Hi.
I've got a feature request which might fall on deth ears or denial with the majority of the player base.

Recently I developed a hearing impairment. I had a constant hearing impairment before, but some weeks ago this was worsened, luckly, it's only in one ear, but I have problems targeting zombies by their steps and sounds and I am wasting quite a lot of ammo on that.
So, would it be possible to integrate an optional targeting solution sound which can be turned on or off, depending if the player needs it or not.

I know, this has talked about before, but I hope that this could be an optional feature in the future.

Greetings Moritz.

Hi.
Hmm i am not sure and didn't think about that. To be honest I am a bit confused on how this should work, I am sorry, but I am a bit tired already xd.
Could you, with a little example explain what you mean or is there a game which uses this system?

Greetings Moritz.

I'm really liking CAE's suggestion about pitch change, and wrote myself a note about it so I can play around with the idea when I have some time.  I'm curious to hear how that would turn out.

Darren, the big question is, what stops all of the other players from using it to drastically improve their accuracy?  Wouldn't the hearing impaired players then be right back at the bottom of the skill hierarchy?

At Simba: I was thinking that the default pitch of the sound would be centered. A sound to the left might have a lower pitch, and one to the right might have a higher pitch, or vice-versa (it should probably be something you can select). Since stereo in Swamp is based on angle, there's already a natural limit on how high or low the sound could go, so it wouldn't have to get more extreme than the variations currently are. Maybe the exact details could be customized to better suit the individual, since hearing loss can vary in how different pitches are affected, and it can vary even among people without appreciable hearing loss (see: Laurel vs Yannie).

at aprone, i don't really have a viable answer for that as am not hearing impaired myself thus the reason why i think it should be explored. if people who are hearing impaired can't use the currant system for whatever reason a way needs to be found that allows them to play the game as well as anybody else.

as for others using the system to shoot zombies, well personally i wouldn't change the way i target stuff i'm used to the currant system.

I have an overview meter type of thing to let me see visually how the number of players on the server goes up and down throughout the day.  Was there really a period of time tonight with over 90 players online?!  Holy cow that's the first time that's happened in years I think.

what's the ocasion to attract that many players? I doubt it's the bots?

Renewals, perhaps? Anyone else having trouble with that btw?

I believe the server is set to hold 100 max.  I've changed it over time (depending on what I wanted the server load to be) to anywhere between 60 and 100, but if it was recently at 90 then it must be set to at least that.  I always do multiples of 10, and I didn't see any warnings about the server reaching maximum and sending away players, so we either happened to stop at 90 or the cap is set to 100.  I really over thought that when I could just walk downstairs and check.  lol.

There is another update that I've been slowly working on, but it's not ready to release yet.  I still have quite a bit of tinkering to do on it, and I'm trying to decide where the cut off should be where I post what I have and save the rest of the ideas/fixes for a separate patch.

Sorry Skylord, I've got so many emails and messages piled up that sadly I've been missing some people.  I always start out with the best of intentions, then I hit a day where I couldn't get to 5 of them... then the next day I have to start with those old 5 and the day ends where I've missed 15.  Each day I fall further and further behind, until I have (currently) 117 unread emails and I start skimming and skipping the oldest ones because newer ones seem more critical according to their subject lines.  It's really not the best way for me to handle it, I know, I just get totally overwhelmed and people suffer with a lack of Aprone replies.    I will specifically look for your email today!

Truecraig, if you're having trouble, fill me in and I'll try to help.

CAE, did you possibly find yourself in just such a situation recently?  That seemed like an awfully detailed guess, haha.

to people with renewal problems. aprone said he's aware of the problem and that he's going to take a look at it. It's in the game motd.
I my self bought 6 months today and didn't get any renewal to my account. We'll just have to wait until aprone can fix the issue

Hi.
It's nice to see some great discussion for those who are having hearing impairment. I might remember wrong, but very long time ago, I think there was developed something in Swamp, where either the left or right speaker played louder, so people with hearing impairment could adjust that to their needs. I don't remember how to do that or where to find the feature, but I might remember wrong.
I think the pitch idea would be the best solution. The idea is not to make the gameplay easier. Then, people should also be able to set the game to mono.