Ariannae
commented
8 years ago Currently I'm enjoying the ambience that you've provided, with only a couple of issues. My first issue are the water droplets. I almost think that there should be a limit to how often or how many blocks can trigger this sound. If you build a house underwater, for example, the sound gets old pretty quick. I'm not quite sure how to alleviate this though. Like I said previously, putting some kind of limit could potentially help (Ie, a maximum of 3 blocks can trigger this noise at any time?), maybe lowering the volume again, or possibly just changing the actual sound to something softer/less harsh? The best way I can describe this is to change it to a "plip" noise, instead of sounding like the drop is falling onto something plastic.
The sounds can also get somewhat repetitive. For example, I think cutting the background sound in Jungles to only the cicadas/buzzing noise and adding the monkey, frog, and other animal noises as separate noises that play at random intervals along with the background track would cause the environment to feel like it was dynamic, and there would be far less repetition.
A longer fade-out might be a good thing as well, or have the biome's background noise gradually decrease in volume the further away from that biome you get. This way, moving from a Jungle into a Forest wouldn't immediately put a stop to the Jungle's noise, but would gradually get softer until you were a bit away from the jungle and all of its wildlife.
One other issue that is more of a conflict; certain biomes trigger ambient noises when they shouldn't due to how they're registered (Biome O' Plenty's Kelp Forest triggers the Forest noises, which is pretty hilarious). I believe you've added options to fix this on the user's end, but I haven't gotten a chance to check those out yet.
Other than those minor things, I'm really enjoying what you've done. I would suggest possibly looking into Ambiotic (Minecraft Forum page) if you plan on delving deeper into the atmospheric noises. I really like what that mod author's done (I personally find it to be better than even MAtmos), but it looks like they are on hiatus due to work. It'd be amazing to see some kind of merge between Ambiotic's sound system and your environmental effects.
Edit: I'm dumb. You wanted feedback on the actual volume of the noises. In regards to that, my previous opinion on the water drops still stands, but I also feel like rockfall sounds off. It sounds like it is occurring right next to the player when there are no rocks actually falling within sight. I think it should be a muffled noise, as if rocks are falling in the distance, or in a cavern nearby. I think the owl noise is a tad too loud. It should be a little bit fainter, as though the owl is perched in a tree and not right on top of the player. I really like the Soulsand sound though (And it pairs -very- nicely with Better Foliage's little souls rising from the block).
OreCruncher
Lonemind
I need opinions on the current sound volumes and suggestions as to what they should be. I have a page on the wiki that provides information on the sounds Dynamic Surroundings has as well as how to play a sound at various volumes using
/playsound. If you want to help, do the/playsoundthing and report your opinions in this issue.