perfectblue Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Today was the first day I had been introduced to this game via another users forum post on another board. I grew up with the C&C series and was very impressed from the footage I viewed. However, there is one minor issue that is really nagging me, and that is the *boink* sound that plays after you kill a target. I know the developers aimed to keep some of the quirks from the original game, but I think they should reconsider or at the very least allow you to disable it. For anyone that did not grow up playing the original renegade it will likely be a sound that removes some level of immersion from the game. It is comical, and sounds completely out of place when the games OST is playing in the background and you are rolling in an armor column into the enemies base, call down an air strike and proceed to here *boink*x5. Quote
R315r4z0r Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I find your lack of boink disturbing. Quote
Valor Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 viewtopic.php?f=39&t=71610&start=15 Discussed here. It's sacrilege, have some respect for those of us who played the original. Quote
HaTe Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 It's an acquired taste that you learn to love, trust me. It does sound comical at first, but after a few games - it becomes a sound that is just music to the ears. I seriously sometimes play CoD competitively and wish there was a boink there too. It's truly an awesome sound that is a pure classic. Quote
R315r4z0r Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Joking aside, it's something that you have to feel. Seeing/hearing someone else get a boink is annoying. Earning the boink for yourself is a whole another story. Trust me. Quote
perfectblue Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 It's an acquired taste that you learn to love, trust me.It does sound comical at first, but after a few games - it becomes a sound that is just music to the ears. I seriously sometimes play CoD competitively and wish there was a boink there too. It's truly an awesome sound that is a pure classic. I think this may be a case of rose colored nostalgia glasses. Or in this case, rose colored boink. Quote
HaTe Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 the dude who created the keyboard was probably criticized for using "qwerty" instead of "abcdef." But look at you now, using the qwerty keyboard like a champ Quote
Volcom Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I would never want the Renegade boink sound replaced. Quote
Daedhart Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 the dude who created the keyboard was probably criticized for using "qwerty" instead of "abcdef."But look at you now, using the qwerty keyboard like a champ I boink like a boss. Quote
TP|himselfXD Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Disable boink!?... BLASPHEMY OFF WITH THY HEAD! Quote
ErroR Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I really see no reason. It's been done to easily bring it to attention when you killed someone. TF2 and CSgo do it by highlighting your kill in the killfeed, renegade does it by bonking. Quote
Shammered Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Ya I thought this was going to be about how you love the boink, the boink is Renegade. Throwing timers on terminals and then hearing 4 boinks go off at once, you can't beat that stuff, toss a timer on someone before you die and hear a boink 40 seconds later. Quote
RoundShades Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 The boink being disabled being an option is a preference thing and isn't harmful to include really. I would rather have the boink than nothing, but I could think of other fun sounds to add/replace boink with. Quote
Daedhart Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 The boink being disabled being an option is a preference thing and isn't harmful to include really.I would rather have the boink than nothing, but I could think of other fun sounds to add/replace boink with. I think keeping it a boink is a cultural thing. The boink IS Renegade. I think it really would hurt the culture of the game to be able to change it IMO. Cant stop the boink! Quote
omega79 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 an option to disable may do no harm ... but it is true ... earning a boink or having a multiboink is a real reward Quote
Noodlesocks Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Should be an option but I won't feel bad if it isn't. Quote
Palexon Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 But.. But.. But the boink is Renegade, and Renegade is the boink.. there is no Renegade without the boink However I also support making it an option for other players who prefer something else. Quote
PermaGrin Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 1) We would NEVER get "rid" of it. 2) We may just give an option to turn it off. Or replace to a more generic kill sound???? 3) Maybe even able to customize. Quote
Palexon Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 1) We would NEVER get "rid" of it.2) We may just give an option to turn it off. Or replace to a more generic kill sound???? 3) Maybe even able to customize. Yea I support these suggestions. Quote
omega79 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 there should be only boink yes or no replace it? i always felt that this was ... it was ... i mean ... comon ... you can not replace it ... just not possible ... respect the law of physics ... god damn Quote
SFJake Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 1) We would NEVER get "rid" of it.2) We may just give an option to turn it off. Or replace to a more generic kill sound???? 3) Maybe even able to customize. Customization would be best, or if that is too hard because of the engine, just give a few options, some more "generic" and less out of place. I know you all love the boink but joking aside, some people actually legitimately find it annoying over time. I've played Renegade a long time and I prefer to use something else. I do like being notified of a kill however, and would rather not have to turn it off. Quote
perfectblue Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 1) We would NEVER get "rid" of it.2) We may just give an option to turn it off. Or replace to a more generic kill sound???? 3) Maybe even able to customize. Customization would be best, or if that is too hard because of the engine, just give a few options, some more "generic" and less out of place. I know you all love the boink but joking aside, some people actually legitimately find it annoying over time. I've played Renegade a long time and I prefer to use something else. I do like being notified of a kill however, and would rather not have to turn it off. Agreed. The reason I created this thread was to forewarn the devs as to what many new players will be thinking when they hear the kill confirmed sound. It has some novelty of course, and many of you who played the original will still be fond of it, but for the majority of new players I think this sound will be off putting. Quote
goztow Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! Quote
perfectblue Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! If you guys want to grow this community, you will need to embrace new blood too, not just people who played the original for hours on end. Quote
HaTe Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink, Boink Boink Boink Boink. Quote
