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What is the Silent BFG trick?

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What is the Silent BFG trick?

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Defending yourself against the BFG pretty much depends on your ability to know precisely when it is being used against you. If you are fortunate enough to play deathmatch with a stereo sound card and headphones, you know that sound cues are vital to playing well in deathmatch. In many cases, the only way a potential victim knows the green ball is in the air is by the distinctive sound the weapon makes when fired. The headphones can give him directional cues as to its origin, and therefore point the way towards a proper escape. So if you wish to get the drop on someone, wouldn’t it be great if you could put a silencer on that weapon? Well you can. A limitation in Doom’s sound code allows you to silence the firing sound of the BFG. Regardless of the ‘Number of Sound FX to Mix’ that you chose in Doom’s setup program, your character can actually only utter one sound at a time. This includes all weapons firing. If you cause your character to grunt, i.e., you jump off of a ledge or press the

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