Large/Apex dinosaur footfalls are way too loud. Hearing our own footsteps should be much quieter.

[Cocoa-Jin]

Can we change the footfall sounds for Large/Apex dinos for own dinosaur? The constant, loud thudding of my Rex is so annoying. I’m fine with everyone else hearing me thud loudly(though it shouldn’t be the case, the natural shock absorption of the feet would muffle any loud thuds), but please make my own footfalls while walking/trotting sound to me like the footfalls while crouch walking. The current footfalls for sprinting can stay as they are.

I want to reiterate that these changes should only be for how we here the footfalls from our own dinosaur. If the devs feel the need to keep the sounds how they are for others hearing our footfalls, so be it.

[Darth Absentis]

i agree, the sound of the mid tiers is loud enough already when just walking

the only thing that makes sense is the sprint sound, which is weirdly enough when being the actual rex, sounding more silent to me then the regular trot

the foot sounds of your own are indeed way to deafening, though i am ok with them sounding loud for other people if just casually walking or running around with apexes and trikes

[Cocoa-Jin]

Supposedly the devs wanted the footfalls to be loud in order to aid in detecting the approach/proximity of large dinos. They used loud thuds to audibly represent the vibrations one would feel from their footfalls. I can accept that, but there is no need for that when it comes to one’s own Dino.

In addition, those thuds could be replaced with a much lower frequency rumble, with a lot less or at lot quieter thud. That could be footfall sound for own Dino and/or heard by other dinos. One of the best examples of the rumble is already used by the game’s rumbling/rolling thunder sound clip(the one not used with lightening). Muffle that sound a little, decrease the volume, use that low frequency rumble to resonate through player speakers and headsets to induce a rhythmic vibration of footfalls that the player feels as much or more than they hear.

As it is, I crouch walk my Rex almost all the time. Not so much to be stealthy, but to keep from logging off my in irritation. I feel crouch walking should consume stamina, but I couldn’t get onboard with the idea until Large Dino’s own footfalls are made much quieter...made much less invasive to the user.

[Pablo Croft]

First, I wanted to comment on what you said about crouch walking with your rex, and how that should consume stamina. It would be a nice trade-off for all those large carnivores that crouch.

I get it, they're hunters. Not every carnivore is large, though.

"Every" other herbivore of the same size, and smaller (but considered large) cannot crouch. I'm not saying hunter's shouldn't hunt, but make it tougher for the more higher up on the food chain dinosaurs. They currently have it easy enough most times. It doesn't need to be a lot of stamina, just some.

The smaller hunters like utah and dilo for example shouldn't use stamina when crouching. More to the point, the usage could only be for moving while crouching while playing large carnivores.

"If" they just can't get on board with the idea, it's a compromise. Currently, the only time a rex (like a trike) regains stamina is when they are resting only. So, there is that?

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Onto the topic. Yes, I agree 100% with what you are saying. It's all about perspective, I agree, "and" it's also how it applies to a video game, as well. In a video game we tend to over do it in order to make something ordinary, extraordinary. That's what they've done in the isle, but they messed up their POV a bit.

Travelling down the same idea of over doing it, a smaller dinosaur should hear a more menacing sound than the same size of dinosaur, make sense? Adding a screen shake is the only thing their missing, and I wager they'll add that post re-code. ARK overdid this, so let's see how the isle fairs?

Let's look at the dinosaurs in the game. There isn't enough size difference between a utah and a rex to warrant the BOOM you hear. Not even close if you're the rex listening to yourself. The only correct part about that is the fact the apex is larger so it will sound heavier.

But, this is a video game, and they gotta blow it out of proportion a bit for entertainment value. Just went too far, though.