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Frajs Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:22 pm Posts: 2	Whiteout high pitch beeping It needs to go away. Make it affect sound the same way as impact nitron or whatever, the beeping makes me turn off the game instantly.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:48 pm

raqyee Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:52 am Posts: 1914	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping The point of Whiteouts is to to disorientate you. That's achieved with white flashing light as well as with sound. Both of them are supposed to be irritating, that's the point. Problem is that some people are getting real headaches because of it. _________________ Feel free to add me on steam \| Member of conclave.cc
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:00 pm

Frajs Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:22 pm Posts: 2	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping Headaches and totally breaks any immersion instantly replacing it with "Why the hell did you put this in there and why am I playing this game?" It should be in-game irritating, not real life irritating. Hi-Rez: I already have enough beeping in my ears on my own, thank you very much. The whole "messes with your senses"-thing you're going for could easily be replaced with the impact nitron silence.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:12 pm

Lunia Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:27 pm Posts: 754	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping I wish they were blackout grenades with the nitron sound effect instead.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:20 pm

Lesteriuse Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:39 pm Posts: 1735 Location: Zagreb, Croatia	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping Don't know about you, but I'd find the whiteout's deafening sound that induces headaches quite immersing since it actually has an impact of my health. _________________ A thread on performance bottlenecks in the engine and what needs to be optimised My blueplate/mid-air nitron montage
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:23 pm

Indk Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:08 pm Posts: 65	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping i'm 100% deaf in one of my ears. i hear that sound constantly at all times. I've grown to forget about it but when i hear it ingame i basically freak out and it throws me into a horribly depressed state. remove it please.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:25 pm

SxxyKate Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:23 am Posts: 1614 Location: California	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping but...... thats what flashbangs sound like in every other fps. havent u played CS? CoD? how can u be a fps gamer if u cant stand flashbangs? lololol _________________ SexyKate's Youtube Channel Clicky! Dueling Theory 101 : a beginner's guide to dueling in T:A Last edited by SxxyKate on Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:59 pm

Indk Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:08 pm Posts: 65	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping I have played tons of games and hate it just as much when they do it too.
Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:11 pm

VonSchlupeurk Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:05 pm Posts: 448	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping It's a scheme to discourage teenagers from playing Tribes , only keeping older players who can no longer hear sounds in that range. Genius ! _________________ Tactician bronze badge : 500 XP. Getting it from a supply drop in combat : priceless.
Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:26 am

SxxyKate Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:23 am Posts: 1614 Location: California	Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping VonSchlupeurk wrote: It's a scheme to discourage teenagers from playing Tribes , only keeping older players who can no longer hear sounds in that range. Genius ! olloolololololololololololololol this post is full of win _________________ SexyKate's Youtube Channel Clicky! Dueling Theory 101 : a beginner's guide to dueling in T:A
Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:06 am

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Frajs

Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:22 pm
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Whiteout high pitch beeping

It needs to go away. Make it affect sound the same way as impact nitron or whatever, the beeping makes me turn off the game instantly.

Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:48 pm

raqyee

Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:52 am
Posts: 1914

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

The point of Whiteouts is to to disorientate you. That's achieved with white flashing light as well as with sound. Both of them are supposed to be irritating, that's the point. Problem is that some people are getting real headaches because of it.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:00 pm

Frajs

Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:22 pm
Posts: 2

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

Headaches and totally breaks any immersion instantly replacing it with "Why the hell did you put this in there and why am I playing this game?" It should be in-game irritating, not real life irritating.

Hi-Rez: I already have enough beeping in my ears on my own, thank you very much.
The whole "messes with your senses"-thing you're going for could easily be replaced with the impact nitron silence.

Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:12 pm

Lunia

Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:27 pm
Posts: 754

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

I wish they were blackout grenades with the nitron sound effect instead.

Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:20 pm

Lesteriuse

Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:39 pm
Posts: 1735
Location: Zagreb, Croatia

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

Don't know about you, but I'd find the whiteout's deafening sound that induces headaches quite immersing since it actually has an impact of my health.

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A thread on performance bottlenecks in the engine and what needs to be optimised
My blueplate/mid-air nitron montage

Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:23 pm

Indk

Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:08 pm
Posts: 65

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

i'm 100% deaf in one of my ears. i hear that sound constantly at all times. I've grown to forget about it but when i hear it ingame i basically freak out and it throws me into a horribly depressed state.

remove it please.

Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:25 pm

SxxyKate

Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:23 am
Posts: 1614
Location: California

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

but...... thats what flashbangs sound like in every other fps.

havent u played CS? CoD?

how can u be a fps gamer if u cant stand flashbangs?

lololol

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Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:59 pm

Indk

Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:08 pm
Posts: 65

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

I have played tons of games and hate it just as much when they do it too.

Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:11 pm

VonSchlupeurk

Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:05 pm
Posts: 448

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

It's a scheme to discourage teenagers from playing Tribes , only keeping older players who can no longer hear sounds in that range. Genius !

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Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:26 am

SxxyKate

Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:23 am
Posts: 1614
Location: California

Re: Whiteout high pitch beeping

VonSchlupeurk wrote:

It's a scheme to discourage teenagers from playing Tribes , only keeping older players who can no longer hear sounds in that range. Genius !

olloolololololololololololololol

this post is full of win

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Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:06 am

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