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Earmuff mode is an option in Settings which allows for volume of other users not in your distance or view angle to be lowered using an earmuff. The earmuff is a region around the user, usually shaped like a cone or a sphere.

The main use case of the earmuff is being able to hear users closer to you better, when there are too many overlapping voices in the world.

How it works

The earmuff is composed out of two shapes — a cone, and a sphere.

There are 6 settings that controll the earmuff: Volume Attenuation, Directionality, Distance, Angle, Transition Start, Transition Range.

Distance, Transition Start, and Transition Range are scaled with the user.

The Volume Attenuation controls how loud voices outside the earmuff will be. Setting to 0% will cause them to be muted completely.
The Distance controls the radius of the cone, in meters. Voices beyond this radius plus Transition Start will always be attenuated.
The Directionality controls how small the sphere of the earmuff is. When it's set to to 1, the sphere is as small as possible (meaning the earmuff will be a cone). When it's set to 0, the sphere is as big as the cone (meaning the earmuff will be a sphere). When it's set to 0.5, the sphere is half as big as the cone (meaning the earmuff is both a cone and a sphere).
The Angle controls the angle of the cone, in degrees.
The Transition Start and Transition Range settings control the fade transition of the earmuff.
- Transition Start is the distance — in meters — from the earmuff at which the fade transition starts to take effect.
- Transition Range is the length — also in meters — of the fade transition.

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-'''Earmuff mode''' is an option in [[Settings]] which allows for volume of other users to automatically adjust with your view, the main use case being to lower the volumes of users you are not currently looking at.
+'''Earmuff mode''' is an option in [[Settings]] which allows for volume of other users not in your distance or view angle to be lowered using an earmuff. The earmuff is a region around the user, usually shaped like a cone or a sphere.
+The main use case of the earmuff is being able to hear users closer to you better, when there are too many overlapping voices in the world.
 == How it works ==
-[[File:Earmuff explainer.png|frame]]
+[[File:Earmuff explainer.png|thumb|600px]]
+The earmuff is composed out of two shapes — a cone, and a sphere.
+There are 6 settings that controll the earmuff: Volume Attenuation, Directionality, Distance, Angle, Transition Start, Transition Range.
+Distance, Transition Start, and Transition Range are scaled with the user.
+* The '''Volume Attenuation''' controls how loud voices outside the earmuff will be. Setting to 0% will cause them to be muted completely.
+* The '''Distance''' controls the radius of the cone, in meters. Voices beyond this radius plus '''Transition Start''' will always be attenuated.
+* The '''Directionality''' controls how small the sphere of the earmuff is. When it's set to to 1, the sphere is as small as possible (meaning the earmuff will be a cone). When it's set to 0, the sphere is as big as the cone (meaning the earmuff will be a sphere). When it's set to 0.5, the sphere is half as big as the cone (meaning the earmuff is both a cone and a sphere).
+* The '''Angle''' controls the angle of the cone, in degrees.
+* The '''Transition Start''' and '''Transition Range''' settings control the fade transition of the earmuff.
+** '''Transition Start''' is the distance — in meters — from the earmuff at which the fade transition starts to take effect.
+** '''Transition Range''' is the length — also in meters — of the fade transition.