Please feature optional proximity chat for coop, or make voice chat part of survival

[Plinto]

Make it so that, without the proper equipment, you can only voice chat in proximity to one another (kinda like Lethal Company). Let us craft comms helmets/gear/vessel comms for long range communication in the deep. It'll lend to the feeling of immersion and, when things go wrong, isolation.

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

So like a radio suit upgrade or something?

[Plinto]

Originally posted by The Seraph of Tomorrow:

So like a radio suit upgrade or something?

Helmet or suit, yeah! Plus comms on any pilot-able vessels of course...

[Nix-Man]

This could be pretty cool if implemented right

[keyboard]

This would actually be sick.

Local radios with proximity chat, the further you get away from someone the more "static"ie they become (you can turn on/off the radios)

Vehicles and Bases would have higher ranges, allowing you to communicate from much further away, say from base-to-base.

[humanrockfish]

ya this would be nice

[darkarchon]

I don't expect it, but it would be a great addition.

If this game does not have a voice proximity option, I will not play it in co-op. Otherwise, the tension and atmosphere of the game will be broken. Subnautica 1's solitude made it unique in its own right, and the closest you would get to that in a cooperative setting is by having non-perfect communication.

Things like line of sight breaking up the radio signal and the signal diminishing over distance until it completely fades would considerably boost the atmosphere of the game.

I hope the developers—or, worse case, some modders—will eventually add this feature. However, I understand that implementing such a proximity voice system would be a significant difficulty for a relatively niche audience, so I am not confident that it will be implemented.

If the developers are reading this, I urge you to seriously consider this suggestion. A voice proximity option could significantly enhance the co-op experience and maintain the unique atmosphere of the game.

[ザ ル]

Originally posted by Plintkin:

Make it so that, without the proper equipment, you can only voice chat in proximity to one another (kinda like Lethal Company). Let us craft comms helmets/gear/vessel comms for long range communication in the deep. It'll lend to the feeling of immersion and, when things go wrong, isolation.

+1

[The_Dipl0mat]

I already said it in another post like this, but in case the helmet radio dies or something. It'd be rad to have a system similar to the Belter Creole from Expanse, where we have some sign language for communication. Pull up a radial menu, pick an option like "Oxygen" "Leviathan" "Material" or something like that, and as long as you're looking at someone/near someone, it'll say it in a chat function. And show your character doing a lil gesture

[brahm_a_bull]

This would be absolutely amazing. I really hope we have proximity chat like lethal company here. This is the only thing I would ask for because I enjoy the games already. This would just be the cherry on top for me.