Daedhart Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! If you guys want to grow this community, you will need to embrace new blood too, not just people who played the original for hours on end. Yeah, but this suggestion is equivalent of removing Master Chief from Halo. Adding some replacement characters would certainly make it more homogenized for the masses, but it kills the culture of the game. It would be like removing "Killing Spree" from UT. Like removing chest high walls from Gears. Like removing strippers from the Duke. This request falls on deaf ears. Quote
omega79 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 C&C was never meant to be to serious ... always had humor and sometimes out of the place Quote
goztow Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink, Boink Boink Boink Boink. Quote
NoSoldier Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink Boink, Boink Boink Boink Boink. Quote
SFJake Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Cannot believe anyone even dared to bring this up. Are you boinkers? Long live the boink! If you guys want to grow this community, you will need to embrace new blood too, not just people who played the original for hours on end. Yeah, but this suggestion is equivalent of removing Master Chief from Halo. Adding some replacement characters would certainly make it more homogenized for the masses, but it kills the culture of the game. Problem I have is I don't even know where the jokes starts and ends. Quote
lone0001 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 would be no where near as satisfying without the boink. Quote
RoundShades Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 If you guys want to grow this community, you will need to embrace new blood too, not just people who played the original for hours on end. Yeah, but this suggestion is equivalent of removing Master Chief from Halo. Adding some replacement characters would certainly make it more homogenized for the masses, but it kills the culture of the game. That really is the problem. I mean, you can remove Master Chief from Halo and it still work, to be honest there is plenty of other canon to pull from to make a whole piece without it. The point is in fact embracing new blood. People have a right to want to be professional. To be honest, someone will probably make some convoluted way to remove the boink if they wanted to. Unreal can limit it, but the fact that people can juke computer programming ensures it is possible someway somehow. Quote
R315r4z0r Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 With the additions of airstrikes, Renegade X's tagline should be: Renegade X Now with more BOINK! Quote
aaronus Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I love the boink! I want to isolate the sound so I can play it on my computer, phone, or whatever. Does anyone know how I can get the sound file? I have both Renegade X and the original on my computers. Thank you! Quote
Goku Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Disable boink!?... BLASPHEMY OFF WITH THY HEAD! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Quote
NodCommander Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I love the boink!I want to isolate the sound so I can play it on my computer, phone, or whatever. Does anyone know how I can get the sound file? I have both Renegade X and the original on my computers. Thank you! I think the program is called XCC Mixer and it can extract any file from the original Renegades always.dat file, which is where you will find the boink sound. Quote
Totem Arts Staff Handepsilon Posted January 24, 2015 Totem Arts Staff Posted January 24, 2015 I'm a new player and the boink already grows on me. As said previously, it is such a satisfying sound Then again, other sounds might do that as well if it was used instead of the boink. I'll just go neutral Quote
Truxa Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I'm a new player and the boink already grows on me. As said previously, it is such a satisfying soundThen again, other sounds might do that as well if it was used instead of the boink. I'll just go neutral The boink stays! Main reason and only reason is: it's nostalgia from the original ren. If it goes, this is no longer ren Quote
nozander Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 NO BOINK NO RENEGADE! BOINK IS LOVE BOINK IS LOVE! PRAISE BOINK! Quote
Unit Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 The boink sound is probably the only part of the game that is the same as the original game. Quote
RoundShades Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 The boink sound is probably the only part of the game that is the same as the original game. You are right. The "Keep 'em Coming" sound needs to come back to PT purchases. Just activate it with the "confirm" button. Cancel does not activate it. Enter activates Confirm which Activates it. Escape activates Cancel which does not. Again, maybe audio options should have on-off switch for boink and keepemcoming and junk. Quote
NodGuy Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I love the boink sound, but I understand that some might not want it, especially those who never played Renegade. An option to toggle it wouldn't be too bad. Quote
Truxa Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 The "best" boink of all: Situation: Field map, Nod under heavy siege by GDI. Vehicle: In the Mobile Artillery, behind Hon spamming the Nod bunker. URGENT MESSAGE SPAMMED: INCOMING MOBIUS/GUNNER RUSH THROUGH TUNNELS! Quietly moves Artillery back to get in line with the Airstrip tunnels As soon as the Mobius/Gunners start firing, start firing that Artillery into the tunnel! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! BOINK! 2 seconds later GDI spams: Lol Lol Lol Phail Fail Lol Quote
Soylentgamer Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I love the boink, but I do enjoy customization too. Just think of the possibilities, replacing the boink with the sonic ring sound, TF2 Heavy saying "Dead!" or the CoD hitsound. Quote
GenesisAria Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 The boink is kinda silly, but also kinda awesome. And it's kinda a defining trait of the multiplayer experience. Having some sort of tick; an hit sound or kill sound is pretty staple of shooters these days anyways. (really helps when you're unsure if you killed that sbh or not) the dude who created the keyboard was probably criticized for using "qwerty" instead of "abcdef."the age of typewriters has long past, but everyone was already used to it. qwerty made the arms not get stuck, thus the original complaints of the mechanism were solved.I love the boink, but I do enjoy customization too. Just think of the possibilities, replacing the boink with the sonic ring sound, TF2 Heavy saying "Dead!" or the CoD hitsound.Mod-ability is on the to-do list. Although modding clientside stuff like sounds and textures was crazy easy in the original game.Edit: After having modded tera in the past, i know that doing textures is relatively easy, assuming you have upk/gpk editors you just drag drop overwrite the texture in the pack files, making backups or _Foldername directories as mod-only folders . . . sounds is a little bit more trouble. but it's definitely not as easy as putting files of the appropriate names into the data folder like in renegade. There is also that texmod thing. Quote
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