Sound Issue - Gear Sets

[trex4624]

Hi,

I'm playing on a PS4 so don't really have much in way of technical specifications to report. I'm hitting an odd issue:

Often when I switch gear sets (Open Character | Select Gear Sets | Double click a set), the sound effect oftentimes doesn't play, or plays and gets cut off or fades; like only a part plays. My connections seems stable, not noticing much lag and all other audio seems fine.

Can you check if there is a bug with gear sets audio? Or perhaps something else is going on (another sound cuts it off or makes it fade). It's a little thing, but kind of driving me crazy, I want to know that the set change worked especially when done during the Duty Finder countdown :-)

Also noticed that the message ex: "RDM (555) equipped" shows up and vanishes really slowly. So if I change sets say 10 times (for testing) the messages will continue for several seconds thereafter. That may be completely normal, but figured I'd mention it.

Thanks.

EDIT: One thought. Perhaps it is a volume thing where other sounds take precedence over this effect and thus fade/mute it. May be normal behavior, anyone who has played awhile, let me know! :-)

[Dynratygus]

Good morning and thank you got posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums,

Just to get a little bit more information on the problem. Does this issue with the sound occur anywhere else?

Hope to see you online!

[trex4624]

Hi, thanks for the fast response. The sound issue does not occur anywhere else. Only the effect when switching gear sets. All other audio appears fine both effects and background music. I can't imagine its due to lag/latency, I typically don't have an issue with that; and it happens completely and utterly at random. Not sure it ever happened when I was in a fully quiet place, so am still wondering if its intended behavior and the sound gets cut/faded for other sounds, I have no idea! :-)

Edit: I can probably post a Youtube video of it if you'd like. Next time it happens I'll try and capture.

[Dynratygus]

trex4624, thank you for the reply,

Yes, the sound does get faded out for other noises in game. If you would like to provide a Youtube video that is fine but it is not needed.

Hope to see you online!

[trex4624]

Thanks for clarifying. I've been trying to capture video of it and well, I'm fairly bad at that! I did notice it'll do one of three things:

1. Play normal (that metallic woosh sound).
2. Play kind of stunted. (could also be fading).
3. Be completely silent.

I had just teleported into Limsa Lominsa and changed gear sets and it was dead silent. So I'm guessing it does all of that based on what's happening around. I won't worry about it, thanks for checking!

[Dynratygus]

Thank you for the reply!

Trex4624, no problem! I am happy to help. If you require anymore assistance please post again in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forum. As this issue has been solved. I am going to move this thread to "Closed Concerns".

Hope to see you online!