Audio Bug

posted on February 14th, 2010, 12:20 am

So I'm playing on 3.1.1 and everything is fine for the first 5 to 10 minutes. Then suddenly the game sounds start to break up.  Soon after this everything just turns into this loud, really annoying, static noise.

I know it isn't my sound because i was running music through iTunes and that was still playing fine.  The game sounds however were just spewing static at me.  Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

posted on February 14th, 2010, 12:22 am

I suggest just redownloading the Multimedia pack.

Nothing like a good old reinstall 

[Re4_Wesker]

posted on February 14th, 2010, 12:32 am

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I suggest just redownloading the Multimedia pack.

Nothing like a good old reinstall 

Yeah the thought occured to me.  I suppose i'll try that out and see if the problem persists. Thanks.

posted on February 14th, 2010, 12:45 am

My pleasure 

posted on February 14th, 2010, 11:13 am

I encountered this too. Suddenly all sound is loud noise. I think I was in multiplayer then. It only occurred only once for me, in old version of fo (3.0.5a perhaps?). When I closed and reopened fo, the sound was normal again.

posted on February 15th, 2010, 2:12 am

I actually had an issue to, but not like the rest of you. The voice for any ship or station didnt happen, all other soudns were there but not the station and ship responces.

posted on February 17th, 2010, 9:31 am

never heard of this problem before. could you please post which OS you are using and which soundcard you have?

[Zebh]

posted on February 17th, 2010, 9:50 am

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I think when I encountered  the problem I was on Windows 2000. The sound card was integrated in the motherboard (Intel chipset, SoundMAX drivers).

posted on February 17th, 2010, 1:54 pm

Most probable causes:
- Crappy Sound Card (No offense)
- Faulty Sound Card driver
- Electrical Interference from other devices turning your sound into Random Electronic Garble  Are you sure the Breen aren't trying to communicate through your computer?
- Corruption of the sound files
- Corruption of the sound playing engine for the game (that would be a real mess)
- Some little kid spilled Coca Cola over your sound card making it not like Flt Ops.

posted on February 28th, 2010, 5:23 pm

I've been experiencing the same problem.  Playing instant action the audio begins acting strange after the first 5-10 minutes of gameplay.  Some of the sound effects still work, but the music and starship voices no longer work.  I've installed the media pack and performed a complete re-install twice.  I'm using a factory soundcard so nothing too fancy but I've not experienced any problems running any other programs or games.  I have however noticed that the audio problems usually begin as soon as you begin mining for elements during gameplay.  Very frustrating...any more suggestions please?

posted on February 28th, 2010, 5:38 pm

Haveing no problems on this end.

posted on March 8th, 2010, 7:31 pm

Hi,
I've got the same problem as the Gentleman two posts above. As soon as I start mining (or cloaking) all other sounds immediately disappear.

posted on March 8th, 2010, 8:33 pm

Need Hardware specs, or at least make and model to make a determination.

I once had issues with my soundcard so I updated my sound drivers and presto... good to go.

posted on March 13th, 2010, 5:48 am

Still having audio problems when i begin mining, cloaking, etc.  Here is my sytem specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00Ghz 2.47Ghz
4GB Ram
Opperating System: Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pk 1 64bit
Video: ATI Radeon HD 3800 series 512MB
Sound: Realtek High Definition Audio, Driver Date 2/14/2008, Driver version 6.0.1.5567

I tried to update the audio driver software and it stated "Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date"

posted on March 13th, 2010, 6:29 am

Did you try a re-install? it took 2 times for me.