Annoying CHING CHING : V - Skyrim

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:59 pm

Haha...first the kahjiits steals my money and now they stole my bike ! [censored] it !

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:54 am

I think I know the noise OP speaks off.

I come across it time to time. It's sort of a chime-y noise. Bing, bing. I have no idea where it's coming from or why.

Does anyone know why this happens? It just seems to happen randomly. Figured it was trying to tell me there was something nearby or something, but I don't think so. A glitch? Maybe. It doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:30 pm

But I wouldn't call it annoying, just confusing.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:28 pm

The only time I've heard that kind of noise, like a soft chime at regular intervals, is when I have a restoration spell readied in my hand.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:31 pm

Can't say I've ever noticed this....

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:54 am

I've noticed this as well. I use surround sound as well. maybe it has something to do with that. For me its mostly outside of cities and like the OP I can be standing still and not doing anything as I try to place where the sound is coming from. *shrugs*

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:43 pm

Can't someone record it and share it?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:26 am

It doesn't ring a bell...

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:03 pm

It doesn't ring a bell...

Lol!

It's the chime of your restoration spells, if you put your weapon/hands away it should stop.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:50 pm

I've noticed a ringing kind of sound when nirnroot is nearby. Maybe that's what you're hearing?
Next time try to locate where the sound is comming from. If you find nirnroot on the way, take it and the sound should disappear.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:38 pm

Only thing I heard, that is anything close to what the OP is describing is the Enemies unsheathing their weapons, when I enter a dungeon.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:12 pm

I've occasionally noticed the restoration spell sound coming from dead enemies (the sound made when you're actually casting a healing spell). It seems like a bug where the enemy starts to use a healing spell or something just as I kill them and the sound just seems to get stuck. But that doesn't happen everywhere like the OP describes.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:16 pm

Sounds like the rain, which isn't always visually obvious that its going on unless you look at water carefully or really squint.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:15 pm

The only noises similar to this "ring bell" I heard was in Dwemer Ruins. Other than that, no idea.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:25 am

The only noises similar to this "ring bell" I heard was in Dwemer Ruins. Other than that, no idea.

yeah, can't remember the exact location of that dwemer ruin, but somewhere near it, there was a spot where I clearly could hear a ringing sound (no nirnroot).
I tried to pin-point it by slowly moving around, but when I stood in centre of the sound, I couldn't see any source....even looked-up in trees nearby, and at the sky.

That spot was on a road, and roughly 15m wide....moving to the edge of the circle, made the sound fade away.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:06 pm

I've heard a ding ding in blackreach and didn't find the source. It happened once or twice before I finished there.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:18 pm

It's not a nirnroot, and it is somewhat part of the music?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:45 pm

i hate it i use no magic so it not that!! p

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:48 pm

Somebody pranks you with a bike bell?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:15 pm

There is a sound from stirring cooking pots that may be it.
I thought it sounded like some sort of pager/text alert type sound when it happened.

Edit: This: \sound\fx\npc\human\spoonpottap\npc_human_spoon_pot_tap_01.wav

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:54 pm

Lol!

It's the chime of your restoration spells, if you put your weapon/hands away it should stop.

Bingo!

When I first started playing Skyrim I ran around with my resto spell on hand and was also wondering wtf the bell jingle sound was. Its just the resto spell active in hand.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:32 pm

When you hear the sound, look around for a Nirnroot.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:13 pm

When you hear the sound, look around for a Nirnroot.

I hear the sound, too, I think it's actually part of the background music.
A nirnroot sounds different.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:53 am

If it's not the Nirnroot sound, then it is a Magic sound, probably from an active or ready spell. I don't use a lot of Restoration, so I never leave it ready, so that may be the sound too.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:44 pm

Ching ching? Can't you be a little more specific?