Bug: Audio Issue: Muffled Generator Sound in Ormond Lake Mine
Bug #2670
Audio Issue: Muffled Generator Sound in Ormond Lake Mine
| Status: | Open |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Assigned to: |
Unassigned
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| Actual Result: |
The repair progress sounds of the generator in the Mine Tower map feature is extremely muffled when the centerpoint of the generator is not in direct line of sight.
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| Expected Result: |
The repair progress sounds of the generator in the Mine Tower map feature should be muffled when the centerpoint of the generator is not in direct line of sight, but not nearly to the extent that it is.
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| Severity: |
Minor
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| Reproducibility: |
Always
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| Platform: |
Steam
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| Additional Notes & Comments: |
In the attached video, I had my tester repair both the Mine Tower generator, and the main building generator, to around 90%, and demonstrated the difference in audio muffling between the two generators when you don't have direct line of sight to the center of the generator.
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Steps to Reproduce
- Load into a game on Ormond Lake Mine, where a generator spawns inside the Mine Tower map feature.
- Repair/have a Survivor repair the generator in the Mine Tower map feature to a high percentage of completion.
- Move so that the center point of the generator is not in direct line of sight of your character.
- Notice how much the audio is muffled compared to when the centerpoint of the generator is within direct line of sight.
Explanation
The generator that spawns in the Mine Tower in Ormond Lake Mine has extremely muffled audio when a character is not directly within line of sight of the center of the generator, even when the generator is at extremely high progress. With the environmental audio that plays near the Mine Tower, it's even more difficult to hear generator progress on that generator when passing near it, and effectively impossible to hear when you add the sounds of actual gameplay, such as chase music, loud noise notifications, Survivor screams, ect. Considering how vital the ability to track generator progress through audio alone is, especially in higher-level play, to the point where multiple Perks and even a Toolbox Add-On is designed to quiet the sounds of generator repairs, this generator being so muffled at any angle other than directly in line of sight of at least the centerpoint of the generator, especially considering such direct line of sight can only be achieved near the far corners of the map, far away from everything else, makes it problematic for map balance.
