Shattered Horizon "Silent Running" Video

"There's no sound in space!" is something we read almost daily on forums and in Shattered Horizon trailer comments. No sound seems like a cool idea at first, but its actually very hard to play an FPS without any audio cues - especially in zero gravity, where your opponents could attack from literally any direction.

In Shattered Horizon the player's space suit uses "audio simulation". The idea is that your suit recreates a soundscape based on sensor information of the surrounding environment and detected threats. Audio simulation becomes an essential tool for situational awareness and self-preservation.

Even so, during the closed beta several testers kept asking for a "hardcore mode" with no sound. This inspired a new feature, Silent Running that lets you power down your suit and disable the audio simulation to gain a stealth advantage while sacrificing radar, HUD and maneuverability. This feature video shows silent running in action.

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Mashermat: OHUHH NOOO DATS NOT POSSIBLE Nobody cares it's awesome.

vancouvertttttt: Looks promising!

xxdonatelloxx: no its because theres air in your suit and the vibrations of the gun carry through your body

Cain3697: Temperatures in space can be hotter than on earth because of direct sunlight. In space craft construction how much the metal expands or contracts due to temperature change is important though. Modern space machinery uses a large amount of aluminum and I imaging that the spring components of the modern automatic rifle would be replaced with a gas piston and, of course, there would have to be a different propellant used for the bullet.

Cain3697: High five for your talents with sarcasm. :)

3seaw4dr: Hooray for Wikipedia Physicists!!!!

FireBenderKwyna: This game is gayyyyyyy.

waffle652: Also, the lubricants that enable the mechanical aspects of the weapon to work would either freeze or lose cohesion and ball together due to the vast variation in temperature and lack of gravity. There are ballistic weapons under development and in use that have no mechanical parts at all and are operated solely by electrical triggers. I believe the recorded ROF for one such weapon was 1million rounds per minute, using four barrels. This type of weapon would work in space flawlessly.

SSEi02: Because it's so unbelievable that on a site visited by hundreds of millions of people per day that any of them actually know what they're talking about...

3seaw4dr: @SSEi02 Yes it is quite unbelievable. It's very hard to believe someone knows what they're talking about especially when their grammar is so poor. Oh and the fact that they've copied directly from Wikipedia.

Doggyman52: the reason there is sound in this game is #1: It wouldn't be fun to play a game with no sounds besides hearing yourself inhale and exhale 12309101 times.... #2: The space suit you're wearing has uploaded audio files. Want proof? Watch the video called Escalation. The suit even says "Pre-loading audio simulation files" and BAM! all of a sudden you hear the sounds of your surroundings.... just listen and it makes all sense and don't make up theories or prove the game physically impossible...

willitgoalltheway: i played this game on a crappy comp and lagged like crazy

Assassin1102: WTF??? 'Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10 on Windows Vista or Windows 7. There is no support for Windows XP or DirectX 9.' THIS IS A CRAP. :(

elpicos8091: upgrade you noob

shadowcat54321: how can u hear the fucking gunshots if you're in space!? if there is no air, there cant be any air vibations u dumb fucks

lordhasen: the soud came from boxes in the suits

shadowcat54321: wait, so basicly the suit sees that someone is shooting so it simulates gunshot sounds?

Spectra989: pretty much, but why call the people in the comments dumb fucks if they arent the ones who made the game?

Weirdboyscott: The suits simulate the gunfire, compensating for the lack of sound in space. As a combatant in space you wouldn't want to be denied one of your senses, now would you?

SnoweyMan111: Something like that. But i beleve it have to have some kind of sensor that detects in a different way than just pure visuals (the visible spectra for humans).

hundredsofthem: This game has awesome atmosphere in it. I'm really interested in this.

Guyver89: Dude are you dumb they stated in the description that the suit simulates the sound for the soldier. Going into silent mode where your system is put down (you can't hear anything) so you can sneak up on enemies. Your comment is like seeing someone 50 feet in the air and after he performs it you go up to him and say "No one can do that, theres no way for you to do that!"

Morris1987: another youtuber, that hasnt been paying attention...

DocPyton: There dont have to be air ... there have to be at least somethin that can take the waves ... And cause of "U" dont know about "what" is in space ... i think u cant say anything here ... hate those wannabe genius like u ...

muddbabesari: uhh, you hear the part about audio simulation files? the suit simulates them to increase situational awareness, as for the sound when he fires when the suit is shut down, that is the sound of the impact of the recoil against the suit, not actual sound in space. think before you start swearing

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