HD Rumble woke my girlfriend

Unexpected normal rumble on a glass coffee table has done this to me before too >.< Set down my controller during a cutscene to quickly duck out and grab my toothbrush while my SO is sleeping in the next room, then it went berserk when something exploded.

In before a ton of "thought this was AI generated."

Nameless said:

I find this more believable than claims of the 'PS4 beep' waking someone in another room.

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Had that happen too :(

Legendary thread incuming.

Bet it did

I hope you weren't playing Senran Kagura Reflexions, otherwise you've got some explaining to do.

There are several ways I can take this...





That is not the way you are supposed to play with LABO.

Soapbox Killer Returns said:

There are several ways I can take this...





That is not the way you are supposed to play with LABO.

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LABIO

She must've thought it was a different rumble.

Terbinator said:

Legendary thread incuming.

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Oh god....

I got told off for playing Bayonetta 2 in bed because the rumble on the chainsaws are LOUD.

You can turn the rumble off in the Switch settings though, even if a specific game won't let you turn it off. That's what I had to do for Tropical Freeze.

I find this more believable than claims of the 'PS4 beep' waking someone in another room.

I see what you did there.

OT: you can disable controller vibration altogether in Switch's system setting

Lmfao

Terbinator said:

Legendary thread incuming.

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Kirby Star Allies HD rumble surprised my brother and I. We were hearing some Green Greens theme thinking it was from the TV, but instead it was coming from the joy-cons day on the table.

dock said:

My girlfriend woke up. Oops.

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Damn green lines. They'll get you every time!

Diablo 3 is real annoying with one boss that randomly makes the Joy Cons go crazy when it scrapes the ground with its swords. None of the other bosses do it, so it was pretty jarring.

Dammit, this is not the thread I was expecting, OP.

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Legendary thread incuming.

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I had the same thought too lol

Bro, I don't want to like intrude on your relationship but have you tried a Rumble Pak? Might spice things up a bit.

I am 31 and what is this

lmao

and no, since my room is on a completely different floor.

Terbinator said:

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LMAO

You may as well add this thread to the vault right now.

Are people that desperate for a joke thread

Besides the title being barely iffy, the op is clear and not talking in innuendos. Keep it in your pants damn.

Giggity

I wonder if a joy-con could be used as a vibrator.

Wait until Rez hits the Switch...

dock said:

There are no options to disable rumble, so I'm not sure I'll ever return to the game.

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You can disable rumble in the main switch settings.

Came here thinking it was a Bot thread :\

If that was a porn hub video title it will have a million views already.

Rez used to wake up my girlfriend. Now that girls my wife.

Use a magic wand massager instead.

Did it turn her on ?

Rumble on Switch is very poorly implemented in too many games.
I had the same problem with a couple games, The Mummy Demastered and Axiom Verge if I'm not mistaken. Loud buzzing that's absolutely going to wake up nearby people, and it's obnoxious in general. I usually turn rumble off completely in such games.

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Oh no.

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I really hate it that a lot of switch games have really obnoxious hd rumble that basically makes a REALLY loud drilling/whining noise and no option to switch it off. Often it's only in one or two rare situations which makes it even worse that it ruins the rumble in that game.

And the only choice is to turn it off for all games so you miss it in ones that have a sensible implementation, or manually switch it on or off in the system settings every time you play a different game.

I actually had to stop playing Arena of Valour because of this, when your ancient is being attacked it makes a noise like someone drilling into the side of the switch.

Better turn that off OP, HD rumble is shit in most games. It's a waste of battery and a useless gimmick, at least it can be turned off *looking at DS4 lightbar*

Does not surprise me. I tried to play Lumines while my wife was sleeping. Had to stop pretty quickly.

Funny thread setup aside, HD rumble is really bad. If you're playing in handheld it's atrocious.

Happened to me too. Disable rumble in system settings.

I wish Nintendo would give the option in system setting to have different rumble settings whether you're handheld or docked. I'd like rumble on for docked but off for handheld (it's just not good rumble, and way too buzzy).

Didnt we had this thread before?

Perhaps go into another room?

Quinton said:

I am 31 and what is this

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Well normal rumble is just a motor which spins, creating a vibration. Basically.

HD rumble uses linear actuators, similar to apple's "Taptic engine" which is what they use for the Force Touch stuff in the new iPhones and Apple Watch. I BELIEVE that these are different in that they are more like weighted electro magnets, rather than a simple spinning motor. This means you can create a much, much more subtle variety of sensations compared to a rumble motor which is pretty much just a spinning motor - all they can really do is produce differing speeds of vibration.

I'm not an expert myself but I'm sure others on here can give you more of a technical explanation of how the actuators actually work.