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Where are the promised Season 9 HRTF Fortnite audio improvements?

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Where are the promised Season 9 HRTF Fortnite audio improvements?

Epic Games deployed a few waves of audio improvements into Fortnite during the early stages of Season 9, but have been oddly quiet on the larger HRTF updates. What has happened to these promised upgrades?

Audio in Fortnite has been an uphill battle from the beginning for Epic Games. Not only does Battle Royale inherently demand greater auditory accuracy than other games, Unreal Engine seems to struggle with delivering this level of fidelity.

Before Season 9 began, Epic provided the community with a long list of updates they’d get to before the end of the season. While some of the band-aid solutions have been implemented, where are the fundamental upgrades like HRTF? Let’s take a look at how long it’s been.

HRTF (Head-related transfer function) is an audio solution which seeks to better replicate how humans hear directional audio. For a further explanation, please check out the third section of this article.

Epic promises Season 9 audio improvements in May

Good effort, but where’s the rest? – via Epic Games

Back in May 2019, Epic put out an extensive Reddit post that detailed changes they would be making to Fortnite’s audio. Many professional players and influencers had complained about the poor quality of audio.

The Reddit post included a list of improvements ranging from small patches to extensive reforms/additions. The list’s main points were better ‘tactical’ audio, clearer landing sounds, HRTF, and more. For a full list, please refer to the May 6 article.

Epic then delivered on some of these promises in the Season’s patches. For example, patch v9.10 included a majority of the original list. Epic then released smaller audio updates in later patches. While we are glad to have a better audio experience than Season 8, these solutions amount to little more than band-aids.

The key solution which Epic stated to be working on was the binaural/HRTF (Head-related transfer function) upgrade. But what has happened to this technology in the past month?

What happened to the Fortnite binaural/HRTF update?

Now, before lay into this topic, we want to emphasize the fact that game development is an extremely difficult task. Unlike many other tech jobs, it’s a seamless blend of art and science that involves a human element with design choices and natural errors. We’re critical of the lack of these updates, but we understand the hardships of game design.

Epic Games last mentioned HRTF in June when DanDaDaDanDan replied to a player’s complaint.

From there on out, we haven’t heard anything on this front. We don’t believe that Epic Games has simply given up on creating a HRTF solution, but the silence has us worried.

The audio upgrade would have signicantly improved the quality of Fortnite esports, but the Fortnite World Cup is presumably too close for that to happen. Casual players would also benefit from improved audio accuracy.

But what do HRTF tech improvements really mean for players in a gameplay sense? Let us try to explain the advantages.

So…what is HRTF and why do we want it in Fortnite?

How are we supposed to listen DJ Yonder’s sick beats without HRTF?

Alright, so…HRTF audio solutions. Epic Games mentioned this in the initial list of Season 9 updates. Instead of small fixes or patches, this would constitute an entirely new system upgrade to Fortnite’s structure.

HRTF (Head-related transfer function) is an audio technology that tries to better replicate how we would hear sounds in real life. Regular surround sound (7.1) can’t fully capture the intricacies of human hearing, but it’s good enough for most situations. For Battle Royale games (or tactical shooters), you need something a little more robust.

How many times have you heard a streamer or friend say ‘I thought he has to the left of me, not the right!’ or something similar? It’s not their fault.

When we hear something drop in real life, we hear it with both ears. The fact that the rightward drop’s sound is quieter in the left ear is just as important as hearing it more loudly on the right ear. HRTF seeks to accurately measure the correct difference in volume for each ear to help you pin-point the location of the sound’s origin.

This is what HRTF seeks to simulate better than regular surround sound. And no, you won’t need to buy a new headset to take advantage of this tech (as long as you have a modern headset).

Do you think we’ll see these promised solutions in Season 10 or has Epic abandoned this project due to time constraints elsewhere? Only time will tell that truth, but we hope to see this key improvement finally come to Fortnite in the near future.

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Fornite Battle Royale Season 6 update coming on September 27

