# Female footstep sound missing when sprinting with sheathed shield

**URL:** <https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603>\
**Category:** PC Bug Reports\
**Tags:** steam, Report-Received\
**Created:** [April 29, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603 "2022-04-29T21:17:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AlexUtopia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/alexutopia/32/49361_2.png) [@AlexUtopia](https://forums.funcom.com/u/AlexUtopia)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603/1 "2022-04-29T21:17:44Z")

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Game mode: Online official and Single-player  
Type of issue: Bug  
Server type: All  
Mods?: No  
Edition: Steam

## Bug Description:

With the option ‘show sheathed weapons’ switched on, female characters have a different sprinting animation when a shield is equipped and sheathed on their back (presumably to avoid the elbows clipping through the shield) but that animation doesn’t have any footstep sound in my game. With shields on their back every female sprints absolutely silently. The bug only affects female characters in the Exiled Lands and on Siptah, both single player and in various online modes.

## Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a new game, select a female character and start
2. Open Admin Panel spawn a shield
3. Make sure to have the option for sheathed weapons activated
4. Equip shield, sheathe it to your back and sprint

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**Author:** ![IPL\_Victim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IPL\_Victim](https://forums.funcom.com/u/IPL_Victim)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603/2 "2022-05-01T14:06:06Z")

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reproduced, online private (IoS)

Tested on flotsam wood foundations (easier to hear footstep ‘thumps’)

Normal jog  
no shield: footsteps  
with shield: footsteps

Sprint  
no shield: footsteps  
with shield: **no footsteps**

Truly an odd interaction there.

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**Author:** ![Pliskin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/pliskin/32/85586_2.png) [@Pliskin](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Pliskin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603/3 "2022-05-02T09:18:29Z")

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Greetings Exile,

Thank your report. We passed the information to our team for them to check.

Let us know if you encounter any other issues!

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**Author:** ![Pliskin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/pliskin/32/85586_2.png) [@Pliskin](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Pliskin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/female-footstep-sound-missing-when-sprinting-with-sheathed-shield/192603/4 "2022-05-02T09:18:34Z")

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