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si Money
The nice demon.
Join date: 21 May 2003
Posts: 477
06-17-2003 16:20
Can we pretty pretty please get a nice little checkbox to "Disable all ingame sound". By this I mean just turn the game's sound off entirely, make it no more, don't even bother with the directsound devices, etc. I can explain my reasoning in detail, but I don't think it's needed, people already know :}
Charlie Omega
Registered User
Join date: 2 Dec 2002
Posts: 755
06-17-2003 16:28
Or at least a slider that doesnt effect the sound levels of everything on a person's system

I like to listen to loud music and have SL sounds lower in the background. Not possable atm. Especially when I have my sound up and I get people stopping by and bouncing around. This is really bad when I got a 1000watt sub connected to a 200watt stereo that plays my computer sounds.
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si Money
The nice demon.
Join date: 21 May 2003
Posts: 477
06-17-2003 16:37
From: someone
Originally posted by Charlie Omega
Or at least a slider that doesnt effect the sound levels of everything on a person's system

I like to listen to loud music and have SL sounds lower in the background. Not possable atm. Especially when I have my sound up and I get people stopping by and bouncing around. This is really bad when I got a 1000watt sub connected to a 200watt stereo that plays my computer sounds.


Ahh so i'm not the only one.. Yes, my first encounter with this was when someone did a sonic boom sound when I had my stereo at a moderate level..

Moderately earth-shattering, was apparently more realistic according to the sound produced by my Velodyne 15" sub, i'm pretty sure I woke everyone up for about a 2 block radius.
Ope Rand
Alien
Join date: 14 Mar 2003
Posts: 352
06-17-2003 18:38
From: someone
Originally posted by Charlie Omega
Or at least a slider that doesnt effect the sound levels of everything on a person's system...


yes! please!
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Alondria LeFay
Registered User
Join date: 2 May 2003
Posts: 725
06-17-2003 18:41
Yes! I just ran into this yesterday when I was sending a movie to the TV while trying to stay in SL.. Needless to say, the watchers were a little annoyed when there sounds that did not belong.
Actually, thinking about it.. a way to disable sounds should also disable the sounds from downloading, and thus I won't run out of hard drive space on my system drive non-stop!!!
Charlie Omega
Registered User
Join date: 2 Dec 2002
Posts: 755
06-17-2003 19:11
si, Id hate to hear that at 2am on my sub lol, our computer room is under our neighbors bedroom, and they LOVE calling the cops for noise lol. This would have sent em through the roof. lol But I would have laughed my ars off ROFL
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With a game based on acquiring money, sex, and material goods, SL has effectively recreated all the negative aspects of the real world.


Mega Prim issues and resolution ideas....
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/10/04/second-life-havok4-beta-preview-temporarily-offline/
Jake Cellardoor
CHM builder
Join date: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 528
06-17-2003 23:10
This was requested at least once before, and the need now is greater than ever, both as protection from noise pollution and to reduce server load.

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Schwartz Guillaume
GOOD WITH COMPUTERS
Join date: 19 May 2003
Posts: 217
06-18-2003 06:06
Can't you just turn down the volume in Preferences, or does that not work right?
Ama Omega
Lost Wanderer
Join date: 11 Dec 2002
Posts: 1,770
06-18-2003 06:53
The problem is that the volume control in preferences just adjusts the system volume. So it works ok if SL is the only thing you are running. However if you are playing CDs or MP3s in the background then it is useless because it will turn down the volume for that too.