I literally can't hear my own footsteps because my Horizon teammate makes a constant loud cargo bot sound, while music starts playing in the background. How i am supposed to play decently? What is it so hard about not making the music start middle game? How about hiring someone who actually can SOLVE these issues? I'm so sick of this really.

Imagine a game having prevalent audio issues for 8 seasons and no real improvement being made. Meanwhile people be busy moaning because their exclusive skin is being re-released rather than rallying together against ACTUAL issues with the game.Madness.

@rockyboy1998 Is it just me or it's hard to know if the enemy is above or below you sometimes?

Apex is using the Miles Sound system,which is also used in over 7200 other games to this day, according to their website. The same site states this: "Designed for the game Apex Legends, we worked to handle an absurdly complex soundscape, with tens of thousands of audio sources and events required by a game of this complexity and polish!". What does this mean? First of all, a very complex system means that some bugs are very difficult, if not impossible to fix. Then, the issues of the sound engine and tools aren't handled by Respawn, but by the devs of Rad Game Tools, the owners of MSS. Respawn can only try to work around the known issues and limitations until RAD devs come up with patches. So, fixing audio will continue to be a very slow process. Some of the bugs will probably stay with Apex forever, regardless of how much cash or manpower is poured into the development. You have to get used to this reality.

@Redmattgame that's called consumption-based economy - no product nowadays is good if it does not break in a predictable time and in turn, generates additional revenue (people repairing or buying a new one).Soon we might have to pay for Apex if we want to play bug free version, otherwise free version might always have bugs like current ones :P Apex poor version :D

@Cro_Pittt I've always gone on and on about how this game would be so much better if the audio was like COD's. One thing that frustrates me so much when playing this game is the lack of audio.You can be completely snuck up on when fighting another squad by a 3rd party to the point where they are literally standing right behind you.It's a feature that I really wish they would sort out. I assume they will eventually change it.

It's impossible to play with this audio.

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SILVERisSORRY
4 years ago
@aisthebestletterI had the same thing happen to me this past week.

What map were you on?

I'm curious, because in my experience, it only happens to me on Kings Canyon, the footstep audio on Olympus, & Worlds Edge seem to be fine. (playing on XBOX)
DoYaSeeMe
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY This also happens to me more often in this season, especially in encounters Seer and Bloodhound. I can't really tell if the sound is too low or not triggered at all, but I noticed other voice lines missing completely as well, especially those from the teammates confirming that they've downed an enemy. I usually don't have issues with the direction of the sound, but I've had a few situations where the sound of a legend seemed to be lagging, indicating a position that was way behind the enemy.

All these, coupled with the fact that some experience game freezes, crashes or even device shutdowns, suggest that there are memory management / performance issues. I can't recall having any audio issue in Arenas, for example, where's way less clutter, but in BR they do happen , regardless of the current map.
Eshshshss
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@DoYaSeeMeI think this game is just about the "clutter" - visual, audio, bug, hackers etc.

It just is.

As hectic the actual battle field is as is this game.

Thus you just need to adapt, do your best, and at the same time not expect to be like a Marvel superhero who destroys everyone singlehandedly. You will lose and lose a lot because a) that's just how this game works b) other players not always are worse than you actually 🙂

In short - this game is not like e.g. quake where you are intended to pre-aim people based on sound and actually kill them that way. This game's audio just gives you a general sense almost to the level are there enemies around or not. And sneaking from behind is an actual tactic, sure it should not be possible if the person runs behind you while you are not in the middle of the fight and still not hear that, but if that happens during the fight or the person sneaks...works for me 🙂
p.s. the only issue for me is that there are sounds in game that shouldn't be there - e.g. noise of Loba teleporting or people healing.
SILVERisSORRY
4 years ago
@DoYaSeeMe Very Interesting, but yeah, as someone who has been playing since Season 0, I’ve learned to just accept the fact that there is always going to be some sort of intermittent audio bugs, in an online game like this.

With each NEW update comes fixes to the audio, but also has the potential to add a few new ones as well. 🤣
Redmattgame
4 years ago
@DoYaSeeMe I have to disagree as you seem to suggest that there aren't better audio software available than a system described merely as 'adequate' or acceptable by definition or just because of the 'tons of experience' the software has renders any other sound system inferior.I accept with Apex being fundamentally a 'free game' we can't expect top-end & expensive sound systems or servers even but the game generates millions even tens of millions in revenue so is it too much to ask for much needed improvements on problematic issues like audio & servers in the game or are people like yourself merely content with things as the are & not need changing?.Ever since the first season audio issues have always been one of my main bugbears in the game & here we are in season 10 & still nothing has changed & many players are still complaining.
DoYaSeeMe
4 years ago
@Redmattgame Please, name a few sound systems that are comparable / better.
Redmattgame
4 years ago
@Eshshshss wrote:
@DoYaSeeMeI think this game is just about the "clutter" - visual, audio, bug, hackers etc.

It just is.

As hectic the actual battle field is as is this game.

Thus you just need to adapt, do your best, and at the same time not expect to be like a Marvel superhero who destroys everyone singlehandedly. You will lose and lose a lot because a) that's just how this game works b) other players not always are worse than you actually 🙂

In short - this game is not like e.g. quake where you are intended to pre-aim people based on sound and actually kill them that way. This game's audio just gives you a general sense almost to the level are there enemies around or not. And sneaking from behind is an actual tactic, sure it should not be possible if the person runs behind you while you are not in the middle of the fight and still not hear that, but if that happens during the fight or the person sneaks...works for me 🙂
p.s. the only issue for me is that there are sounds in game that shouldn't be there - e.g. noise of Loba teleporting or people healing.
I'd agree but the main problem with the audio in the game it gives a false sense of where enemies are by like with the sound of loud footsteps close by that has you believing enemies in the same room or building as yourself when in fact they are in another building or out in the open.And as other commenters have mentioned listening to the sound of your own or teammates footsteps can often give a false impression that enemies are nearby.
Gabrielmojo26
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Rank, end game, music starts, and then all sound disappears.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/pmbs5o/112_days_ago_i_had_posted_about_loud_music_come/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Redmattgame
4 years ago
@DoYaSeeMe To answer your question would be rather meaningless as I'm no software engineer or game developer but would involve a few google searches which should reveal a fair few systems & I'm not going to spend time looking them up & pretending I know them all.But if you generally believe that MSS is the best sound software for the game & you are content with the status quo then that's up to you.
aisthebestletter
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY Kings canyon. Also Xbox.

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