From: Hal V. E. <hv...@gm...> - 2010-12-11 20:42:22
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On Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:25:39 am kreuzritter2000 wrote: > Hello to everyone, > > Today i had an idea about how to get more people with knowledge about > sound effects. > > So far as i can see this, the thing flightgear lacks most at the moment > is a wide variety of sound effects and sound files. > FlightGear has many developers that work on the source code, 3d models, > scenery, textures and visual effects but the amount of people that is > working on sound files is very small. > And one of the major reason why this is that way is in my opinion the > reason, that people who has that knowledge about sound engineering or > the abtility to record aviation specific sounds don't know, that their > knowledge could be usefull for FlightGear. Most people still think, that > creating simulations/games is only something about programming and this > is, as you all know, untrue. > > So to change that i suggest to use the next relase for advertising to > specificaly attract people with that knowledge and the capability to > record sound effects and create them. > This could be done by putting a text like "We urgently need people with > knowledge how to record and create sound effects for FlightGear." > directly on the splash screen of FlightGear, so people who has that > knowledge can see that when they start FlightGear to fly/play. > > Of course using the splash screen for this could also be used to attract > other people with other special knowledge about special topics where > FlightGear still needs developers. > The topic sound effects and sound files is only one suggestion that came > into my mind. > > When it comes to recording sound effects especially people who are > working on airports or with airplanes could be very usefull, because > they work directly at a place where sounds, that might be needed for a > flight simulator, can be heard and much more important recorded. > > > BTW, the realase notes itself could be also very used for advertising to > attract new people for topics of development where persons with special > outstanding abilities in this area are still needed. > I think when news websites write about a new relase of flightgear they > will also add informations like "FlightGear project is looking for > people to create sound files.." when they know that, that the FlightGear > project is really looking for such people. So to let news magazins know > that, putting this in the release notes/announcement would be quite > helpful. > > > > What do you think about using the splash screen and new version > announcments for advertising to attract new developers? > > > Best Regards, > Oliver C. This ended up in the wrong thread. |