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[Athom83]

Sort of like the chime in War Thunder?

[Lily from animove]

IshanDeston, on 25 March 2019 - 01:28 AM, said:

I would prefer not to be punished for people being impatient and alt tabbing with having noises blare at me. If such a feature is implemented, please let me turn it off in the options.

it's not impatience, It's time investment, like typing MWO related stuff in the Forum.

[VonBruinwald]

Lily from animove, on 25 March 2019 - 07:08 AM, said:

it's not impatience, It's time investment, like typing MWO related stuff in the Forum.

Tabbing out because you can't wait 2 minutes for a match to start is impatience. There are very few people making productive use of that window.

[Captain Polux]

There's a buzzer and 5 second music clip at the beginning of every match.

[Athom83]

- World Eater -, on 25 March 2019 - 08:33 AM, said:

There's a buzzer and 5 second music clip at the beginning of every match.

That doesn't play when alt-tabbed.

[VonBruinwald]

Athom83, on 25 March 2019 - 09:08 AM, said:

That doesn't play when alt-tabbed.

People who tab-out should add the following to their user.cfg:

s_NoFocusVolume = 1

So audio does play.

[Athom83]

VonBruinwald, on 25 March 2019 - 09:11 AM, said:

People who tab-out should add the following to their user.cfg:

s_NoFocusVolume = 1

So audio does play.

But it's kind of annoying to hear everything going when alt-tabbed. Hence why I brought up War Thunder. They mute audio when alt-tabbed as well, BUT sends a chime noise through windows when you load into a match while alt-tabbed.

[VonBruinwald]

Athom83, on 25 March 2019 - 09:24 AM, said:

But it's kind of annoying to hear everything going when alt-tabbed. Hence why I brought up War Thunder. They mute audio when alt-tabbed as well, BUT sends a chime noise through windows when you load into a match while alt-tabbed.

What else are you listening to?

[Athom83]

VonBruinwald, on 25 March 2019 - 09:38 AM, said:

What else are you listening to?

Music, talking to someone on Discord, watching a video...

[Shadowomega1]

Alt-tabbing in this game increases the crash chance by quite a bit. Simple solution is not to alt tab, get the game on steam and shift tab so you can still see the game screen when it goes to voting loading, and drop prep and never find yourself getting bent over by a light mech at the drop point again.

[Athom83]

Shadowomega1, on 25 March 2019 - 09:47 AM, said:

Alt-tabbing in this game increases the crash chance by quite a bit.

Only on the loading screens between the periods of voting for a match and actually getting into the match. If you're alt-tabbed during a period of one of those few second long blacks screens between the transitions, its a near 100% chance to crash for sure. Alt-tabbing during the loading screen after a match while going back to the mechbay only sometimes crashes.

[Verilligo]

VonBruinwald, on 25 March 2019 - 07:40 AM, said:

Tabbing out because you can't wait 2 minutes for a match to start is impatience. There are very few people making productive use of that window.

While I sympathize with your position, don't you think it's a little presumptuous to say you know better than I do about how to make the best use of my own time?

[VonBruinwald]

Verilligo, on 25 March 2019 - 10:01 AM, said:

While I sympathize with your position, don't you think it's a little presumptuous to say you know better than I do about how to make the best use of my own time?

I agree, it is presumptuous. But the simple fact is a large amount of people aren't achieving anything of value in that 2 minutes, all they're doing is filling the time because they don't have the patience to wait and don't know what to do with themselves during that interim.

[Captain Polux]

The amount of hand holding needed is ridiculous. It's QP, you get a match in less than a couple of minutes so just ******* wait.

[Vellron2005]

Nesutizale, on 23 March 2019 - 12:56 PM, said:

Can we have a countdown sound...bout 5 seconds before a match starts?
Maybe then we can have all people alt-tab back into the match before it starts instead of when its nearly over.

I would be very supportive of some sort of announcement system, but it doesn't have to be a sound.. the MWO tab flashing like it does when a match is found would be enough.. Just have it also flash 5 seconds before the counter runs out and the match starts, and until you alt-tab back in..

[dwwolf]

What is bad is a 2 minute wait time for on average a match of about 8 minutes.
A 25% time penalty is ridiculous.

I blame Cryengine and the network package they are using.

[Curccu]

KrazedOmega, on 23 March 2019 - 05:27 PM, said:

Or people could, you know, just have an ounce of patience and focus on the thing they're supposed to be playing and not be distracted by other shiny things.

Watching loading screen or timer run to 0 isn't playing....

Shadowomega1, on 25 March 2019 - 09:47 AM, said:

Alt-tabbing in this game increases the crash chance by quite a bit. Simple solution is not to alt tab, get the game on steam and shift tab so you can still see the game screen when it goes to voting loading, and drop prep and never find yourself getting bent over by a light mech at the drop point again.

Athom83, on 25 March 2019 - 09:51 AM, said:

Only on the loading screens between the periods of voting for a match and actually getting into the match. If you're alt-tabbed during a period of one of those few second long blacks screens between the transitions, its a near 100% chance to crash for sure. Alt-tabbing during the loading screen after a match while going back to the mechbay only sometimes crashes.

Use full windowed and it does not, well at least that fixes like 99,9% of crashes for me.

edit: typo

Edited by Curccu, 26 March 2019 - 06:52 AM.

[VonBruinwald]

dwwolf, on 26 March 2019 - 05:52 AM, said:

I blame Cryengine and the network package they are using.

I blame society pandering to ADHD riddled kids who slurp down energy drinks and except instant gratification... I mean, we have a generation of kids who invented the practice of... sock-pooping... because they can't spend 5 minutes away from a screen taking care of their bodily functions (and the one's who do are inevitably on their phones while passing).

[Nesutizale]

Instant gratification in MWO:
Take out all the complicated stuff, swipe left to kill the enemy....instant gratificatoin

[Racerxintegra2k]

You dont minimize the screen until the pr0n is done. Then you go back to MWO. Playing a sound will just annoy everyone taking care of business.