uncloack/footsteps audio

It took me a few times getting killed to realize what was wrong. Now I know to only uncloak when I know there's some other sound nearby (dispensers, explosions, guns, etc.). I'm just curious why Valve added this. It just seems like a reason to encourage mic spam.

an extra spy check, it just adds to immersion rreally

In a match mic spam won't do anything but piss off your team.

Uncloaking has always made a very loud sound...

If editing game files wasn't considered hacking I'd import "look out mutha ****er" as the uncloak sound

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hacking? Well I guess not, unsportsmanlike maybe as it is client side only and they let you change the looks of classes client side.

just like custom skins.. I would figure that custom sounds wouldn't work on sv_pure 2 servers.

Yeah, custom sounds don't work on sv_pure/consistency servers.  I've tried the MGS "!" sound for my sentries, and some other stuff.  It actually just makes the event a beep -.-

Also, you don't really have to wait for a sound to uncloak......chances are the enemy won't notice; especially if they're distracted (which they should be if you're going for the kill)

Unless the player has really good headphones they aren't going to hear you uncloak. I', always listening for that sound though and I've caught many a spies just with the sound. Though normally I have game volume down enough so I can hear all the idiots in our vent server.

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For this reason, i almost never get on the vent server anymore.