Fortnite Battle Royale is set to get its next big update in the form of Season 6. The new update will be available to all players from September 27 onwards. The developers of the game, Epic Games, have been teasing what the new update will bring in terms of gameplay. The most prominent of these teasers has been ‘Kevin the Cube’ which randomly appeared in the map game. The giant purple cube initially appeared to move randomly around the map, as if following a path, all the while burning runes in the ground. Players standing near the cube noticed runes hovering above them, and they started to glow. Those who managed to jump on the cube would be bounced way up into the air, while those who struck it where struck back. ‘Kevin’ finally made its way to Loot Lake where it melted and turned the entire lake purple and bouncy. How does this play into Fortnite Season 6? We’ll have to wait till September 27 to find out for sure. However, Epic Games has announced that there is one gameplay change that is coming to Fortnite Battle Royale and that is in the sound department. In a blog post, the developer notes that “tactical audio cues are incredibly important to the core gameplay, and our goal is for you to be able to consistently rely on audio information to survive.” In lieu of this, Season 6 will bring a number of audio improvements to the gameplay. This includes a bigger contrast to the sounds of footsteps depending on the elevation in comparison to the player. It will also include high frequency audio in order to improve the ability of players to pinpoint the location of steps ad not have them drowned out during a firefight.  Besides footsteps, players will also be able to make out if any player near them is using the glider. When a players will hear a “car passing by” effect when another players glides over them. They will also be able to hear the sound of gliders opening/closing from further away. Epic also plans to add audio cues when a player is ‘flying through the air’.  “With Fortnite’s mobility mechanics and dynamic building/destruction, we are presented with unique challenges for spatial audio. It’s something we’ll continue to iterate and improve upon, in addition to other avenues we are looking to explore for the future. For example, Sound Propagation, where sounds actually travel through the world like they do in real life, and HRTF filtering, where sounds around you are filtered to sound as if they're passing through your body,” the developer notes. These new additions will hopefully make the game more competitive, especially considering the fact that the first-person juggernaut that is Call of Duty is about to jump into (pun intended) the battle royale playing field with Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode. Season 6 is now dropping from the Battle Bus on September 27. Celebrate its arrival and unlock those final Battle Pass rewards with an additional 400% Match XP all weekend, from now until September 24 at 8 AM ET (1200 GMT). Glide into the party! from Latest Technology News https://ift.tt/2PUPjwU from Blogger https://ift.tt/2I8lo1K https://ift.tt/2AmjdaA

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Fortnite: atualização 9.1 vai realizar melhorias no áudio do jogo

O jogo Fortnite está a poucos dias de receber a sua primeira atualização adicional após o início da 9ª temporada, e entre as novidades está a correção de diversos bugs no áudio do game, melhorando a captação de som de objetos, bem como a detecção de inimigos próximos, facilitando o abate.

O update de número 9.1 ainda não está disponível para download, mas algumas informações dele servem para mostrar que a Epic Games está trabalhando para corrigir alguns problemas baseados no feedback dos jogadores. Para tranquilizar a galera, o diretor de áudio da empresa, Zak Belica, fez um post na rede social Reddit para informar a respeito das futuras modificações.

Modificações

Problemas de dropout de áudio corrigidos para desculpas reais, isso deveria significar 9.0, mas tivemos problemas técnicos inesperados.

Localização fixa do som de impacto de picareta inimiga de curto alcance, para que seja reproduzido a partir do ponto de impacto e não do jogador que está a picar.

Removido ducking de sons de construção ao disparar sua arma.

Abaixou a velocidade mínima necessária para acionar um som de pouso; isso ajuda a evitar que os jogadores silenciosamente pulem em rampas.

Adicionado um novo som de salto para os inimigos que são mais altos que os seus.

Aumento da atenuação do som do salto para corresponder aos passos do inimigo.

Reduziu a quantidade de tempo que leva o loop de áudio in-air do inimigo, para melhor conscientização de um inimigo caindo de cima.

Volume aumentado de passos oclusos e sons de aterrissagem.

Espacialização mais estreita dos sons de pickaxe de curto alcance de outros jogadores.

Adicionado um som mais claro quando um inimigo confirma uma edição em uma peça de construção dentro de 2 peças da sua posição.

Removido o áudio do planador para os jogadores que viajam através de um Slipstream.

Adicionado um novo som "Headshot + Shield Break", para quando os dois eventos ocorrerem ao mesmo tempo. Se uma quebra de blindagem for “CHINGSHH” e um headshot for “PA-CHING”, o novo som será “PA-CHINGSHH”.

Correção para sons de passos na borda das estruturas dá áudio como se você estivesse andando no chão.

Melhor ouvir a aproximação dos jogadores inimigos fora das estruturas construídas pelos jogadores.

Melhorias na emissão de sons fora do jogador FOV.

Aprimoramento de sons de deslizamento de jogadores próximos ou distantes, para ajudar a esclarecer a distância de inimigos planadores.

Sons mais longos são reproduzidos corretamente durante os Replays.

Diferenciação aprimorada do áudio inimigo do verus do companheiro de equipe.

Testes internos de solução binaural / HRTF que serão uma grande ajuda para os headphone players, bem como outras melhorias de espacialização.

As atualizações estão previstas para serem disponibilizadas no dia 23 de maio, quinta-feira. Então fique de olho no seu game porque a qualquer momento desta data o update pode ser liberado para você.

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All qualified players for the Fortnite World Cup Finals

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All qualified players for the Fortnite World Cup Finals

Next weekend from July 26 – 28, the record-breaking $30 million Fortnite World Cup will take place. We put together a list of all the qualified players for the solo and duo portions of the event.

The top players from each week of the Fortnite World Cup Online Opens qualified for the Finals in New York City.

Some players were able to double qualify by being the top competitors in the solo and duo events.

Since the final week of qualification play ended on June 21, we have a clear picture on who will be playing in the massive $30 million tournament.

