Shattered Horizon "Silent Running"

[RonSkem]

Great loaction and graphics, but basically its just another tired old shoot-em-up game. Bang bang.

[enjoiskate11]

I wish my computer could handle this..

[LeetKrew090]

best game evar :)

[xBonderx]

silent running is so dam cool! i played exactly one whole day not knowing about it.. then when logged off checked the keys again.. .so dope!

[skyseeker901]

I wish you could make a game that forced everyone to do silent running. It'd be probably the most realistic space-sim ever.

[MitchMaker]

@skyseeker901

even when not in silent running, this is much more realistic than most of the other sci-fi movies or games.

[exedeath]

LOL. someone need to do a no sound mod.

[zigge119]

is the game funny



[SpaceOz08]

i wish it was as easy as pressing B then stabbing them, but they MOVE!

[crash6917]

how do u stablize your gun when sniping? cant figure it out

[nixiang915]

@crash6917 always attach to a surface and then don't move

[pall3r0]

Finland makes nice games.

[Lazierc]

Just tried the free trial on my PC, lags like heck :/

[pall3r0]

@Lazierc Put settings down if your computer can't run it.

[skyseeker901]

@Lazierc

Yeah, this game has ridiculous system requirements.

They may actually put crysis to shame.

[Shaggy2DopeJR]

this game looks sick :o

[Fistler01]

20$ in steam ^^

[Jackx42]

Yo i might get this game but to anyone who has it do you have that retarded server select thing

[TehMaster4life]

its free on steam now

[v0HaVoK0v]

Yeah i seen that. is that the full game??

[TehMaster4life]

i think so, but I heard its only free for this weekend. IDK i don't know much about it, I don't even have a steam account or a good gaming pc. LOL

[aksident1234]

i got it and it wont launch on my computer, i have windows 7

[Deathspirit232]

Can anyone say why the hell theres voices in outer space?! It would be awesome game if it were dead silent

[ohnookgo]

REad the description.

[jazztoid]

ever heard of a radio?

[SPARTANB174]

the suit has an audio simulation thingy. if it malfuctions then it is dead silent except for breath and heartbeat

[lovissssssssss]

das ist bei css dabei :-D

[lokom123]

Is this a Multiplayer-only game?

[Shizzer117]

@lokom123 yes it is

[jazztoid]

yes

[Psymon119]

Hundreds of games work on windows 7 out of the box... I haven't run into one that doesn't work on it yet....

[Fruffl3s]

Finally a game that works on Windows 7 and don't need some sort of shitty patch! Hurray for 2010!

[PowerHungryKitten]

@Fruffl3s

Finally a game that ONLY works on windows 7 (and vista).

:|

[bodyguardxxxl]

yaeh its cinda cool and funny cause a friend of mine still has XP and cant play it so he always hast to come over to my house^^

[jazztoid]

lmao your computer must suck because i have yet to encounter a game that doesnt run well on windows 7

[Fruffl3s]

Borderlands (needs patch to work), RF:G, Dark Messiah, I got loads, I can go on for infinity.

[Safegold008]

I downloaded it from steam and its very AWESOME!

[sENkyyy]

ya - i loaded too at steam but i have XP and this game is for vista.... DAMN SHIT!

[Safegold008]

i have windows 7 ultimate .

[SpartonX]

i want this game hella bad but my computer SUCKS!

[GmodCaboose56]

Wow, thats cool :)

[MasterFebo]

MORE IMPORTANTLY: to anyone that actually played this (probab 10% that posted here)

-Does silent running mode have an off/on button, or if you press a button you go silent for a fixed amount of time?

-If you shoot while in silent running mode, does the enemy still see you on the radar temporarily?

If both answers are yes, this could be an excellent tool for sniping.

[FuturemarkTV]

Silent Running has a toggle on/off key. When you are in silent mode you don't show on any radar whether firing or not. Sniping is very, very hard in silent mode as you cannot attach to a surface to stabilize your aim.

