Author Topic: Is it normal for Blockland to have faint operating noises? (Read 2167 times)

Freek · January 18, 2013, 09:24:38 AM

I can't think of what these noises might actually be called, but is it normal for Blockland to have these really quiet noises that change whenever you do something. On the home screen of Blockland, it makes a quiet static noise, but if I choose "Join a Game", it makes a lower pitched static noise. Is this normal? I don't recall it happening in the past.

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Freek · January 18, 2013, 09:27:29 AM

NOEDIT: The noise occurs during the whole game, and if I move my characters view in first-person, it makes the noises pitch go higher and lower.

Barnabas · January 18, 2013, 09:52:29 AM

I noticed this too, and I've been wondering about the same thing.

Port · January 18, 2013, 10:59:34 AM

This is not normal.

Altiris · January 18, 2013, 10:59:56 AM

Yeah this happens to me also! The noise is coming from my graphics though, It's like a faint screech sound thn whenever I click start a game it goes away. This has only been happening with my new AMD card so I guess it has to do with drivers (12.11).

Altiris · January 18, 2013, 11:00:17 AM

The noise is coming from my graphics card*

Blockzillahead · January 18, 2013, 11:48:06 AM

It happens with my laptop. It's the graphic card reacting to the screen change.

It happens in Minecraft and a few other games.

Zeblote · January 18, 2013, 11:50:52 AM

It's your graphics card fan changing speed for the new resolution/whatever to match the power needed, you can fix it by using some tool (may come with your graphics card) that stops the fan from changing speed

Torin0101 · January 18, 2013, 11:39:10 PM

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DaSord213 · January 19, 2013, 01:07:57 PM

The TV screen I use for blockland does this. Even if I have my headphones plugged in it makes the noise over the TV speakers, and is affected when I mute/change the volume on that. Doesn't bother me that often, though, as I usually leave the volume muted/at 0.

Rotondo · January 19, 2013, 02:09:28 PM

If you have speakers built into your monitor chances are that's where the noise is coming from. Most speakers of that type are relatively cheap and suffer from interference.

You can test this buy simply unplugging the audio cable in the back of your monitor.

Sometimes this can be fixed by lowering the output volume on the monitor itself, but honestly I'd just get a decent pair of speakers to replace it.

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Unrelated to this problem monitors themselves can often hiss at certain brightness levels, I don't recall why this happens but I assume ghosts.

Edit: to add one more thing, I'm not exactly sure why torque/blockland seems to cause more noises/interference than other games I'll have to look into this some more.

Altiris · January 20, 2013, 12:33:17 AM

Quote from: Rotondo on January 19, 2013, 02:09:28 PM

If you have speakers built into your monitor chances are that's where the noise is coming from. Most speakers of that type are relatively cheap and suffer from interference.

You can test this buy simply unplugging the audio cable in the back of your monitor.

Sometimes this can be fixed by lowering the output volume on the monitor itself, but honestly I'd just get a decent pair of speakers to replace it.

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Unrelated to this problem monitors themselves can often hiss at certain brightness levels, I don't recall why this happens but I assume ghosts.

Edit: to add one more thing, I'm not exactly sure why torque/blockland seems to cause more noises/interference than other games I'll have to look into this some more.

Minecraft is making my card (AMD 7950) give off weird noises as well, so it's not only blockland. This wasn't happening with my Nvidia GTX 550TI so I am guessing it is something with AMD cards/drivers. New drivers came out yesterday for AMD, I will test them and tell you if it keeps doing this. I will do a video also if that helps.

Altiris · January 20, 2013, 12:34:55 AM

Quote from: Blockzillahead on January 18, 2013, 11:48:06 AM

It happens with my laptop. It's the graphic card reacting to the screen change.

It happens in Minecraft and a few other games.

It happens in MC and BL only, whenever I hear the sound I want to quickly hurry up thinking I'm going to ruin the card. I thin it has something to do with the GUIS, because if I hit join a game on Blockland the sound goes away but hitting start a game doesn't make it go away, it only does so once I start loading the same. Same with minecraft.

Demian · January 20, 2013, 10:06:04 AM

My headphones make these noises as well but with anything I do. Moving my cursor, browsing the web, idling, etc. I can fix it by changing the volume.

Tonkka² · January 20, 2013, 12:36:39 PM

Check if your microphone is turned on. It might create some static that can annoy you.