Whisper - sound notification

Yasmine

Yasmine

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2007

The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]

Anybody could clarify something to me please:
1) under what volume option is it?
2) can it be audible while gw is in background?
3) I am failing to hear it even if I can hear every other gw sound, does it mean a corrupted dat file?

Thanks in advance.

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

1 UI, 2 no, 3 very well could

Dzjudz

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

Whispers don't always make the ping sound. I don't know exactly when they do though.

Sam6555

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

Legendary Punk And The Wolf [pack]

A/

They only make the noise when you recieve a PM from a new person. Such as if you tell someone to PM you in about 5 mins, then log off and back on, when they PM you, you should hear the noise. I highly doubt it's anything to do with a corrupted dat file.

xMinimalism

xMinimalism

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

USEast

Guildless

W/

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1) under what volume option is it?
You can find all sound options in the UI. Menu>Options>Sound Tab. Or, alternatively, press F11 and click the Sound tab.

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2) can it be audible while gw is in background?
Yes. Under the Sound tab, un-click "Mute when Guild Wars is in background".

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3) I am failing to hear it even if I can hear every other gw sound, does it mean a corrupted dat file?
Not necessarily.

If you receive a message from somebody, and then again from that same person about 3~5 minutes later (without any messages within that time period), you will hear the ping. The same applies for when somebody "new" (who hasn't messaged you in said time period, or at all in your current "session" of being online) whispers you.

some-_1

some-_1

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Reading, England

Zaishen Masters [ZM]

R/

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2) can it be audible while gw is in background?
Yes, Uncheck the box which says "Mute GWs In the Background".

Yasmine

Yasmine

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2007

The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]

Thanks, everybody, found what the problem was: I was whispering myself from 1 account to another and I thought that if i relogged on the "whispering" one, it would reset the "new person" counter. Ofc it didn't and thus i couldn't hear anything. As long as gw isn't minimized i can hear the notification sound just well.

Minime The Shadow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

England (south)

Order Of Universal Spirit

R/

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I was whispering myself from 1 account to another
Interesting Conversation?
probably has a use but i cant see how atm

Yasmine

Yasmine

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2007

The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]

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Interesting Conversation?
probably has a use but i cant see how atm
Lol, just to test how i need to set up my sound (so i can notice if somebody whispers me on one account, while i'm playing on the other).

Sam6555

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

Legendary Punk And The Wolf [pack]

A/

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Lol, just to test how i need to set up my sound (so i can notice if somebody whispers me on one account, while i'm playing on the other).
You could have also whispered yourself with your own account.

Yasmine

Yasmine

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2007

The Lost Souls Of Jugdement [KJCD]

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You could have also whispered yourself with your own account.
Yeah, but that wouldn't have answered my question if i would hear if somebody pmed me while i was playing on the other one.

The Scorpion Knight

The Scorpion Knight

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

The whispering sound and the sound when you join a new guild are good haha.

Perkunas

Perkunas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

In my own little world, looking at yours

Only Us[NotU]

E/

I have noticed, once you receive the whisper ping, you generally won't receive it from the same person unless one of you have changed zones, or have logged off and back on.

dts720666

dts720666

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

E/Me

I can't get my whisper ping to work at all. I can hear all other sounds, but not that one. I have had multiple people whisper me, but no ping.

Any suggestions?