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[XphR]

As of the last patch, my Warhorns are no longer sounding off when I score the killing blow on a opponent. At first I assumed it was an issue with my Iceferret (as I tried multiple horns with the same results), on further testing however this also is occurring with my other Mecha.

[XphR]

No one having similar issues? All other in-game sounds are fine..

[Alaskan Nobody]

I haven't even had mine equipped.

[WonderSparks]

Upon further consideration, I believe, right from day one of the warhorn implementation, there have been issues; I noticed times when warhorns would not activate, and I believed it was due to excessive amounts of other sounds occurring at the same time, as there was at least one instance where my own warhorn was cut off during its sounding (and I was not killed, which is normally the cause of the abrupt end) when I was firing off several LRM launchers.
However lately (I have no specific start date for reference as I was not paying close enough attention to dates) I have noticed more and more my own warhorn not sounding off when I get a kill (which has become a less common thing lately as I have been playing more for fun than for kills, resulting in the use of less competitive builds that, coupled with my questionable strategy, results in fewer kills) and I am curious as to why. Perhaps there is a coding error that has arisen?

Regardless, it seems inappropriate to have something, that some of us specifically paid for, not doing anything when it should be doing something (in this case, warhorns should emit noise upon a successful killing blow).
I therefore recommend an investigation into probable causes. Perhaps the issue is client-side, perhaps server-side, perhaps neither or both. Logic suggests that all possibilities must be ruled out before the conclusion can be drawn.
Whatever possibility remains, however improbable, must be the cause, and must be corrected.

[XphR]

Also, can anyone confirm warhorns sounding off in the training grounds? I had also assumed it might have been a sound channel overflow so Ive tried a couple horns on a couple mecha. Using just a small laser on a nearly finished of target results in their death but no horn.
Ill run my heavy metal tonight and see if I can wrack up a kill that does not coincide with a shut down(as it would make sense to not sound off at that time{though how cool would it be to sound like it had the plug pulled out mid celebration?}).

[Alexander Garden]

Outside of any potential bugs, there are a couple situations in which a warhorn might not play.

They will usually not play when you've gone immediately into an overheat shutdown. The explanation for this is that the warhorn draws power from the 'Mech. In the event of a shutdown, the warhorn is inoperable.

They will also usually not fire if another warhorn is currently active, and there are some quirks to note here regarding range overlap: there may be situations where a warhorn is playing outside your range, yet still prevents yours from playing in the event that a third player would be in range of both simultaneously.

Basically, imagine a Venn diagram with three circles, where circle 2 is overlapping circles 1 and 3, but 1 and 3 are not overlapping each other.
If circle 1 fires a warhorn, which is only in range of circle 2, circle 3 (who is also in range of circle 2) will not fire their warhorn. This is to prevent circle 2 from hearing two simultaneous warhorns.

Your own warhorn will usually not play more than once if they are in quick succession.

Warhorns do not sound off in Testing Grounds.

[XphR]

Thank you for the heads up on testing grounds, also as I stated I understand them not firing in a shutdown situation. As far as the venn diagram, would it not be more prudent for the person in circle two to be the one to not hear the second warhorn fire and the person who has said horn mounted should be the prime listener?

I will continue to research my kills in game, I wont rule out having scored my kills near the time of others kills as I was not at that time looking for this activity.

Also thank you for chiming in.

Edited by XphR, 06 November 2014 - 06:54 PM.

[Telmasa]

Good info to know about warhorns...they are a kinda neat surprise addition to the game.

Sure beats the hell out of tea-bagging, too.

[DAEDALOS513]

XphR, on 05 November 2014 - 11:59 PM, said:

Edited by DAEDALOS513, 07 November 2014 - 09:16 AM.

[XphR]

DAEDALOS513, on 07 November 2014 - 09:14 AM, said:

Uhh, can I help you or do you as a general rule quote people, delete the quote and then post absolutely nothing in reply?

[DAEDALOS513]

XphR, on 07 November 2014 - 11:04 AM, said:

Uhh, can I help you or do you as a general rule quote people, delete the quote and then post absolutely nothing in reply?

I posted a message related to the topic but then found out that PGI had responded with the solution.. so I wanted to delete my message but could not for the life of me figure out how to delete a message. Can you help me with that?

[XphR]

DAEDALOS513, on 07 November 2014 - 11:27 AM, said:

I posted a message related to the topic but then found out that PGI had responded with the solution.. so I wanted to delete my message but could not for the life of me figure out how to delete a message. Can you help me with that?

I only have the power to delete the thread. But thank you for dropping back in, I was quite perplexed. The moderators have the power of delete but I would not bother self reporting unless you really needed it removed (they keep kind of busy).

[DAEDALOS513]

XphR, on 07 November 2014 - 11:35 AM, said:

I only have the power to delete the thread. But thank you for dropping back in, I was quite perplexed. The moderators have the power of delete but I would not bother self reporting unless you really needed it removed (they keep kind of busy).

Meh, next time I want to delete my message I'll add ''deleted'' or ''omit'' or something like that to avoid confusion.

[Rhialto]

Alexander Garden, on 06 November 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:

They will also usually not fire if another warhorn is currently active

Why is that? I would not mind hearing 2 at the same time, it would mean YEAH, take that! :-) Would that be a problem? What problem if 2 plays at the same time? It must no happen enough anyway so I see no reason to that.

[XphR]

Got to hear my horn again, thanks to the aggressive play of the challenge softening up the targets. It was in my Adder tonight I try the Ferret again!

[XphR]

All is well, it must have been a fluke chain of timing impeding my celebratory slayings.