READ MORE: Fortnite v9.40 Update release time announced

Here are all the players who have qualified for the Fortnite World Cup Final in New York City:

World Cup solo players

IMG: Epic Games

slaya

Faze FaxFox

E11 Stompy

TQ Prisi0n3r0

NRG benjyfishy

hREDS BELAEU

Gambit.letw1k3

LeStream Naytou

DiegoGB uwu

DRG

CODE leleo

SEN Bugha

FaZe Dubs.

Ghost Bizzle

TSM_Comadon

Liquid Vivid

100T Ceice

C9 Snow.

Liquid Riversan

IMG: Epic Games

KNG Cat

TOP_Banny iwnl

CR Ruri

luKi tjk

RBK LeftEye

Fledermoys

BL Tchub

TTVCoreGamingg

Eon wakie

lolb0om

Secret_Domentos

SNG Lasers

kurtz

Tfue

MSF Clix

KNG Unknown

FaZe Funk

Nittle

CLG psalm

EpikWhale

karhu

READ MORE: Where are the promised Season 9 HRTF Fortnite audio improvements?

IMG: Epic Games

Link

Meta Peterpan

Atlantis Letshe

x-komAGO JARKOS

E11 Klusia

NRG MrSavageM

Ghost Issa

Snayzy

Fnatic smeef

TrainH BlastR.

NRG Zayt

RougeShark_

RIOT kolorful

FaZe Megga.

Envy Bucke

100T Klass

C9 DK

1400 Rhux UwU

USE CODE PZUHS

IMG: Epic Games

twins iwnl

Code Meta-Hood-J

T1 Ar1us

COOLER aqua

marteeneu

Erouce

TrainH Robabz

Skailereu

Solary Kinstaar

Atlantis K1nzell

Gaming.fwexY

RS Clarity

Reverse2K

Astonish

Thiccboy Luneze

Chenkinz

KNG Fatch.

C9 Nicks

9z king

1400 Pika

4DRStorm.

IMG: Epic Games

sozman iwnl

nifuaM

Endretta.

VHV Crue

LeStream Skite

GL_LYGHT

FaZe Mongraal .

Emqu

dMIND.teeq

LeStream Blaxou

MRKN Kawzmik

Touzii

Legedien

CODE SEN-Aspect

Hornet

LZR Kreo

Clipnode

100T Arkhram1x

snoirreH

READ MORE: Best places to visit in NYC for the Fortnite World Cup

World Cup duo players

IMG: Epic Games

Warriors CoverH & Warriors Twizz

CR.bell btw & Scarlet

NRG benjyfishy & NRG MrSavageM

FaZe Mongraal . & mitr0

E11 Tschiiinken & E11 Stompy

Lootboy Mexe & Lootboy Skram

woofgang crimz & Spades

MSF Clix & MSF Sceptic

Envy LeNain & LG Tyler15

pfzin & C9 Nicks

100T Arkhram1x & Bloom Falconer

IMG: Epic Games

Gambit.fwexY & Gambit.letw1k3

COOLER Nyhrox & COOLER aqua

VHV Crue & VHV Chapix

GO Deadra & GO M11Z

NRG Zayt & Ghost Saf

Tempo Brush & Tempo CizLucky

Nate Hill & FaZe Funk

KNG Leno & KNG Barl

READ MORE: Where to find Fortbyte #21 inside of a metal llama

IMG: Epic Games

volx & parpy

NewbeeXXM-CN & Newbee_xMende….

Solary Airwaks & Solary Nikof

Solary Hunter & Solary Kinstaar

Lnuef & Quinten

VP 7ssk7 & VP JAMSIDE

100T Ceice & 100T Elevate

coL Lanjok & coL Punisher

FaZe Megga. & FaZe Dubs

wisheydp & GusTavox8

KNG little & KNG Jay.

IMG: Epic Games

E11 itemm & Derox.

Oslo. & Not BadSniper

COOLER 4zr & COOLER Noward

Eon RedRush & Eon znappy

Tetchra & Eclipsae

RoAtDW & E11 BlooTea

code ronaldo & XXiF

Ghost Sean & Ghost Aydan

IMG: Epic Games

serpennt & hype.

TriggerQQ Flame & TriggerQQ Uniq

Wolfiez & Rojo

LeStream Skite & LeStream Vato

FaZe Vorwenn & Atlantis Tuckz

E11 Klusia & SNG Th0masHD

Slackes & KeysFN

TSM_Zexrow & TSM.Vinny1x

yung calculator & coL MackWood

9z xown & 9z king

EpikWhale & 4DRStorm.

Even though the solo and duo events are stacked with some of the best Fortnite professionals, some notable players like Dennis ‘Cloakzy’ Lepore missed out on qualifying.

We are anxious to watch the event next weekend and see who walks away as the best Fortnite players in the world.

READ MORE: Cattus creature reappears as Fortnite Season 9 Mech vs. Monster event approaches

Good luck to all competitors and fans attending the event in New York City!

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