[minimod][v2.1.0] SoundToScreen

[m8f]

SoundToScreen shows where sounds come from. It may be useful for people who play without sound, with mono sound, or people with hearing impairment.

Engines: UZDoom 4.13.3 and above, LZDoom 4.14.3a and above.

Features

• Four types of sound: player, noise (harmless), level (doors, elevators), danger (threats).
• Compatible with old saves.
• Options to configure looks.

Implementation Notes

• SoundToScreen won't work if UZDoom is launched with `-nosound`.

Inspiration

• Toby Accessibility Mod by Alando1.
• Making Games Better for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by Game Maker's Toolkit.

Feature suggestions and bug reports are welcome. Playtesting is much appreciated.

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This mod is a part of Doom Toolbox.

[m8f]

Sound to Screen updated. Changelog:

v0.2.0:

• added displaying moving doors and elevators;
• made background color overridable;
• made maximum distance and colors configurable.

v1.0.0:

• added optional distance display;
• 0-damage missiles, friendly and dead monster sounds are now considered noise;
• added an option to disable noise display;
• disabled sound display on titlemaps;
• sound display on automap is now optional (off by default).

[mamaluigisbagel]

I don't have hearing problems, but I'm a pathetic multitasker so I miss a lot of important audio like monsters waking up. (hard to hear a monster noise when you have music and a youtube video on at the same time) If I understand right, the middle part is just telling you there's a sound. If an arrow appears when the middle one does, it comes from that side, and if the middle appears but no arrows then its in front?

I love that mods like this exist. I hope they can be put to use for a lot of people that need them.

[m8f]

No, it's simpler than that. Left/middle/right parts are independent.



View from tho top: the player is in the center, looking upwards. Sounds in front of him are displayed in the middle, sounds to the left - on the left side, sounds to the right - on the right side. The angle of what is considered front is FOV / 2.

[mamaluigisbagel]

ah I see. When I was testing it I would seem to always get both the arrow and center with the same color, and I wasn't sure if that meant it was coming from a diagonal direction or if it was what I guessed before.

[Anim8]

Is there an issue/bug with GZDoom 4.10? (current main release)

The green noise icon shows with safe sounds but the red(white) icon/s isn't appearing with danger noise.

Using older builds of GZDoom seems to work as intended. So thinking something has changed in the newer/current GZDoom builds.

Edit: tried the 4.11 DEV builds and works just fine there.

[m8f]

SoundToScreen upgraded to v2.0.0!

It is basically rewritten:
- redesigned UI (see screenshot in the original post)
- revised what sounds to show

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[Spaceman333]

Really cool, this could double even as an enemy-radar even for regular playthroughs.

[m8f]

Bugfix update: fixed initialization when loaded from a saved game.

https://github.com/mmaulwurff/doom-tool ... v2.0.1.pk3

[m8f]

SoundToScreen updated to v2.1.0!

https://github.com/mmaulwurff/doom-tool ... v2.1.0.pk3

Changelog:
- show player's own sound
- make dots hug screen edges
- add alpha (transparency) slider