Implement a better audio solution.

[DrakeFruit]

For?

S&Box

What can't you do?

The current audio implementation just doesn't sound that great. It gets the job done for simple audio but there's a lot of more complex features that are just missing.

How would you like it to work?

• ray traced audio propagation
• automatic occlusion without placing any occlusion zones
• controllable doppler effect
• realistic reverb based on room size and material
• proper accommodation for outdoor environments, a lot of audio implementations make the outdoors sound like a cave.

What have you tried?

I've tried adding some effects to the sounds themselves but it just sounds wrong and I don't see any way I can add audio occlusion with the current system

Additional context

Maybe reimplement steam audio, but it looks like valve has largely abandoned it, publicly at least. could be interesting to see an audio engine made from scratch.

[DrakeFruit]

As I say valve has abandoned it they release 4.5 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-audio/releases/tag/v4.5.0