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    Has anyone ever heard of a multiplayer game (say a CC-like FPS, win or linux) with team chat, where a player's voice is placed at the correct position within the map, with a natural distribution of volume in the player's vicinity?

    Kinda like standing somewhere and shouting at the noobs/dudes around you?

    Or is that the normal way team chat works anyway?

    TIA

  • #2
    Mumble (http://mumble.sourceforge.net) has support for some games and does exactly this.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by RealNC View Post
      Mumble (http://mumble.sourceforge.net) has support for some games and does exactly this.
      indeed. I would like to note that the recent release has some interesting changes. Mumble only does positioning for certain games and platforms. might want to see the website.

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      • #4
        Thanks, guys.
        "Positional audio", that's exactly what I meant (apparently I'm too late to claim a patent on that ).

        Still wondering why this is not in widespread use. It should enhance the gaming experience quite a bit. On the other hand, it could be a bit awkward, too.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by not.sure View Post
          Thanks, guys.
          "Positional audio", that's exactly what I meant (apparently I'm too late to claim a patent on that ).

          Still wondering why this is not in widespread use. It should enhance the gaming experience quite a bit. On the other hand, it could be a bit awkward, too.
          Actually, it *is* in widespread use Hosting providers offer paid slots on their Mumble servers. It's not as widespread as Ventrilo, but still a lot of people use it.

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          • #6
            a decent north american provider is hard to come by tho. Plenty of german ones. Plenty that use cogent. I have some room on my server for w.e (especially sense im not even paying for it) so if you need a north american host juz send me a pm.

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