Sound Subtitles accessibility option?

[AliceSinclair]

Hi! have been playing Vintage Story with my husband for quite some time now, and we are in absolute awe at the care in this game. however, I was just putting it out there that a feature I miss from Minecraft is the sound subtitles. It helps me identify what it is i'm hearing around me! Does anyone else use this option?

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately I'm not sure that there's a good subtitle option out there currently, although I would be surprised if the feature wasn't added to the game itself some day. There is this mod, but it's quite out of date, and may or may not work anymore. https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/496

[AliceSinclair]

1 minute ago, LadyWYT said:

Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately I'm not sure that there's a good subtitle option out there currently, although I would be surprised if the feature wasn't added to the game itself some day. There is this mod, but it's quite out of date, and may or may not work anymore. https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/496

Hey Thanks for answering, I did look up the mod, and apparently it is very much like you said. Thanks anyways!

[Never Jhonsen]

I am hard of hearing, and there's only so much "Well just make the game louder lol" one can do before it gets too difficult to hear things. Louder ≠ better

I would GREATLY benefit from having onscreen subtitles. Especially for the quieter monsters. For example, my partner says that Bowtorns usually make a sound right before they shoot you, and I have yet to hear it. 

[AliceSinclair]

15 hours ago, Never Jhonsen said:

I am hard of hearing, and there's only so much "Well just make the game louder lol" one can do before it gets too difficult to hear things. Louder ≠ better

I would GREATLY benefit from having onscreen subtitles. Especially for the quieter monsters. For example, my partner says that Bowtorns usually make a sound right before they shoot you, and I have yet to hear it. 

I literally just learned NOW that Bowtorn make noises before they shoot! Now I'm really hoping that this is something that gets implemented!

[LadyWYT]

16 hours ago, Never Jhonsen said:

For example, my partner says that Bowtorns usually make a sound right before they shoot you, and I have yet to hear it. 

 

33 minutes ago, AliceSinclair said:

I literally just learned NOW that Bowtorn make noises before they shoot! Now I'm really hoping that this is something that gets implemented!

I wouldn't call bowtorn quiet, exactly, but the screeching noise they make before they shoot at you can be difficult to notice since they tend to be fairly far away when they target you. Even with good hearing, it can be hard to pick out due to that distance, especially if there is a lot of other noise around(such as rain, leaves rustling, shivers growl-hissing, etc). Sometimes I get spooked and dodge behind a tree out of reflex because I think I hear one, only to figure out it was just my imagination.

That being said, I hope there's a subtitle solution soon. Aside from being a great accessibility option for those who need it, it would also help identify creature noises and things added by mods, potentially(looking at you, Fauna of the Stone Age). In the other block game, it was great for tracking how many mistakes you had available in the Deep Dark before a warden appeared.

[Iiell]

This is a great idea. I often have trouble hearing the anmímals and monsters, so directional subtitles would definitely be very helpful.

 

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3 minutes ago, Iiell said:

This is a great idea. I often have trouble hearing the anmímals and monsters, so directional subtitles would definitely be very helpful.

 

Good news about that then, I revived the mod LadyWYT mentioned earlier and heavily enhanced it: https://mods.vintagestory.at/captions

[Facethief]

This’d definitely make cave hunting with water sounds way easier, regardless of if that’s a good or bad thing.