HL2 sound technology and optimisation Q Created 19 years ago2005-06-11 01:43:04 UTC by Kantham

-For the sound

I noticed the engine is awesome for Tunnel-effect like. But i was wondering if it need a zone in particular or it act depending on the bsp distance from the players to create that sound effect

-For the Opti

If some of you are fammilar with Unreal editor...

A map that don't have optimization suck in FPS
I might be thinking whrong... But it seems like HL2 don't need optimization at all...

Does it mean i can put like 50 NPC monsters in the same part of level and it will act normaly? (and yes , they are all in different rooms)

And for the objects , that use procecor for physic and stuff.

Thanks for your time...

Can't say I understood any of those really, except the optimisation one, which I don't know enough about in Source to reply about. Could you rephrase the questions, I mean, like what do you mean by "tunnel effect"? Echo-y?

And for the objects , that use procecor for physic and stuff.

Is that a question?

Oh, don't really mind for the sound Q. I'm pretty usre it's from the bsp distance.

And for the objects , that use procecor for physic and stuff.

No , that's not a question really. But yes , related to the optimization question.

Lots of NPC's makes it lag!
Spawning them is a better way

Sound - env_soundscape with a DSP preset.

Lots of NPCs and PhysItems create lag in numbers. Use +showbudget to get a readout of the load on the system.