No sound from whispers?

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Is there a way to get audio notifications when someone whispers you? I get zero sound

thanks

2

Not without addons.

3

or

/run CHAT_TELL_ALERT_TIME = 5

or some other number in seconds. Currently the default will play the sound again after 5 mins. (300 seconds) so long as you don’t get a new whisper but, it resets the delay to now + CHAT_TELL_ALERT_TIME with every whisper you get.

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4

So by default it plays a sound? Weird, I’ve never heard that.

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if ( type == "WHISPER" or type == "BN_WHISPER" ) then
	--BN_WHISPER FIXME
	ChatEdit_SetLastTellTarget(arg2, type);

	if ( not self.tellTimer or (GetTime() > self.tellTimer) ) then
		PlaySound(SOUNDKIT.TELL_MESSAGE);
	end
	self.tellTimer = GetTime() + CHAT_TELL_ALERT_TIME;
	--FCF_FlashTab(self);
	FlashClientIcon();
end

CHAT_TELL_ALERT_TIME being 300 seconds, if you get another whisper in less than 4 mins and 59.9 seconds then the no-sound period is reset to + 5mins again without playing the sound.

It’s understandable that people don’t want the whisper sound pinging every message if you’re “in a conversation” but the 5 mins seems a little excessive (unless you’re on a raid boss) so maybe it’s reasonable short of some complicted/customisable setup

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Thank you, that is good to know