[CrazyKillerStickman]

@FuturemarkTV when i shoot with silent running the enemys see me on his radar right ?

[KoPT01]

@MasterFebo

It is a toggle on/off mode from a button. And no you are always stealthed.

[MasterFebo]

Please, eough with the "no sound in space/everything inbetween your gun and you wouldnt conduct sound that well/modern guns dont work in space" arguments. For one, we have little indication whether the suit is rigid or not, but even if it isnt I find that the muffled "thud" your gun makes could be realistic. Second, this is based in the future, so we have little to no idea of how the guns work, but its not a far stretch to believe that engineers could make "space guns".

[matrixmairo]

i love the sound when the sound sim is turns back on

i shall try to a recreate it with "du"s

"du du du"

:P

[specter604]

God ppl complainimng about the sound need to shut up.. seriously.. this is a video game where ur in space suits shooting at other ppl in space, i mean come on..

[Theonegamefreak]

I love how they float away..

[hundredsofthem]

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

[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?

[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).

[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?

[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 ...

[matrixmairo]

don't you meant "YOU"?

[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

[ValantNovalight]

Sound needs a medium to travel through, be it air or a solid. The soft thud of the weapon you hear when in silent mode is indeed sound. It's just traveling through the user's body. Awesome stuff.

[elpicos8091]

upgrade you noob

[willitgoalltheway]

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

[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...

[Mashermat]

OHUHH NOOO DATS NOT POSSIBLE

Nobody cares it's awesome.

[TheKingofnoob]

Ninjas.

IN SPAAAAAAAACE.

[Stoperand]

Guys listen to me I know how this future spacegun works not you, plus I've read a high school physics book IT'S NOT JUST A GAME TO ME

[arbpotatoes]

It's still a game.

[Cain3697]

High five for your talents with sarcasm. :)

[avaruusmiesspiff]

JEEBUS CHRIST IT IS A GAME! :D :D

Nerds...

[harlequin2262]

Easier on the whole just to say 'to hell with it, it's a game'. And they DO say it's an audio simulation. Perhaps if the suit tracked the flashes of light sent out by the tracer fire? The thrusters are easy enough, you could connect their computer to your sound simulation computer easily enough. Same with your boots hitting things. But other people's gunfire is sort of the part where you start needing to handwave stuff.

[GamersDailyNews]

The no sound options is quite cool.

Re: Muzzle Flashes, Since a minor explosion is generating the thrust for the bullet I believe some sort of muzzle flash would be visible as that explosion would need to vent somewhere. Think of thrusters for movement. Theoretically you wouldn't even need gunpowder to project the bullets as it's a Zero G environment, a highly pressurized gas would work since there's no air (less drag & friction) and little gravity (pulling the bullet off course) but I digress

[GeryGorenshtein]

cool feature, this game could be another great multi fps if you'll add few more modes and other cool features, after all this whole game is based on cool feature like the Counter Strike admin option "gravity_0"

[Icecold218]

there actually can be sound in space.

sound are vibrations and the vibrations of the recoil of the gun. let your suit resonate.

the suit lets the air in your helmet resonate thus letting the soundwaves reach your ears.

the enemy fireing can also be sound from their

microphones picked up by the friendlies Uav

[harlequin2262]

Science fail.

Sound travels through vibrations.

But in space, what's there to vibrate? No atmosphere, no real contact.

[Icecold218]

vibrations of the suit maybe?

the recoil of the gun creates vibrations into the suit. The suit then lets the air inside the helmet resonate thus letting some of the vibrations reach your ear, where they are transformed into sound

[harlequin2262]

Yeah, swing and a miss, unfortunately. The gun'd not have a very good contact area, even if you gripped it tightly. Also, unless the suit was totally rigid, the noise'd disapear in the folds. It's why they hang velvet at orchestras. It absorbs the sound wonderfully.

Adding to that, most of the sound of the gunshot comes from the gasses exploding and breaking the sound barrier, etc. Very little of that gets turned into contact with the guy, either way. Just the newton's 3rd effect.

