Sense sound

[Syrena Exan]

Just a thought, but would it be possible to make it so other people can't hear you using Sense? In real life no one would ever hear you "thinking and seeing".

[Lynee'alin]

Since Force-sensitives are heavily linked to the Force and (in our case) Jedi of our Order linked heavily to eachother, I think it is realistic for Jedi (or us) to have some kind of tickle or feeling when someone is focussing to us more intensely, and eventually "know" that someone is right now focussing or sensing us.
The Sense sound displays and indicates this in a pretty logic way.

Then again, I'd say that non-Force-sensitive guests, Hopefuls, Initiates and fresh Padawans would have hard times to feel or even consciously know that someone is focussing on them.

[Halt Arratay]

Not true, sometimes people "feel" someone watching them. And whenever someone looks at me while I'm sleeping i wake up.

[Gabe Alkorda]

Lynee is more correct in this situation.

The fact of the actual RP of it is that Jedi are able to sense changes in the Force, begininng with just their small vicinity, and moving further outward as their abilities grow. Padawan Learners can sense Initiates "sensing" them. An Initiate, however, cannot know when a Jedi Master is sensing them, for example.

As far as the game physics go, the actual sound itself is clientside, as it's just a wav file. To make the ability not call the sound though, would be a coding change, though still clientside (I believe).

As far as what's possible to change and what-not, I'm clueless. That's a question for Master Raun.

[Soh Raun]

To make the ability not call the sound though, would be a coding change, though still clientside (I believe).

Nope, even if the actual sound plays client-side, it is initiated server-side

As far as what's possible to change and what-not, I'm clueless. That's a question for Master Raun.

I don't want to change the current behavior of Sense (sound playing for everyone). As Lynee stated, it has a RP use and it's not worth making exceptions for low ranks / guests for such a small detail.

[Xa'o Zalei]

Well, Drain for example. Should little buggers be able to see when you drain them?