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cykachu51
6 years ago

(PC) Can't hear footsteps (sometimes)

Product: Apex Legends
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number RTX 2070
Enter RAM memory size in GB 16
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? CykaChu_fr
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible.
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? Wraith
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)?
Where did the issue occur? In a match
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. Everywhere
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Looting air drop
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? Yes
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? 2
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 04.04.20 22:20
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
How severe is your issue? Major impacts to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? We can't hear a whole team coming towards us (30 feets)
What should be happening instead? Hear them running
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play a few games and see for yourself

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We can't hear ennemies coming towards us (30 feets)

My whole team didn't hear them coming

Happens around one part in three

 

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  • Zulopi's avatar
    Zulopi
    6 years ago

    Few things 

    - in another post on here apex legends is recorded in 24bit/96khz

    - making sure your sound output in windows is set to 24bit/48khz(half sample) or 24bit/96khz(full sample) will ensure there's no clipping

    - virtual surround is terrible, the game has binaural recorded audio for Stereo/headphones, meaning you have positional audio from the recordings. Adding 7.1 virtual processing on top of it is terrible, whether it be your headphone software, dolby, dts, or windows sonic, gsx1000, or a creative soundcard. Disable them and run stereo.

    - equalizer, turn down the bass(<100hz) & 8khz, and up 400hz  and 4khz

    - turn game music and dialog down to ~16%, sound effects 100%

    The rest is how sensitive your headphones are. Pretty much most close back cheap gaming headphones suck. Get a good pair of open backs with everything else I mentioned above, 👌

    As well, if you are a newer player, it will help you to know all legends have different footstep sounds, it would be advantageous for you to get seat time in each to aquire awareness of each characters sounds, as some characters sounds blend with the surrounding environment and don't layer well, this is pronounced as distortion and merging of sounds on low sensitivity cans(headphones)

    Good luck.

  • cykachu51's avatar
    cykachu51
    6 years ago

    Will this issue be fixed with the next update? Because it totally ruins the game

  • AdmirSki's avatar
    AdmirSki
    5 years ago

    It is now season 8 and I still have the problem. Sometimes I hear the enemies behind walls and 200m away. On the other hand if there is 3 m between us and they are running on the other side ot the wall I can' hear anything. This specially happens, when they are behind me.

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