Thief-2 can some sounds be turned off or removed?

[Eyeshine]

Playing T2 for the first time, the 'Framed' mission, and there is a continual droning sound like a bell, that gets too loud in some areas and is very annoying, (I have chronic tinnitus and Hyperacusis, hyper sensitivity to some sounds that causes pain so it might just be me) but the sound is linked to the main volume and not ambient sounds, so if I turn the volume down I can't hear the enemies, are there individual sound files in the game and could the offending sound file be removed?

 

sound can be heard from the beginning.

Edited October 8, 2015 by Eyeshine

[Bikerdude]

have a fiddle with the volume controls, it will either be ambient or main volume that you need to look at.

[stumpy]

the file AMB_M04.sch (its a text file) in the schema folder in the t2 install location controls the sounds in that map, just play around with the volume settings for hum to make it go away, although you might find that the background drone is made up of several sounds. and you might find out that a lot of the other maps have a background constant drone.

[Eyeshine]

Thanks for your comments, I have managed to reduce the droning sound so it's not so loud, my Hyperacusis is probably exaggerating the sound, but I don't really understand the relevance of the sound in the level, yes, it's The Metal Age but does it need a bell type drone ringing all the way through the level? Hopefully the sound will not be so much of an issue in the rest of the levels.

[Deadlove]

This is the kind of "music" that Thief supplies for its missions. It is ambient drones, so there is a mood set, but that it doesn't take away from the sounds of the mission. Since sound is such an important part of play style, included are the ambient drones instead of no music or more intrusive styles of music.

 

It drives me mad when games link dialogue, SFX or music to other strings and disabling one thing removes other sounds that you didn't want taken out. That game Condemned for Xbox is TERRIBLE with that. Dialogue, SFX and music were pretty much altogether on the music string on every cutscene. Since I played with only dialogue and SFX, I missed pretty much everything in all the cutscenes. There weren't many, but ya know...

[Eyeshine]

This is the kind of "music" that Thief supplies for its missions. It is ambient drones, so there is a mood set, but that it doesn't take away from the sounds of the mission. Since sound is such an important part of play style, included are the ambient drones instead of no music or more intrusive styles of music.

 

It drives me mad when games link dialogue, SFX or music to other strings and disabling one thing removes other sounds that you didn't want taken out. That game Condemned for Xbox is TERRIBLE with that. Dialogue, SFX and music were pretty much altogether on the music string on every cutscene. Since I played with only dialogue and SFX, I missed pretty much everything in all the cutscenes. There weren't many, but ya know...

I know just what you mean about all sounds being linked, I got the Thief-2 drones down to an acceptable level and can still hear footsteps and guards dialogue, I know it's meant to set an atmosphere but I would rather play with no music given the option, to me it's just an irritating noise, apart from that I'm enjoying my first play through.

[Anderson]

I know just what you mean about all sounds being linked, I got the Thief-2 drones down to an acceptable level and can still hear footsteps and guards dialogue, I know it's meant to set an atmosphere but I would rather play with no music given the option, to me it's just an irritating noise, apart from that I'm enjoying my first play through.

Sorry to hear about your illness.

One of the advantages of new games is that they have those special functions to help people. More customization is always an advantage in this case. Something not so often found in old games unfortunately.

But glad that you've found a solution.

 

Do you have a problem specifically with "Thief 2 The Metal Age"? Did you have this in "Thief The Dark Project"?

[Eyeshine]

Do you have a problem specifically with "Thief 2 The Metal Age"? Did you have this in "Thief The Dark Project"?

I don't recall having any real issues with the sound in The Dark Project, there are similar ambient droning sounds but they didn't hit the frequencies that aggravate my hearing, I'm now playing the 'Party' level in Thief-2 and so far in the game I've not heard anymore annoying sounds which is good.