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[Kopra]

Merl61, on October 15 2014 - 03:53 PM, said:

Kopra, on October 15 2014 - 03:46 PM, said:

Merl61, on October 15 2014 - 12:22 PM, said:

hellc9943, on October 15 2014 - 08:12 AM, said:

Sony MDR 7506 here but I mostly play with speakers. While headphones certainly help in some situations, there's just too much noise pollution in Hawken which gets on my nerves after a while of playing with headphones on.

That's probably more of an issue with your headphones than with Hawken.

hellc probably means this:

With my headphones I can hear when other mechs turn when it's really quiet. Useful for 1v1s.

You missed the point.
There's a constant midrange frequency humming in the background.
Can't you hear it_

[Merl61]

Kopra, on October 15 2014 - 04:23 PM, said:

You missed the point.
There's a constant midrange frequency humming in the background.
Can't you hear it_

I guess I never noticed that before

[hellc9943]

Kopra, on October 15 2014 - 04:23 PM, said:

You missed the point.
There's a constant midrange frequency humming in the background.
Can't you hear it_

Merl61, on October 15 2014 - 06:23 PM, said:

Kopra, on October 15 2014 - 04:23 PM, said:

You missed the point.
There's a constant midrange frequency humming in the background.
Can't you hear it_

I guess I never noticed that before

That's probably an issue with your headphones then.
Also, the cockpit beep goes way too low into subbass territory, combined with that constant sine hum and other ambient low sounds it makes it really muddy. Add to that that Hawken's sound quality isn't the best and isn't polished, all this stacks.
It's the immersion of sitting in a 486 DX with SCSI drives.

[1uster]

Please guys check your audio settings in case it's faulty - which exaggerates the above written "problem". I linked a thread about that on page 1 of this thread...

[StubbornPuppet]

No, it's not their audio settings.  It's their ears/brain.  Each person is more sensitive to different frequencies than others.  Hawken is, indeed, full of tons of little "ambient" sounds.  I find the constant little whine and the intermittent beeps (presumably to be coming from the computers and equipment inside the mech cockpit) to be quite annoying myself.

[IareDave]

I mostly just use my laptops Dolby speakers. But when the try hard pants are coming on (scrims/duels), I use my trusty Steelseries Siberia v2. it's mostly for aesthetic purposes as I like the headsets' bass and meets my stimulate needs. However in duels its a necessity, being able to hear your opponent behind a wall or around the corner gives you the initiative/control in how to start the engagement.

[Odinous]

For a long time now

Creative Inspire P5800

5.1,still kicking

Man,with Hawken gameplay,with all that kind of weapons sounds,explosions,movement sound etc etc,I just turn the volume up and enjoy all those,especially siege..The sound that battleship is making when being launch and u are beneath it..Ofc hearing enemy cloaked mechs or repairing ones etc etc.Yeah I guess It wouldn't be such  a great game without its sound

[Frenotx]

I find I actually do WORSE if don't play music in the background. There have been plenty of times where I had a really bad game, and then said, "Oh. My music stopped." Turn the tunes back on, and start tearing it up again.

[1uster]

StubbornPuppet, on October 16 2014 - 06:29 AM, said:

No, it's not their audio settings.  It's their ears/brain.  Each person is more sensitive to different frequencies than others.  Hawken is, indeed, full of tons of little "ambient" sounds.  I find the constant little whine and the intermittent beeps (presumably to be coming from the computers and equipment inside the mech cockpit) to be quite annoying myself.

Same here but most of the time these little sounds are masked by other things going on in the battlefield. Not sure if your read the thread but the topic is influencing the loudness of these ambient things directly regardless of your hearing - beside the bug that you can hear the mech-cockpit-atmo after match ends.

[ThirdEyE]

I've noticed recently that I'm actually missing lots of sounds fairly often, namely the EOCR charge + firing sounds, hit/kill confirmation, GL and Corsair, etc.  This seems to be isolated to hawken as I haven't noticed the issue in other games, anyone else have similar issues_

[DerMax]

ThirdEyE, on October 16 2014 - 08:39 AM, said:

I've noticed recently that I'm actually missing lots of sounds fairly often, namely the EOCR charge + firing sounds, hit/kill confirmation, GL and Corsair, etc.  This seems to be isolated to hawken as I haven't noticed the issue in other games, anyone else have similar issues_

A lot of people do.

[shosca]

DerMax, on October 16 2014 - 08:50 AM, said:

ThirdEyE, on October 16 2014 - 08:39 AM, said:

I've noticed recently that I'm actually missing lots of sounds fairly often, namely the EOCR charge + firing sounds, hit/kill confirmation, GL and Corsair, etc.  This seems to be isolated to hawken as I haven't noticed the issue in other games, anyone else have similar issues_

A lot of people do.

I think there's a setting in one of the ini files that allows you to increase that sound limit. I think its in HawkenGame.ini and the setting is MaxConcurrentHearSounds

Edited by shosca, October 16 2014 - 08:56 AM.

[Daronicus]

ThirdEyE, on October 16 2014 - 08:39 AM, said:

I've noticed recently that I'm actually missing lots of sounds fairly often, namely the EOCR charge + firing sounds, hit/kill confirmation, GL and Corsair, etc.  This seems to be isolated to hawken as I haven't noticed the issue in other games, anyone else have similar issues_

Kill confirmation sounds sometimes don't play for me, but it will last through an entire game (it sometimes lasts longer than one game, but the point is that it either happens through the entire game or not at all; it isn't a totally random event).  You never realize how much you rely on that cue to know when a fight is over until you realize your opponent has been dead for the past three seconds that you've been shooting at them.  Long-range TOW snipes have no feedback at all if you aren't paying attention to the text


As for my headphones, I use the Logitech G330, since over-the-head headsets are super uncomfortable for me.  Every now and then when I'm alone in the apartment and don't have to worry about disturbing my neighbors, I switch to speaker system, but it's mostly for entertainment value.  It's much harder to pick out sounds accurately without the headset.

[_incitatus]

Frenotx, on October 16 2014 - 08:20 AM, said:

I find I actually do WORSE if don't play music in the background. There have been plenty of times where I had a really bad game, and then said, "Oh. My music stopped." Turn the tunes back on, and start tearing it up again.

Same here, unless I'm on TS or doing 1v1.

[EliteShooter]

Frenotx, on October 16 2014 - 08:20 AM, said:

I find I actually do WORSE if don't play music in the background. There have been plenty of times where I had a really bad game, and then said, "Oh. My music stopped." Turn the tunes back on, and start tearing it up again.

I'm not joking, when I play HAWKEN, I listen to The Undertaker's theme.

[LONEDEADWOLF]

Im not sure i have two separate systems hooked to my PC....one is a Sony sound system 7.1 and the other is commercial sound system with hard hitting bass...depends on my time of day.....I have friends get together and sit by the bar and drink and play Hawken to see who dies the funniest or the fastest....lol but i have a set of Skullcandies to use when they want to just dance....And i find great pilots to have a good round with... but i rarely use the sound on the game cause i love my music....

[HEROKiller]

Byerdynamic mmx300's.