PC Fall noise is a bit ridiculous

[enragedcamel]

Is this going to be looked at? There are certain things that trigger fall noise when they shouldn't. Dropping a single block, for instance, should be near silent. Similarly, walking on flat ground sometimes triggers fall noise, as does finishing a ladder climb. This makes sneaking extremely annoying.

 

[ArcticPrism]

I agree. The slightest elevation change even from a 1/2 block causes it which can wake up sleepers.

 

[Kam R.]

Reducing drop noise, or noise in general should be incorporated into already existing sneak perks.

 

[Zourin]

Reducing drop noise, or noise in general should be incorporated into already existing sneak perks.

The problem is that falling/jumping breaks sneak-lock, so you suddenly wake up every zombie in a 7 block radius when you stub your toe on some trash, or more dangerously, some POI's parkour stunt circuit.

 

[Guest]

In addition to fall noise being too loud and slight elevations unexpectedly triggering it, it's also annoying that some POIs require you to make running jumps to reach the next area, which means you have to exit stealth and will wake up most enemies that are nearby. Stealth builds are really unreliable right now, and I feel like investing those points in damage output or survivability perks like pain tolerance is a much safer choice.

 

[Kam R.]

The problem is that falling/jumping breaks sneak-lock, so you suddenly wake up every zombie in a 7 block radius when you stub your toe on some trash, or more dangerously, some POI's parkour stunt circuit.

Okay, rephrasing it to more technical terms. Not "breaking sneak lock" should be incorporated into the already existing sneak perks.

Like "Silent running" from old the Fallouts.

Make "Ninja Movement" unlock almost sprint levels of speed at mid to high tier. Make it unlock proper jumping at mid tier as well.

Keep a random chance of it failing and waking single Zs up, slightly heightened but still random chance around feral Zs.

 

[FMK]

While I agree that the buggy fall noise triggering is certainly annoying, something to keep in mind that how loud it is, is influenced by armor. Even at 5/5 for stealth, light armor noticeably increases how much noise you make doing anything if you don't have advanced muffle mods in all the pieces.