Ad Warps Should Respect Phone Sound Setting

[VIP0] Kooz

We had this issue before, but it's happening again. Previously, if a phone is set to silent/vibrate only, ad warps were muted. With the current version of the game, when playing phone ads, sound is played at full volume regardless of setting. This makes ad warps unusable.

Peachtree Rex

What kind of phone are you using? I've seen comments like this before, but have never experienced it myself.

(Android, LG G5 myself)

Amphistaff

This should also go in Engineering rather than the bridge. I turn my phone volume all the way down (separately from vibrate/silent only) and haven't had an issue.

Yateball

Never happened to me, when my phone is silent, so are ads

Yateball

A phone can be set to silent/vibrate only but still have the "media" volume turned up, are you sure this isn't the case for you?

Peachtree Rex

From the google play store, nothing indicates that STT has access to volume controls.

• Full network access
• Google Play billing service
• receive data from Internet
• View network connections
• View Wi-Fi connections

All of these seem appropriate.

I'm not 100% sure on how this list is generated, but I'm pretty sure STT can't manually change what your volume is set to.

Now, if you have the STT application set to "mute" but your phone's MEDIA volume is up (like a previous poster said might be the case) then that is a completely different matter. The Ad will play sound regardless of what the STT application is set to sound-wise. Muting the phone's media volume should trump the Ad volume.

[7TW] UnkieB

This is currently happening to me on iOS with one ad. An ad from Intel for a gen 8 i7 processor. Unfortunately it’s practically the only ad that I’ve been getting recently.

DavideBooks

I've never had this issue. I have a Samsung and play with phone volume off.

Dirk Gunderson

Most ads remain silent but I did get one last night for some beetus medication that played at the regular volume setting. The last one before that was long enough ago that I don’t recall what it was or when.

iPhone 8, iOS 11.3.1

Banjo1012

Happens to me too on iPhone. It’s the one where it says your video will start in x amount of seconds. Really annoying when your baby is sleeping then this ad blares at seemingly past full volume

Clone

This happens to me as well, but only on SOME ads. Most ads play silently. It's a huge shock where you're somewhere very quiet and the phone starts blasting an ad.

I have game sound turned all the way off on this iPhone 7 Plus (in the in-game settings) AND have the silent switch turned on. Either of these things alone should stop the sounds, but don't.

Most ads don't have this error. But some definitely do.

Data1001

Regarding those who have volume turned way down and still hear them, I've noticed this as well, and I suspect some of these ads are increasing their perceived loudness, which can be done without increasing the max volume (basically cutting way down on dynamic range). It's a technique that TV advertisers have used for many years, although usually just local ads since networks won't allow those kinds of shenanigans any more.

Banjo1012

Data1001 wrote: »

Regarding those who have volume turned way down and still hear them, I've noticed this as well, and I suspect some of these ads are increasing their perceived loudness, which can be done without increasing the max volume (basically cutting way down on dynamic range). It's a technique that TV advertisers have used for many years, although usually just local ads since networks won't allow those kinds of shenanigans any more.

You read my mind. Those commercials would jolt you awake at 2 AM then TV people put a stop to it. Advertisers thought it would bring more attention to their product when in fact it angered me into never buying what they are selling