Dear devs. Don't set default audio volume to max if you have a loud ass intro/music.

[NukaCola]

Usually one of the first thing I did when download a new games is go into the setting to lower the audio volume because 9/10 time the music is loud as hell. There is a few games out there the devs actually being considerate and set the default volume to 50% but the numbers of games does that can be count with one hand.

 

[Deleted member 93353]

Also please make the dialog boxes with rounded corners, because one may cut himself with all those hard edges :/

And, reduce the amount of white color as this is bright as @#!%. Take into consideration that the users live mostly in the dark basements :/

 

[Icarus Media]

So don't have this playing loud as the intro video/music?

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Right...gotcha, Understood.

 

[Adabelitoo]

I didn't know it was possible to set the default volume. What games do that?

 

[Alcahest]

Usually one of the first thing I did when download a new games is go into the setting to lower the audio volume because 9/10 time the music is loud as hell. There is a few games out there the devs actually being considerate and set the default volume to 50% but the numbers of games does that can be count with one hand.

If you think 100% volume is too loud, doesn't that mean you should lower the volume on your speakers/computer?

 

[Carpe Stultus]

I didn't know it was possible to set the default volume. What games do that?

Its relatively easy to do in renpy and there are several games where the devs did that.

If you think 100% volume is too loud, doesn't that mean you should lower the volume on your speakers/computer?

When i watch anything on youtube or a movie or play a normal game and its not too loud but my ears fall off when i start up the VN then its 100% not the volume of my pc/headset that is too loud.

 

[baneini]

What are the chances that a games 100% volume is normalized to be exactly perfect as the rest of the system sounds? Zero?
I don't understand why devs insist on blasting users ears but hey, game development is hard.

 

[Adabelitoo]

Its relatively easy to do in renpy and there are several games where the devs did that.

Ok, tell me one game who does that so I can learn how to do it and apply it in my game. Give me one of those game's name.

 

[Carpe Stultus]

Ok, tell me one game who does that so I can learn how to do it and apply it in my game. Give me one of those game's name.

There is your one game and the link to the renpy documentation, where you can read it up.

https://f95zone.to/threads/bad-memories-v0-7-1-recreation.28008/

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[recreation]

That's one of the things that always annoyed me in renpy games and it was the first thing I "fixed" in BM.
The easiest thing to do that is to put something like this in your splashscreen:

    python:
        if not persistent.set_volumes:
            persistent.set_volumes = True
            _preferences.volumes['music'] *= .4
            _preferences.volumes['sfx'] *= .5
            _preferences.volumes['voice'] *= .4

 

[Fatalmasterpiece]

That's one of the things that always annoyed me in renpy games and it was the first thing I "fixed" in BM.
The easiest thing to do that is to put something like this in your splashscreen:

    python:
        if not persistent.set_volumes:
            persistent.set_volumes = True
            _preferences.volumes['music'] *= .4
            _preferences.volumes['sfx'] *= .5
            _preferences.volumes['voice'] *= .4

See, this is how you be awesome. Instead of talking a bunch of shit about what people should do or a link to Renpy's worthless documentation, just paste the code. Thank you!

 

[Carpe Stultus]

See, this is how you be awesome. Instead of talking a bunch of shit about what people should do or a link to Renpy's worthless documentation, just paste the code. Thank you!

Yeah its useless when you basically have a exact instruction in there.

 

[zhausJack]

What really pisses me off, a game that makes sounds even on mute, and usually the worst kind of sound, like moaning and screaming. PLEASE, and i cant enphasis enough: Do not put sounds outside the channels listed in the settings!

 

[Niv-Mizzet the Firemind]

I have this file I put in every game (in the game subfolder) before I start playing. It sets the sound defaults and other preferences just how I like them, and it works for 99% of the games.

 

[shark_inna_hat]

I got this one right from the start

if 'volume' in cfg:
    music_player.volume = float(cfg.volume)
else:
    # music might be unexpected,
    # so we start it kind of muted not to blow up ears
    music_player.volume = 0.3

Did I win something? Is it a pony?