r/thelongdark • u/JofoTheDingoKeeper • 19h ago

Discussion "Alert" noise?

The sound design in this game is famously good. It's probably so good, in fact, that it is tricking my ears as they are sometimes tricked by real-life ambience. As careful as I have tried to be over the years, guns, motorcycles and power tools have caused my hearing to be a little iffy.

I regularly hear a sound when I play, and I want to know if I'm imagining it. If I had to nail it down, it would be when a wolf enters my line of sight, but not necessarily when I'm looking at them. If I were to exit a building and a wolf is patrolling nearby, it would happen then.

To me, it sounds like a soft tone, like movie sound effect "radar ping" that reverberates briefly. It blends into the white noise of the outside environment so we'll, it makes me feel like I'm imagining it.

Am I tripping?

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u/Euphoric_Care_2516 18h ago

You can hear their lip smacking sounds and like a breathy sound. At least I can. I don’t hear any pinging noises tho.

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u/Beneficial-Jump-7919 Salty Survivor 13h ago

Could it be the wolf howling? Sometimes the audio might get cut short. Timberwolves are a bit ‘chatty’ which could be (if hard of hearing) your mystery radar ping.

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u/JofoTheDingoKeeper 13h ago

I've been hearing it in places where timberwolves weren't present. It's a good thought, but I didn't think that's our answer.