Engine noises

[snow-bro]

can the devs please do some kind of rework on “spotting” this no engine noise is really getting annoying and im tired of it having inv tanks from across the map and it’s just unrealistic and breaks ppls emersion devs need to do better

[Necronomica]

There was a large change to the sounds about half a year ago:

@OrsonES

The following changes will, among other things, result in the sound on ground vehicles becoming more consistent, stable and predictable overall, in particular, it should no longer be the case that ground vehicles at distances of up to 215 meters, which are behind obstacles, do not make engine and track sounds:

• The principle of absolute detection of enemies in ground vehicles has been changed. The “absolute detection” parameter no longer depends on the level of the vehicle crew’s “Keen Vision” skill and is equal to the value that was previously the maximum for a fully upgraded “Ace” crew — 215 meters (for vehicles with the “Improved Optics” modification, this parameter is 280 meters). This parameter is responsible for the range at which information about enemy vehicles is transmitted by the server to the client, regardless of whether the player sees the vehicle or whether the terrain or objects in the location interfere with this. The change has been made for transparency — despite the fact that the parameter was described in the crew’s “Keen Vision” parameters, its presence, its impact on the game, and connection with sound in cases where the vehicle is out of direct line of sight were not obvious.
• A bug where the sound of the engine and tracks of a scouted target might sound from greater distances than the engine and tracks of a target detected in other ways has been fixed.
• The theoretical radius of audibility of the engine and tracks of ground vehicles has been reduced from 400 to 215 meters. In fact, this did not noticeably affect audibility in combat since previously, due to volume settings, vehicles further than 215 meters could only be heard in ideal conditions (in silence) along the line of sight, while behind obstacles, vehicles could be heard at a distance of more than 215 meters only due to a bug with the increased range of sound playback for scouted targets.
• These changes, among other things, will lead to the fact that now information about enemy ground vehicles will appear on the client either at a distance at which the sounds of the engine and tracks are just beginning to be played (with minimum volume), or even at a greater distance (in the case of vehicles with the “Improved Optics” modification), which will eliminate abruptly appearing sounds of engines and tracks of ground vehicles.
• The ranges of the sounds of gun shots have not undergone any changes and are still always reproduced if the shot occurred within a radius of 2 kilometers.
• A bug where enemy engine sound could disappear behind obstacles, leaving only the sound of the tracks, has been fixed.

I personally don’t have any issues and can hear enemy engines just fine. It might have to do with your sound settings or your headphones perhaps. What are your sound settings? Do you also use software for your headphones (and what settings do you use in that if you have it?)? Do you have the windows built in surround sound turned on or not?

“invisible tanks” has to do with keen vision skill, have you leveled it up?
Detection happens in the direction of the hull and the direction of the turret as those are the directions the crew is looking. Using binoculars also extends the detection range and detects targets in the direction you are looking with the binoculars.

[somebody_Else]

@Necronomica

There was a large change to the sounds about half a year ago:

There’s still big problems with inconsistent sound playing. Feels like its related to maximum overlapping sound channels at a game engine level, because on spawn, you can have teammate engine sound effects right next to you turning on and off

[Necronomica]

@somebody_Else

you can have teammate engine sound effects right next to you turning on and off

I’ve never experienced this personally. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but it does likely mean it’s not consistently an issue for all players which then leads to it being either a bug or a settings issue perhaps (or some players not understanding the keen vision skill).

My gut reaction is that it could be that you have 5.1/7.1 on in settings but your headphones can’t receive some of those channels and can’t play the sound from some directions as the game outputs them to a channel your headphones doesn’t have.

[somebody_Else]

@Necronomica

My gut reaction is that it could be that you have 5.1/7.1 on in settings

Its on auto

[Necronomica]

What are your sound settings? Do you also use software for your headphones (and what settings do you use in that if you have it?)? Do you have the windows built in surround sound turned on or not? Surround sound turned on in software?