arunav Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) There has been an audio bug in GSF for a while now. It periodically removes all sound, and often doesn't come back for several minutes at a time. This obviously very directly impacts the ability to fly a ship properly, because of the lack of audio for incoming missiles, abilities other ships are using, a player's own weapon audio, companion warnings, etc. Please fix this in a patch soon. Edited August 7, 2021 by arunav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Yep, both my wife and I get it too and it’s not our system drivers or hardware because we have different types of sound chips. I’ve even tested this on a sound card to make sure it’s not the motherboard chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demotivator Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 It's really GSF. My audio went off a few seconds in and went back as soon as I exited the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlin Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) YES. That is so annoying. I recon everybody suffers from it. it is tough to predict when it happens..and when it stops happening. It hasn't always been there..but it has been there for a long time. Iexperience it like 1 match out of 10 or so. It is almost never gone the whole match though. Sometimes, I think it is more likely to happen if you do lots of alt-tabbing while match is about to begin. Sometimes, it happens regardless of your alt tabbings. Often, but not always, you get fixed by dying. Edited August 7, 2021 by Stradlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTergon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 lol, i've had it happen, but as no one ever mentioned it, i thought it was my system. Good to know it's not though Hopefully they can fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlin Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Made a bug report post https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9963181#post9963181 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRKMSN Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 It hasn't always been there..but it has been there for a long time. It was happening even when GSF first came out. When it happens, once I die, I'll open up preferences, go to sound and uncheck the enable sound box, apply, close the menu, open the menu, check the enable sound box, apply, close. This often gets it back, but not always. Sometimes you just have to wait and it returns. If they can't figure out a fix for this, maybe they need to add better visuals for missile locks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirorx Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Happens to me too. Hit Ctrl+S and it will reset the sound and work again. give it like 3-5 seconds to work. Sometimes I got to try it twice. Edited August 7, 2021 by kirorx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kass Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Bug that deselects the Main Audio in Preferences. Happened to me as well, and didn't fix itself, so when I closed client and relogged, I went poking around first through Preferences and found the "Sound: GENERAL > ENABLE SOUND" Deselected. Re-selected it and haven't had any issue since. (Seems intermittent, because I've tried GSF afterward later on and it didn't kill the audio) **(Also posted to Bug Report thread mentioned previously) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakhathKilrathi Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 This bug has existed since GSF dropped so I'm not hopeful it gets fixed. The workaround that (usually) works for me is to disable and then reenable sound when i notice it (either via preferences or hitting ctrl+s with the former being my preferred method). Then it usually comes back the next time you die and respawn. That's not foolproof, but it does usually work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunav Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) This bug has existed since GSF dropped so I'm not hopeful it gets fixed. The workaround that (usually) works for me is to disable and then reenable sound when i notice it (either via preferences or hitting ctrl+s with the former being my preferred method). Then it usually comes back the next time you die and respawn. That's not foolproof, but it does usually work. I've played GSF off and on since it was put in the game, but never had the audio go out before the past year or so. The workaround in your post didn't result in the sound coming back. I tried it in multiple matches today. My estimation is it happens in about a quarter of matches I queue for now. Usually, the audio comes back on a different ship (not always, though), but if I don't die, the match will proceed without sound. Edited August 8, 2021 by arunav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakhathKilrathi Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I've played GSF off and on since it was put in the game, but never had the audio go out before the past year or so. The workaround in your post didn't result in the sound coming back. I tried it in multiple matches today. My estimation is it happens in about a quarter of matches I queue for now. Usually, the audio comes back on a different ship (not always, though), but if I don't die, the match will proceed without sound. That's actually really interesting and I wonder what the difference is. Timing, maybe? Or it could be a hardware difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRKMSN Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 That's actually really interesting and I wonder what the difference is. Timing, maybe? Or it could be a hardware difference. For me, it might happen twice in the same day and then I might go 50 matches with no problem. Maybe we should start paying attention to other things we have running on our PCs at the same time as the game when it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalunacat Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Happened to me as well, really annoying bug. Can't really do gsf without sound. For me sound came back eventually without me doing anything. Please fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) What’s really frustrating is when the sound bug makes your computer lock up and crash. Then you get a 15min pvp lock out for GSF and normal pvp. It’s pretty freaking annoying as Bioware knows this sound bug can make your game and system crash and then they penalise you for it when it does. I haven’t played for over a month and logged in to only do some GSF and pvp. Now I’m stuck twiddling my thumbs for 15 mins because Bioware won’t or can’t fix a bug. BIOWARE REMOVE THE DESERTER LOCK OUT FROM GSF TILL YOU FIX YOUR GAME! Edited August 13, 2021 by TrixxieTriss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardrossan Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 This bug has existed since GSF dropped so I'm not hopeful it gets fixed. The workaround that (usually) works for me is to disable and then reenable sound when i notice it (either via preferences or hitting ctrl+s with the former being my preferred method). Then it usually comes back the next time you die and respawn. That's not foolproof, but it does usually work. this works better in between matches. idk that it would call this a "game-breaking" bug though. it's annoying, sure, but not that big a deal. More annoying imo is the bug where your mouse cursor disappears when the win/loss board pops up at the end of the match. Caused by respawning just as the match ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 this works better in between matches. idk that it would call this a "game-breaking" bug though. it's annoying, sure, but not that big a deal. More annoying imo is the bug where your mouse cursor disappears when the win/loss board pops up at the end of the match. Caused by respawning just as the match ends. It’s game breaking when it locks up your computer while trying to fix the it. Then you have to restart and you get a deserter lockout for 15 mins. Sometimes this can happen in multiple games a day and other times it doesn’t. I had it happen 3 times in one day, which equates to being locked out for 45 mins when I only had 2.5 hours to play. It’s extremely game breaking and frustrating. I’ve not played the game again since. There are other games with less bugs and less irritating features that don’t have lock outs (like SW Squadron). I’ve been spending my time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardGR Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I thought it was a problem of my pc, but it seems no. In a random round you are hearing the "mute" sound (the sound in which the speakers mute) and in another round the sound come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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