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Sean's Better Quality Sounds For Quake UPDATED

Posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/28 17:43:41

UPDATE:

I did it guys! I updated the mod. It shouldn't be ear-piercing anymore. Give me feedback. PAK files are also now included. Thanks for your patience. Let's not make this thread another argument about source-ports, okay?
http://bit.ly/seans-better-quality-quake-sounds

Original spiel:

Are you a fan of the original sound design of Quake, but tired of the sounds sounding like they are coming from a telephone? Well, that fatigue is about to fade because I remastered all the sounds from Quake 1 as well as the two official mission packs. Download it today. I assure you that you will never want to go back to playing Quake the old way again.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rALHdyZx_OzAsSOmhKnMtoeBQErbZsNW/view?usp=drivesdk

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Are These Sounds Really Better?

#30 posted by Barnak on 2019/04/30 22:45:22

I'm alwaysusing QSS. The sounds were already very good with stereo. I don't feel there's much improvements with the previous sounds file. Some are even feeling "low resolution".

But

#31 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/30 23:32:24

"cl_nopext 1" should fix that demo issue. From what I gather, that command basically makes Quakespasm-Spiked into Quakespasm as I mentioned above.

@Barnak

#32 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/01 03:31:41

Ooohh boy... Here we go. Did you set snd_speed to 44100? My remastering skills can only do so much.

@dumptruck_ds

#33 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/01 03:32:35

Yeah, but it still would have pk3 support, unlike regular Quakespasm.

@NightFright

#34 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/01 03:33:52

Thank you for your contribution. Haven't I seen you on Quakeone?

Yeah, I Use -sndspeed 44100 In QSS

#35 posted by Barnak on 2019/05/01 04:05:02

and yet, the sounds aren't better with your pak file. Some sounds (especially the fiends jumping sounds) feel low resolution or oldish.

@Barnak

#36 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/01 04:06:14

I am sorry buddy, I don't know.

@Barnak

#37 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/01 04:24:59

Record footage and post a link. I will try to figure out what's going on.

#38 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/05/01 04:49:40

Yeah, but it still would have pk3 support, unlike regular Quakespasm. for those who can't handle dropping folder of sounds into another folder. :P

hehe... you do you Sean

#10

#39 posted by human on 2019/05/02 03:53:37

I'm afraid I don't follow this, would you mind explaining the first step (pitchscaling, hi-pass filter) in more detail please? Are you pitching each by +12?

Reply To #39

#40 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/02 17:38:49

Yeah, that's about right.

#41 posted by spy on 2019/05/02 18:53:12

Yeah QSS is great. Better than Quakespasm by a longshot.
that's ga. funny

this qommunity prefer q over q in some weird way

#41

#42 posted by mankrip on 2019/05/02 20:49:08

Fun fact: the game I'm currently developing only works properly in QSS, not in QS.

For some reason my QC third-person camera code doesn't work in regular QS. And this is not due to any extra features in QSS, because it also works in vanilla WinQuake. Something in QuakeSpasm is broken, and Spike fixed it in QSS.

#42

#43 posted by spy on 2019/05/02 21:50:28

and i'm ok with it

i myself prefer mV over qs and
it's a real damn shame that nobody appreciates qss on this board

#43

#44 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/02 22:07:50

I don't use MarkV because it doesn't have OpenGL on Windows. Direct3D 9 is slow. It is called MarkV, so why doesn't it have Vulkan?

@spy

#45 posted by Tribal on 2019/05/02 22:24:18

I only play quake with QSS :)

Because i love to use the effectinfo file to customize some effects (like explosions and bloodsplat) and also i can make rain or snow in some maps (which really helps with the immersion) using the weather.cfg

But i'm not a mapper, i'm just a player. And from a player point of view QSS offers much more than QS.

There's A Sdl_gl Build For Your Pleasure

#46 posted by spy on 2019/05/02 22:25:58

Direct3D 9 is slow lol, duh
there's the unofficial QS vulkan fork

Sean

#47 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/05/02 22:31:20

The "V" is for 5. As it's Fitzquake Mark V.

@dumptruck_ds

#48 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/02 22:46:06

I know. But it would be genius.

#46

#49 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/03 00:52:48

I said Windows. Windows, as far as I know, doesn't have OpenGL for MarkV. If you'd like to prove me wrong, post a link.

QSS Is Awesome

#50 posted by Butane on 2019/05/04 04:23:14

>I only play quake with QSS :)

Same here, but some of the latest community maps don't work properly (won't load at all or crashes on quicksave) on QSS so I still occasionally use regular Quakespasm. I'm hoping they will eventually add the QSS features to the regular Quakespasm release (perhaps a toggle in menu?). I love the enhancements which are tastyfully added to Quake through QSS unlike Darkplaces.

Let's End This Arguement!

#51 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/04 19:38:35

This thread started off as an HD sound mod thread, then it became an argument about which source-port is the best. I am sorry for not uploading pak files for Quakespasm users, and I will not make this mistake again when I update the mod.

#52 posted by Qmaster on 2019/05/04 20:27:48

Is there a video where I can here these or a simple unpaked version? I'm away from my pc but want to compare.

Link For Qmaster

#53 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/05/04 21:58:41

Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3mtA4ubxlQ&t=445s

#54 posted by Qmaster on 2019/05/05 04:02:33

Thanks! Sometimes I don't notice much difference, other times it sounds like only the higher pitched parts were preserved and that they are overblown. Kind of like excessive bloom in lighting. I'm not sure it makes enough difference. I'll have to try back on my main rig with my good speakers.

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