It's impossible to play with this audio.
I literally can't hear my own footsteps because my Horizon teammate makes a constant loud cargo bot sound, while music starts playing in the background. How i am supposed to play decently? What is ...
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Looking up the 'Miles Sound System' on Wikipedia makes for very short but interesting reading.It is described as a software sound system that is used as an alternative for low-end chipsets which uses very little CPU usage providing adequate audio output.The dictionary meaning of adequate is satisfactory or acceptable (just okay, nothing special in other words).And whilst they claim over 7000 games use the 'Miles Sound System' when you look up these games some of stem back as early as 2002 with games like Tiger woods PGA2002 & 2003,Nascar 2002 etc as well as provide audio on a variety of games on last gen formats like the original Xbox,PS2 & PS3 & handhelds like the Vita,WiiU & 3DS.It certainly explains why the sound effects in Apex has always had that tinny like sound effect considering it's effectively using last-gen (or several gens ago) software.Using a software of adequate output that served a purpose for games on past gen formats & then expect it to cope on a game of Apex's complexities is like fine tuning (& adding a spoiler) to a vintage car that has a few hundred thousand miles on the clock & expect it to race against Lewis Hamilton on the next F1 race.
In truth though when it comes to bugs & issues in Apex as history shows Respawn aren't very good at fixing them either they take an age to fix or even acknowledge them or just claim they are fixed when they are not.
@Redmattgame I disagree. Most software today is developed in iterations. MSS was created decades ago, but was constantly updated, new versions were released regularly. It's the same as with Windows, Photoshop, etc..
Having over 7000 games using your software (it's actually over 24000, considering their other tools) equals tons of experience, which means it's very hard to get something better. Chances are high to make things much worse when switching to competitors. To make a similar analogy to yours, it's like creating a race car from scratch, with little experience and expect it to race against the best. Anyone doing this is very lucky if they manage to finish the race, with their prototype racecar still functional and without major damage.
Having over 7000 games using your software (it's actually over 24000, considering their other tools) equals tons of experience, which means it's very hard to get something better. Chances are high to make things much worse when switching to competitors. To make a similar analogy to yours, it's like creating a race car from scratch, with little experience and expect it to race against the best. Anyone doing this is very lucky if they manage to finish the race, with their prototype racecar still functional and without major damage.
- @DoYaSeeMe Well said.
- @DoYaSeeMe I have to disagree as you seem to suggest that there aren't better audio software available than a system described merely as 'adequate' or acceptable by definition or just because of the 'tons of experience' the software has renders any other sound system inferior.I accept with Apex being fundamentally a 'free game' we can't expect top-end & expensive sound systems or servers even but the game generates millions even tens of millions in revenue so is it too much to ask for much needed improvements on problematic issues like audio & servers in the game or are people like yourself merely content with things as the are & not need changing?.Ever since the first season audio issues have always been one of my main bugbears in the game & here we are in season 10 & still nothing has changed & many players are still complaining.
- @Redmattgame Please, name a few sound systems that are comparable / better.
- @DoYaSeeMe To answer your question would be rather meaningless as I'm no software engineer or game developer but would involve a few google searches which should reveal a fair few systems & I'm not going to spend time looking them up & pretending I know them all.But if you generally believe that MSS is the best sound software for the game & you are content with the status quo then that's up to you.
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