How to stop the blue smoke memento noise?

NeoniKa · February 20

There's a blue smoke memento or emote that I've seen lots of players using with a continuous low humming noise that can be really disturbing after a while. I don't own it so I can't tell the name, but I made a capture to show. The thing is that it seems to be a permanent action, I never saw it disappear on any player using it. I'm not sure if the player knows about the noise it produces, but I guess they don't or they wouldn't be using it. Since this is a multiplayer game, I think that this kind of permanent noisy actions shouldn't happen, but since it does, I'd really like to know if there's a way at my end to disable this kind of sounds from other players permanent mementos. I usually play with headphones and that humming can be listening really far, and when there are many players using it simultaneously it's really takes over everything else.

This is how it looks:

fizl101 · February 20

I think its from a quest reading here - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/366520/blue-mist-around-characters-feet-ps4-na-solved

NeoniKa · February 20

fizl101 wrote: »

I think its from a quest reading here - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/366520/blue-mist-around-characters-feet-ps4-na-solved

Oh! So it's a bug. Ok! Makes more sense now. I hope it gets fixed then.

btw... I see that the problem was reported in 2017 but there's really a lot of players still stuck with it.

Major_Toughness · February 21

NeoniKa wrote: »

fizl101 wrote: »

I think its from a quest reading here - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/366520/blue-mist-around-characters-feet-ps4-na-solved

Oh! So it's a bug. Ok! Makes more sense now. I hope it gets fixed then.

btw... I see that the problem was reported in 2017 but there's really a lot of players still stuck with it.

They choose to have it.

Because it's different, they think it looks cool, fits their outfit etc.

NeoniKa · February 21

Major_Toughness wrote: »

NeoniKa wrote: »

fizl101 wrote: »

I think its from a quest reading here - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/366520/blue-mist-around-characters-feet-ps4-na-solved

Oh! So it's a bug. Ok! Makes more sense now. I hope it gets fixed then.

btw... I see that the problem was reported in 2017 but there's really a lot of players still stuck with it.

They choose to have it.

Because it's different, they think it looks cool, fits their outfit etc.

Seems odd to me that someone opts to run around deliberately with that noisy thing, unless they aren't playing with sound. It doesn't even look cool and I don't remember to ever see a case that would look like it was planned as part of the outfit.

I think it's disturbing (on headphones) and I only have to deal with that noise when I go to Vivec (there are always players there "wearing" that thing) or when I'm matched with someone in a group using it. I can't even imagine how disgusting would be to permanently have that noise on background while playing.

NeoniKa · March 4

Is there any chance for this issue to get fixed soon?

There are already so many players using that blue smoke bug and it's so loud... really unbearable while using headphones. I need to constantly mute the sound when there's some player close using it. An option to mute other players sound effects would be absolutely perfect.

fizl101 · March 4

It isn't a bug, they are deliberately not completing the quest to keep it as they like it

NeoniKa · March 4

fizl101 wrote: »

It isn't a bug, they are deliberately not completing the quest to keep it as they like it

On the link you shared a few days ago the player stuck with that blue smoke thing is saying that he couldn't fix the problem. That's why I thought it was a bug. But it really looks like a memento. The weird thing is that when you are close to someone with that blue smoke seems that it never disappears, while mementos have a limited time.

Bug or not it would be really nice if we could disable that sound. In fact an option to disable other players sound effects could also be nice for trumpets for example.

fizl101 · March 4

NeoniKa wrote: »

fizl101 wrote: »

It isn't a bug, they are deliberately not completing the quest to keep it as they like it

On the link you shared a few days ago the player stuck with that blue smoke thing is saying that he couldn't fix the problem. That's why I thought it was a bug. But it really looks like a memento. The weird thing is that when you are close to someone with that blue smoke seems that it never disappears, while mementos have a limited time.

Bug or not it would be really nice if we could disable that sound. In fact an option to disable other players sound effects could also be nice for trumpets for example.

They fixed it by completing the quest, its not a memento. I dont particularly notice the sound even on headphones (I’m on console so may have slightly different options) but maybe check if adjusting something like environmental sounds volume takes the edge off it

NeoniKa · March 4

fizl101 wrote: »

NeoniKa wrote: »

fizl101 wrote: »

It isn't a bug, they are deliberately not completing the quest to keep it as they like it

On the link you shared a few days ago the player stuck with that blue smoke thing is saying that he couldn't fix the problem. That's why I thought it was a bug. But it really looks like a memento. The weird thing is that when you are close to someone with that blue smoke seems that it never disappears, while mementos have a limited time.

Bug or not it would be really nice if we could disable that sound. In fact an option to disable other players sound effects could also be nice for trumpets for example.

They fixed it by completing the quest, its not a memento. I dont particularly notice the sound even on headphones (I’m on console so may have slightly different options) but maybe check if adjusting something like environmental sounds volume takes the edge off it

It doesn't work. I already set the environmental sounds volume to zero. The only solution for now is to mute all, or don't go to populated zones and don't group with players using that noisy smoke.

The quest completion doesn't seem to have been a proper fix, because it's still happening out of quest.

TaSheen · March 5

Those who have it are deliberately not completing the quest in order to keep the effect active.

NeoniKa · April 14

This really needs to be fixed. Because more and more players are using this thing and the continued noise that it spreads far and wide can be quite disturbing for gamers who use headphones.

If that's really caused by some quest, I think it shouldn't be heard by other players. Or we should have the option to disable other players' sound effects, or, at the very least, stop hearing other players' noise if we block them. I wouldn't mind blocking every player I encounter with this effect. It could be a good solution.

Ezhh · April 14

NeoniKa wrote: »

It doesn't work. I already set the environmental sounds volume to zero.

What you need to turn down is "effects volume". That will remove the sound for you.

NeoniKa · April 14

Ezhh wrote: »

NeoniKa wrote: »

It doesn't work. I already set the environmental sounds volume to zero.

What you need to turn down is "effects volume". That will remove the sound for you.

Yes, that's the problem. I'd like to keep the sound from my character but disable the noise from other players' characters when I'm using headphones. Like that annoying sound of the blue smoke or even other emotes and mementos.

Dack_Janiels · April 14

Have you tried queuing into a battleground to see if that would remove it?

katanagirl1 · April 15

Not quite as loud as the guy I saw at dolmens recently who I think was using the Bookmado emote. That thing was thundering loud and lasts forever. Ugh.

NeoniKa · November 14

For some weird reason this blue smoke thing, instead of being fixed, is again plaguing the game. Can we at least have an option to permanently disable other players noises, so we aren't forced to disable all sounds when someone is in our group or close annoying everybody with this smoke on feet?

I was told that this noisy smoke comes from a solo quest. So, why isn't this quest fixed yet? And why do I need to listen to noises from other player's quests? I'm pretty sure I don't have that quest activated.

By the way, I think one easy solution for this and even for the Coldharbour Recall noise, could be to mute the players that we add to the ignore list. It would be perfect!