Two of my questions, in addition to a related question by Chimera1138 , were answered during last night's Town Hall Meeting. For those who did not attend, I would like to present Russ's responses. Feel free to share your thoughts, and to discuss the possibilities!
[Recording]
3:18:20
[Question]
Will you ever sell soundpacks, or alternative weapon sounds, even if they're client side only? Or, will the current weapon sounds ever be revamped?
[Answer]
Russ: I think there's a very good chance that the existing laser effects and sound effects that you have will be revamped. For sure. I've been thinking a lot about that lately. I think the audio could use a full-on revamp. That's kind of a separate issue, of course, to soundpacks. As to soundpacks, I think we're making strides. Just today I was talking about some things that would allow us to do that. So, I'm sorry, that's as far as I can go today. Uhh, yeah, we could possibly get there. I think there's two questions, though. I think they're unrelated, you know, revamping the audio, and then of course releasing soundpacks. Will you see both in 2016? I can't promise that. Will you see one of the two happen in this year? I think there's a probable chance.
[Recording]
3:22:45
[Question]
On the topic of soundpacks: Stance on use of Shivaxi's MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 sound mods. Will they get banned?
[Answer]
Russ: Here's my stance: you won't see Piranha employees, or Piranha people, or Piranha associates, like NGNG and others, specifically promoting or displaying said soundpack files officially in any way, shape, or form, because we're not there to demonstrate something and advertise something that isn't our game. We're here to advertise the game as it is for when the player first says "Oh! I've never heard of this game before! Oh my god! There's a new MechWarrior game out" and they go to Steam, or our website, or whatever it is, and they download our game and they go and play it. That's what we're here to advertise. We're not here to advertise add-ons, or add-on packs, or things like that. So, you won't see any of us officially advertising any of those things: soundpack files. But no, we're not on a witch hunt for people running and displaying soundpack mods. Do not ask us to support them in any officially way, because we will not, but we're not on a search to find you with your custom sound files and ban you.
[TL;DR]
- There's a good chance that the existing sound effects will be revamped.
- Russ is looking into the possibility of generating official soundpacks.
- Players will not be banned for using unofficial soundpacks.
Edited by Furry Fox, 27 February 2016 - 07:10 AM.