[Icecold218]

ok.

well its just a game..So yeah

what's all the fuzz about anyway :P

[harlequin2262]

Which is exactly what I said.

I've only commented because people proposed solutions to the hearing in space thing which were scientifically dubious. I'm perfectly happy with the magic spacesuit idea. It doesn't really compromise suspension of disbelief, as the rest of the game seems pretty accurate.

[arbpotatoes]

Vibrations would be transferred from the area of impact to the air within the suit, which would carry it very quickly to the user's ears. It wouldn't have to go through the suit to the ears.

[caydr]

You think that in a space suit... in outer space... with no sound ANYWHERE... you would not be able to detect the sound of your gun vibrating against your suit when you fire it?

I think it would be kind of like the way you can hear a tap dripping or the clock ticking at night because there's no other sound.

[harlequin2262]

You hear the sound of the tap dripping because there's an atmosphere for the ocillations to vibrate in. In space, we're not so fortunate. We might hear the sounds that the insides of the suit makes when it gets squished, etc. But the gunfire, and probably most of the squishing sounds'd be too low to hear. The gunfire particularly, as 99% of the sound from that isn't transmitted through solids.

[xxdonatelloxx]

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

[silverzebra2]

Nerd win!

[yeomond]

they should add more cool guns like lazors or something since this takes place in the future

[harlequin2262]

40 years in the future, IIRC.

[Zachary735]

wow the physics in this are astounding and the silent run really caught my attention

[ickywacka]

it's the future right, so science has probably provided a way for the military to develop guns that work in space

[Kenjineering]

Why wouldn't guns work in space? Doesn't gun powder have its own oxidizer?

[Defender16]

My god. It's beautiful!

[Reservist090]

is this game like battlefield where there is no campaign?

[Defender16]

I would indeed like to know this as well. From what I'm hearing it seems that way. A shame really but with a full campaign it would probably have cost another $40.

[AnotherAussie101]

woh. . . thats cool

ulempe thats 1 way to shut people up

the russions are well ahead of most people in space develepment even thoe the u.s.a. likes to think they are. . .

[Dwakey]

Haha, what an awesome function. It's like everyone has a pseudo stealth mode now.

[SoManySkinks]

People only said there's no sound in space? Well guess what, there aren't any muzzle flashes or tracers in space either. In fact, you can't use just about any conventional weapon out there. Who bother pretending to be realistic at all? Just do what makes the game good, not a half-assed attempt at realism.

BTW looking forward to getting this, looks cool.

[ulempe]

Here is something for everyone to think about before saying they cant fire in space:

potassium nitrate in gunpowder contains oxygen ( KNO3 )

10 KNO3 + 3 S + 8 C → 2 K2CO3 + 3 K2SO4 + 6 CO2 + 5 N2

all of these reactions are in a closed environment where the gunpowder is contained behind the bullet to give it kinetic force.

[demonikreaper]

The Soviets fired a cannon (I don't recall the caliber, I vaguely remember the number 12) in space on one of their manned spy satellites successfully. Granted, the vibration from the shot nearly ripped the thing in two, but yeah, it's entirely possible to fire bullets in space.

[alexpietkiewicz]

Owned.

[Crayola076]

thats what i was gonna say xD

[Di66en6ion]

Or they could be some type of kenetic rail guns which I think could create flashes in space from the immense amount of energy they use.

[SoManySkinks]

I realize this, but that still won't allow you to have MUZZLE FLASHES or TRACERS so I'm still right. And that still isn't a conventional weapon and it still doesn't create enough oxygen. You need more mass.

[PzAz04Maus]

You can place compounds in the casing that react in order to make oxygen quite easily, mang.

[Barricade]

@SoManySkinks - you fail hard at physics and chemistry.

[RUSHwZ]

@Barricade

No, you fail hard. SoManySkinks is right, combustion weapons really wouldn't work in space- theres too much temperature fluxuation the lubricants would all freeze//boil and the gun would seize up.

