[feat/s] Player-controllable music volume + audible default (BGM tune round 2) #40

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opened 2026-06-21 14:28:53 +02:00 by shipwright · 0 comments

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2026-06-21 14:28:53 +02:00

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Follow-up to #33 / PR #34. Operator re-playtested after the gain bump (0.035→0.12) and reported: "the music is still too quiet. I had to raise the volume full up to hear anything. Maybe a separate slide along the sfx slide would be helpful."

So 0.12 is still too low at the operator's listening level, and they want direct control rather than PR-cycle tuning.

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Audible default: raise the music level so it's clearly present out-of-box (target ~1× SFX peak).
Music volume slider: a second slider in the audio HUD (next to the existing master/SFX slider) that scales the music bus independently, persisted to localStorage. Lets the operator (and players) self-tune without PR cycles — and dissolves the Herald-balance-vs-operator-level tension into per-listener control.

Bundled rather than split (Bosun offered either): the slider's default is the tune, the operator is AFK so the self-serve slider is the high-value piece, and bundling avoids two review+redeploy cycles for coupled changes.

Size: S. Lane: Shipwright (UI + audio).

Follow-up to #33 / PR #34. Operator re-playtested after the gain bump (0.035→0.12) and reported: *"the music is still too quiet. I had to raise the volume full up to hear anything. Maybe a separate slide along the sfx slide would be helpful."* So 0.12 is still too low at the operator's listening level, **and** they want direct control rather than PR-cycle tuning. ## Deliverable (bundled) 1. **Audible default**: raise the music level so it's clearly present out-of-box (target ~1× SFX peak). 2. **Music volume slider**: a second slider in the audio HUD (next to the existing master/SFX slider) that scales the music bus independently, persisted to localStorage. Lets the operator (and players) self-tune without PR cycles — and dissolves the Herald-balance-vs-operator-level tension into per-listener control. Bundled rather than split (Bosun offered either): the slider's default *is* the tune, the operator is AFK so the self-serve slider is the high-value piece, and bundling avoids two review+redeploy cycles for coupled changes. Size: S. Lane: Shipwright (UI + audio).

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2026-06-21 14:29:08 +02:00

feat(audio): music volume slider + audible default (#40)

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feat(audio): music volume slider + audible default (#40) #41

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feat(audio): music volume slider + audible default (#40)