Aigik Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 ...seems to be completely borked. I've had this problem since launch, and I know a few others that I game with have the problem as well. Sound cuts in and out. This includes things like music, speeder sounds, background noises, etc. Sometimes the game will be fine. I'll be on Balmorra, hearing the sounds of war in the background, along with the music, and it's perfect. Then suddenly it all stops, and the only thing I can hear while traveling the planet are sound effects (specifically: footsteps, voice-overs, and abilities play fine). It seems to be any looping sounds that have the problem. For example, a lot of times when I ride the rocket trams on Corellia, it will start off with sound, and about 1/4 into the journey the sound stops, and I watch the rocket tram zoom down the track in complete silence. It can be a real immersion breaker. Anybody else having this problem, and is this a known issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradewindNQ Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Do you use on board sound? Might want to update the driver. I had this problem day 1, using onboard Realtek audio on my P67 motherboard. Reinstalled the drivers and it went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PjPablo Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Happens to me in Fleet all the time. Most ambient sound just cuts out. It also seems to happen when on a planet and you go inside to out or vice versa. Very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbrinegar Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I have only noticed this when on my STAP, youll be hovering along listening to the engines, then all of a sudden nothing. Not a big deal to me, i found it rather funny. Wish at that point my PT would just stop and scream and then say "oh im not deaf from my explosions" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHeadCapper Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I can't remember if it was this game or BF 3........one of them i had to change to 2.1 from 5.1 or i was having all kinds of problems. Might have been SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ituhata Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Alright, so I'm walking by two soldiers having idle conversation, right? I hear them clear as day as I walk by.....its a conspiracy...whisper whisper, whatever. Not my business. So I load up my speeder and drive off, and their voices begin to fade. Then, magically, for no apparent raisins, I hear them as if they secretly hitched a ride on my speeder and have now both decided to speak to each other facing either side of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquiesce Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Also have this issue, sounds cut out while driving a mount especially in he imperial fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racsofp Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Happens to me in Fleet all the time. Most ambient sound just cuts out. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWGVet Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I have the issue as well, its been this way for a long time, and in beta. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradewindNQ Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 for no apparent raisins haha I bet the rest of the post was great but oh man, that made me laugh. By far my favorite Futurama episode only nobody ever gets the reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett-Rinn Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Yep I have this issue as well I'm using Nvidia Audio and it is the quietist game ever with the music hardly ever playing and all the weird NPC voices following me even though I passed them by ages ago. I really really wish they would address this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaade Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The problem as I can sense it is that there's only one soundchannel. I have a headset capable of playing surround and it doesn't happen. Sound either comes in on one side and jumps to the other or it vanish because another sound have taken priority. Or it comes from both sides at once in order to create the illusion of surround. The budget for this game was used on cutscenes rather than ingame stuff that would make the experience feel more immersive. Either that or the hero engine is a load of male bovine excrement that really can't handle something as simple as an 80's walkman could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaZig Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 i have the same problems as you OP. had these problems since beta, sent plenty of tickets about it. The game can be so nice at times, when i have the ambient sounds, the music, the cinematics/voice over all at once, it gets pretty epic but then i will start having the ambient sounds loop or vanish, same with music...i really wish there was continuous music too ... but the worse, the very worse is when i lose all of it except the sound of my footsteps, no sound at all, just footsteps with a bit of echo to it, it sounds terrible. huge immersion breaker for me but i just hope they can fix it or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigik Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 The problem as I can sense it is that there's only one soundchannel. I have a headset capable of playing surround and it doesn't happen. Sound either comes in on one side and jumps to the other or it vanish because another sound have taken priority. Or it comes from both sides at once in order to create the illusion of surround. The budget for this game was used on cutscenes rather than ingame stuff that would make the experience feel more immersive. Either that or the hero engine is a load of male bovine excrement that really can't handle something as simple as an 80's walkman could. Yeah, I had a problem with my G35 playing out of only one ear (the right ear) in stereo mode for most of the game's sounds, the alternative was switching on the godawful fake surround sound that makes everything sound like I'm in a giant cave, so I just use a cheap headset to play this game now. I wasn't sure if it was something on SWTOR's end, or Logitech's end, but regardless, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with these issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaZig Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 shameless bump I'm still getting this problem, i lose all ambient sounds in certain areas, all i hear is very loud, "echo-ish", footsteps. It's almost creepy Windows 7 64 with creative X-Fi titanium if that helps (yes the drivers are up to date ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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