Actually the game already has that option for added effect. Just turn off the sound in the Options menu or on your main sound card and you are ready to go. So you have no need to worry about them forgetting the feature for you hard-core space junkies .


I pity da foo, thug, o villian that trys takin' over da world, then comes home cryin' to his mamma!
-Mr. T

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I know, I know, if there weren't any sound in space, which there isn't, would it be fun to play?

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Or not?

If there were no sound, you would've needed to learn the language of the deaf to communicate. I can imagine a nifty holographic scanner for the hands.

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Would you care to follow me... --DEATH

The last time I attempted to play Privateer, I had no sound. Believe me, it's more boring than realistic

Hehe, this where comes radio or CD-player in the ship

I think milo brought this up once, although I'd actually thought of it myself a long time ago, which is that you could always equip the ships with sensors that would track ion emissions or something, and translate them into sounds, which would actually make for a plausible and useful sensory feedback device.

I dunno about anyone else, but even though I usually love the sound of games, after a bit I tend to revert to the old "sound in the background and stereo blasting". I remember back in the day of Priv, nothing like getting into a good dogfight and finding yourself getting whipped, but then something suitably hard-core came on the stereo, and all of sudden you're pumped up, kicking a$$ and Nine Inch Nails is screaming at you- adrenaline in overdrive as you hightail it home after wasting the ba$t@rds who dared defy you. Looking forward to it again, got some decent "F@#! OFF" music lined up already.

BTW if you haven't tried it, I would highly recommend it. Your dogfighting skills get much better with the right music.

And if you really want the fur to fly try Beethoven's 5th. Alex recommends it.

"If this is what you want to do, you'll do it, no matter how long it takes..........and usually the longer it takes the more fun you've had!"

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I dunno about anyone else, but even though I usually love the sound of games, after a bit I tend to revert to the old "sound in the background and stereo blasting".

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Wow! you can really play like that? I can't even stand in-game music let alone background noise, I find it annoying and off-putting.

Imagine if FL was made as realistic as possible...
You would then fire your lasers at a foe.. They tare him apart silencly, with no explosion he simply just floads appart... Pretty doll right?
But sound would be there when your own ship is being crybled.. Metal being torn, decompression and so on..


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You most likely wouldn't even *see* your laser beams in space because there's no air to refracture them.

Your right Oxy.. But sure would feel 'em...

well, but there are micro-particles, dust and simmilar stuff in space, that also can transpost sonic waves over short distances (yep, someone like a scientist said that once)

But another question: how do we know that there is no sound in space? because people tell us...
What, if that's a big conspiration?

Check out this page... It answers all the above questions more or less...

Sound and Explosions in space


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Thats the only way I myself can play, is with the lappy rigged to teh stereo to blast awsome loud and heavy music, while playing, every game, i play like that, its the only way to go


Also on the other hand, cuz i never listen to the games sounds anyway, does that make me "hardcore" ? I think not

Of course there's sound in space. Haven't you ever seen Star Wars?

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!