Death message in multiplayer. Quiet and dark.

[Crash *]

When I die in a multiplayer session, it puts me in the outside view of a fellow player or AI. It feels like I'm right behind a screeching turbine or on the roaring rotor head.

I then have to wait a few very long seconds in this noisy hell until I can jump back into a machine.

In that time, I can't hear what the others are saying. And I'm disoriented and stressed.

A dark screen with reduced sound would be nice. Then a single message about why I died. (optional). At least until me and my PC are ready to join in again.

Edited November 8, 2023 by Crash *

[razo+r]

3 minutes ago, Crash * said:

When I die in a multiplayer session, it puts me in the outside view of a fellow player or AI. It feels like I'm right behind a screeching turbine or on the roaring rotor head.

I then have to wait a few very long seconds in this noisy hell until I can jump back into a machine.

In that time, I can't hear what the others are saying. And I'm disoriented and stressed.

As a workaround, press F10 before trying to respawn.

3 minutes ago, Crash * said:

A dark screen with reduced sound would be nice. Then a single message about why I died. (optional). At least until me and my PC are ready to join in again.

 

Message showing by what you died is a server setting that can be forced on or off.

[Ironhand]

5 hours ago, Crash * said:

When I die in a multiplayer session, it puts me in the outside view of a fellow player or AI. It feels like I'm right behind a screeching turbine or on the roaring rotor head.

I then have to wait a few very long seconds in this noisy hell…

Your death experience in the sim all depends on how you’ve lived your life until that point. It’s all part of DCS making the sim as real as possible. It’s always quiet and peaceful for me…

[Crash *]

vor 12 Stunden schrieb Ironhand:

Your death experience in the sim all depends on how you’ve lived your life until that point. It’s all part of DCS making the sim as real as possible. It’s always quiet and peaceful for me…

You are so right. I'm now giving up coffee and donating to animal welfare organizations. When I pass away now, there is a warm light and gentle sounds and lots of puppies leading me to a higher entity.
But I prefer the tip with the F10 map, because I can't really do without coffee.

[Mars Exulte]

The ear splitting noise typical when you die really does need to go. Most of us have ''hear like in helmet'' to reduce background noise while keeping radios, etc. Our audio levels are adjusted appropriately and then when we die we are blasted with painfully loud noise. It is one of the many thousands of basic QoL/common sense sort of things common in most games since the 90s that is overlooked for years on end here.