Hi, I’m one of the early ones to report on this problem, via EBR-215500, and via several threads on this forum, most notably in Version 19.02 - Known Issues . Your reply is the first ever on this issue in 30 days, in any thread, so thank you for that.
- Unfortunately it took me 4 gate jumps (in hisec near Amarr) to have the exact same problem as always, described in detail in bug report above, and with the explicit detail that the sound intensifies with every jump. So, “most gates” is probably an exaggeration.
- It seems odd that a fix would be “per gate”, given that the problem was introduced with a single patch on all gates at once.
- It is NOT only gate sounds (“the Hum”) but also a white noise (for lack of better description) associated with jumps. In fact this “white noise” comes before “the Hum” in order of persistence.
- If one puts the slider for “Atmosphere” at zero, lo and behold: in a long session with lots of ratting it is now the “Ship Noises” that become persistent, as if the audio engine keeps piling up sound bytes to play instead of eliminating them after use.
So gates are merely the symptom.