Oh, trust me, I dive in, too. The 'White Noise' as I call it in the background actually helps me to focus.
Total silence is just as distracting as really loud or repetitive noises. That's on top of it making me feel cut off and alone. Silence messes with my head.
I keep the sound on.
I play with multiple Sims at once, and one I focus on one, I still want to hear what any cues with the others I'm not focused on.
One of my Sims died by Murphy bed when I was playing a Sim further away. I exited out of the game, and made sure to let that happen again.
When I'm building I'm watching something on my second monitor so I don't really need the sound... But it's a must for live mode. Playing the game with headphones on is really a different experience. I had headphones on so immersed watching my sim jog at night listening to his free earbuds when GREG comes barreling down the path behind him. I screamed because I wasn't expecting to see him outside of his space. lol Just something I might have missed without sound.
I just read a thread and someone mentioned how hard it was to play the without sounds on and I got to wondering if I'm the minority.
I almost always (as in 95% of the time) have the sound off when I'm in the game. Well, the sounds aren't "off" per se, but I don't have my headset on and I keep those plugged in 24/7 for work. So if I don't have my headset on, I don't hear the game. And if I have my headset on, I also can't hear what's going on outside my room and therefore would probably miss the RL toddler getting into something she should NOT be getting into! (Like pulling my decorations down off a shelf over the sofa, which was this weeks obsession with her!)
I always have my earphones with me so I listen to audio from computer like 90% of the time. My earphones are open back so I can still hear outside noise pretty easily.
And I do like listening to the sounds from the game.
I had a hard time playing TS4 when I had a problem with my speakers. I love the audio - adds to the experience and makes it richer.
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The only time I game with the sound off is if I'm playing a handheld in a public place, and that's only to be courteous to others who may not want to hear blaring game music while they're on the bus or in a waiting room or wherever. Not everyone can get with the dulcet tones of 8-bit instrumentals, after all...
I've turned off all in game music, such as stereos. Even when sims go dancing I will not hear what they hear. But I kept on all other sounds I think. I'm not sure why I turned music off, maybe I just wanted to turn off BB/CAS/Loading screens music.
I play with headset...If its on or off , depens on what my sims are doing , i dont fancy to hear violin practise....
My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
I also have a toddler and can really only play in the living room. We have a big tv so I'll have my game going on one side of the TV and paw patrol for her on the otherside.
I have the overall volume of the game turned down with the music muted. You can barely hear it. When I am just building I mute the master volume.
Depends. I always play games with my headset on so outward noise is not an issue. Generally I like to have the sound effects on but I am playing the game in windowed fullscreen and alt+tab a lot for I often do other things simultaneously. It's not uncommon for me to mute the in-game music if I want to listen to something else. Sometimes I even watch Youtube at the same time with the picture-in-picture feature. When needed I might make all game sounds very low and sometimes even mute them altogether. However, most of the time I do want to hear the sound effects at least. Music gets muted the most.
Nope! I don't need to hear everying over and over and over again.
I almost never use sound. I sit in the same room with my mother. If the TV isn't on, she might be reading aloud for us to enjoy the same book. I have trouble remembering we can adjust their voices when I create a new sim, and that's pretty much the only time I have the sound on.
Also, my dog objects to hearing voices coming from the laptop; he gets twitchy and starts looking for the intruder, sweet boy.
Nope! I don't need to hear everying over and over and over again.
I rarely ever turn the sound on. I usually get let my sims do whatever they want while I’m watching TV. After a while you kinda know what sounds they’ll be making, so it does get a little old after a while. I only unmute if I want to listen to the sim radio or set voice type (if I’m in the mood).
Music is turned off. I spend too long at a time in CAS or Build/Buy, and it drives me nuts after a while. Everything else is adjusted to different levels. As others have said, the audio cues get my attention when something is happening, and since I like to play with a lot going on, those cues are important!
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Total silence is just as distracting as really loud or repetitive noises. That's on top of it making me feel cut off and alone. Silence messes with my head.
I play with multiple Sims at once, and one I focus on one, I still want to hear what any cues with the others I'm not focused on.
One of my Sims died by Murphy bed when I was playing a Sim further away. I exited out of the game, and made sure to let that happen again.
When I'm building I'm watching something on my second monitor so I don't really need the sound... But it's a must for live mode. Playing the game with headphones on is really a different experience. I had headphones on so immersed watching my sim jog at night listening to his free earbuds when GREG comes barreling down the path behind him. I screamed because I wasn't expecting to see him outside of his space. lol Just something I might have missed without sound.
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I always have my earphones with me so I listen to audio from computer like 90% of the time. My earphones are open back so I can still hear outside noise pretty easily.
And I do like listening to the sounds from the game.
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
I have the overall volume of the game turned down with the music muted. You can barely hear it. When I am just building I mute the master volume.
Also, my dog objects to hearing voices coming from the laptop; he gets twitchy and starts looking for the intruder, sweet boy.
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