The game looks fucking fun, but don't tell him he's wrong just because you don't know -why- he's right.

[harlequin2262]

They have the same issues in deserts. Sand sticking to the lube. Hence the existance of graphite, dust based clearners and lubricants. They're plausible enough. The only issue'd be recoil, but most guns don't actually have all that much. It's why you don't see people getting flung back after being shot.

[GUITARPLAYAx93x]

i read about the recoil, the suit thrusters push back against the recoil, preventing you from flying backwards. however, if you go into the silent mode, the recoil does push you back.

[harlequin2262]

@GUITARPLAYAx93x

*Nods* Yeah, I'd thought something like that'd be the case. Although the lack of recoil compensation during silent running is pretty cool.

I figured the rifles might use something like gyrojets anyway. Might be able to deal with recoil better when using burts. Hell, I honestly don't think that human's could really do a particularly good job of conducting ground war in space. The training-benefit'd be too small. I'd say drone's'd be the way to do things.

[GUITARPLAYAx93x]

@harlequin2262 You also must remember this is set 40 years into the future. The soldiers' training might be conducted IN space, therefore giving them an understanding of what they're getting into.

[harlequin2262]

@GUITARPLAYAx93x

This is a possibility, but I just don't think that humans are built for it. If nothing else, true 360 degree warfare'd be hell on the psyche. Training'd be possible, but as I said, you'd need a LOT of training to get someone at an adequate fighting level. 80 basic, this ain't. Adding to that, I imagine that you'd pretty much have a very high fatality rate amongst your casualties.

[EpicFailureFilms]

Read enders game

KIDS could do it :P

[harlequin2262]

Only when protected by the plot, and led by the world's largest mary sue.

[SoManySkinks]

I see you've already had this explained to you. Enjoy!

[revengeru]

regarding the temperature in space i bet that any steel made conventional weapon would freeze and on the first or second shoot would just fragment itself,... if it manages too shoot

[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.

[3seaw4dr]

Hooray for Wikipedia Physicists!!!!

[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.

[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.

[josediogomafra]

i want this game is it out yet??

[Manifest3r]

yep :) its been out for a few days now, you can download it on Steam! It's soo fun too, worth the $20!

[josediogomafra]

thanks im already convincing some friends to buy it to xD

[demonikreaper]

Since last Wednesday, bro.

[josediogomafra]

thanks i already gave it xP

[sirjames9023]

You cant hear things in space. So that means gunfire would make no sound

[chumper254]

@sirjames9023

Audio Simulation.

0:10

[M4aster]

there's an audio simulation system in your suit. to aid you in battle.

[Duffman3005]

Way to go for not reading the vid description

[Cplblue]

This game is the best 20 bucks I've spent. I like to get a kill, shoot an ice gren to mask my retreat, boost then go silent running to hide for my next kill :D

[dfpcmaia]

Can you only play it online or can you play it against the pc?

[SlaveExplosion]

online only.

Buy it though, it's great. :D

[demonikreaper]

They're considering adding bots, based on the community's input. I've already told them I think they should, and most people agree. Bots may be added in eventually.

[M4aster]

that would seriously fuck the game.

[niiidar]

I love the way you've fixed the problem of no sound in space. Very clever!

[demonikreaper]

I love running silent. I do it all the time. I've even mastered a rotation that makes me appear to be a floating corpse.

<3 SH and FMGS

[TheMadRaver]

Love the silent mode. It's a tough way to play but very fun.

[26DeislerFCB]

this game is a lot of fun, go and buy it, i love it, i play it, l4d2 demo not interest me anymore

[esspytood]

silent running is fun... except your friends tend to shoot whatever doesn't flash your color.

[BigBowsa402]

This looks like a really great game. Too bad it couldn't run on my system.

[ICANanimations]

GREAT!

[SEKCobra]

Nice, beed the Cameras ;P

[georgem124]

kickass

[prisontv]

This is awesome