a lot of NPC's and guards, but that feeling just ins't there. Of course the city isn't too alive at night and maybe theres a way to make the ambience gradually louder as it hits around noonish, and then as the sun goes down, it gets quieter and quiter and as the morning approaches it gets louder and louder...I'm talking too much. I get lots of ideas like this and once I get going I get carried away with my imagination LOL. 09.06.2006 08:15 Linky Apprentice Registration Date: 09.06.2006 Posts: 7 Location: The Faroe Islands Good! That would be awesome! __________________ Do you think the nords of TES sound nordish? Yes????Wrong answer! They say Charge!!!!! Its supposed to be Herji ?!!!!! I am nordish..... 09.06.2006 13:15 xifr First Knight Registration Date: 21.05.2006 Posts: 130 People underestimate sound. We absorb most of our information through our eyes, and don't think sound is that important, when it is, we just don't notice it . I certaintly know what you mean about IC. It just doesn't feel... alive... immersive... 18.06.2006 14:26 Cuthalion Count Registration Date: 08.05.2006 Posts: 783 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands quote: Originally posted by xifr People underestimate sound. We absorb most of our information through our eyes, and don't think sound is that important, when it is, we just don't notice it . I certaintly know what you mean about IC. It just doesn't feel... alive... immersive... I make video's ('camera' and animations) as a hobby, and I certainly don't underestimate sound . But most people do yeah.... __________________ Quote of the Day There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality. Richard Dawkins, The Enemies of Reason Factions: Silgrad Tower Mages Guild Skyrim Thieves Guild Vvardenfell Mages Guild 18.06.2006 14:52 -Sulan- Chieftain of Skyrim Registration Date: 06.03.2006 Posts: 443 Location: Sweden I think good ambience is extremely important in computer games to define the setting and let you get the feel of things and stuff.. And I certainly agree that town ambience is lacking in Oblivion, allthough I think most nature ambience is pretty good. It?d be awesome to improve the game in this aspect, I think in our mods here it?d also be nice to have unique ambience to help define and put a genuine feel to all our areas. I plan on trying to do some ambience in the future as well, but I?ve never worked with such so I can?t guarantee anything, and obviously it?s a lot of work so - the more the merrier!! 06.07.2006 19:49 Bahamut Apprentice Registration Date: 05.07.2006 Posts: 6 I was just thinking this the other day, how weird it was that the outside world had more ambient sounds in it than the most populated city in Cyrodiil. Are you thinking just some background chatter noise, or something else? 06.07.2006 23:56 -Sulan- Chieftain of Skyrim Registration Date: 06.03.2006 Posts: 443 Location: Sweden Chatter, kind of murmur like... Dogs barking Hammer on anvil Church bells An occasional shout Window shutters flapping Doors cracking etc... I?d imagine it?d be some testing to make non-intrusive... 07.07.2006 00:42 Tree Structure | Board Structure Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » Acoustic Development » Town Ambience This is an archived forum section of Silgrad Tower Forum.