Audio popping issue

[Nommers]

Just sit back, chillax, and wait for the fix.

This. And on that note, Square recently made this post on Eternal Bonding restrictions: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...8c8d4b1d07e380

I never pay attention to these kinds of posts, but some friends seem to think that the density of potential emergency maintenance dates within the same week(s) was unusual. We're already past the first group of three dates. But, theoretically (big emphasis there - I don't want to get anyone's hopes up), they could use any one of these emergency maintenance periods to push a hotfix. It might not be related at all, and even if it is, it might take longer than they expect. We should NOT let ourselves be disappointed if these dates come and go without the audio being fixed. But can anyone who regularly looks at Eternal Bonding restriction posts comment on whether this is a particularly strange list?

Before anyone asks, yes, I am painfully aware I am grasping at straws.

[ClaraKitty]

This. And on that note, Square recently made this post on Eternal Bonding restrictions: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...8c8d4b1d07e380

I never pay attention to these kinds of posts, but some friends seem to think that the density of potential emergency maintenance dates within the same week(s) was unusual. We're already past the first group of three dates. But, theoretically (big emphasis there - I don't want to get anyone's hopes up), they could use any one of these emergency maintenance periods to push a hotfix. It might not be related at all, and even if it is, it might take longer than they expect. We should NOT let ourselves be disappointed if these dates come and go without the audio being fixed. But can anyone who regularly looks at Eternal Bonding restriction posts comment on whether this is a particularly strange list?

Before anyone asks, yes, I am painfully aware I am grasping at straws.

I think checking these are important, so I don't think you are, imho. Whether or not anything happens, it can give us insight to what could be going down. I always take a peek at them myself.

[EvilCoatrack]

Just stumbled on this thread and wanted to chime in because I am apparently the Intel unicorn here. Just built a new system tonight with a brand new 12th Gen Intel(R) Core i5-12600k. Audio drivers updated (from Gigabyte's driver site for my exact motherboard). Graphics drivers updated (GeForce RTX 3080).

Ran a Trust dungeon to test things and audio started stuttering about 5-seconds into a 4-mob pack. Graphics were fine. Turned sound off and did some troubleshooting and, after nothing simple worked, I "solved" it by signing up for the Immerse Spatial Audio trial and enabling it. Instantly fixed the stuttering.

Re-ran the dungeon toggling it on and off to see its affect on my CPU. With ISA on (no stuttering) CPU utilization was steady at around 20% in combat, lower out of combat. Turning ISA off in combat caused immediate stuttering and CPU utilization climbed to 25%. Too bad that the sound effects sound worse with ISA than they did on my 3-year-old rig.

I'm not going to go out of my way yet to find some crazy hardware/software setting fix to get around this.

EDIT: Getting the latest Windows 10 version updated (something I was struggling with last night and hadn't done before logging in to FFXIV) appears to have fixed my stuttering without needing to use ISA.

[TermNerdy]

Dont forget that PS4 users are also experiencing this issue so thats a whole nother mess and a half 0_0

Did anyone on a PS5 report the issue? I missed it if they did.

[Cenne]

Ugh I thought for awhile the immersive sound thingy was working for me, then the stuttering came back. I updated to latest version of windows, and still nothing. I hope they fix this soon. I miss having sound.

[Au-ro]

I cannot play any dungeon without getting stuttering that leads to 5fps. Even with the master volume shut off, it still lags horribly. No issue before endwalker. Only guaranteed fix is hitting the windows key to bring up the start menu and forces the game into the background (switches to window mode). There, the game catches up and the stuttering stops and the fps returns to 60fps. I go back to the game and it's fine until it starts over again.

[Jkap_Goat]

yeah this is really unplayable for me, I can't do trials or dungeons with this audio stuttering, I have to play the game on mute and put some music like FF7 Remake music or FFX or FFXI OST just to make the game bearable

I'm going to be on FFXI until this thing is fixed

FFXI DNC/WAR main on Asura

CPU: AMD FX 8320
GPU: GTX 970

[-BlueGreen-]

Still waiting for a fix...

I haven't even started the EW MSQ. I've tried leveling a few things to kill time, but without sound my motivation is just dead. I wind up playing other games instead. I've only been poking around on the forums to give the money I spent on a subscription some purpose. I've also forced myself through the seasonal events so far just so I don't completely miss out on those as there's no making them up later.

At this point, given the lack of any further official update, and knowing that a client update has to be deployed to fix this, I'm guessing next week's maintenance might have a decent chance to include a fix. After all, they have to include a client update in order to add a whole new datacenter to choose from.

[Baekho]

Last official thing I heard was Soken confirming on Twitter that the fix is already 'in place' and will probably release before 6.1, but is currently still being tested on different configurations... Hopefully that means it won't be too long now


https://twitter.com/SOKENsquareenix/...31647407362049

[-BlueGreen-]

Exactly, that's why I'm hoping they'll sneak it in with the same client patch that adds the new datacenter. I just wish they'd come out and tell us that it'll be included (or not). We already know the game will be going down for maintenance next week (though maybe not the exact timeframe yet).

If it doesn't happen then, there's no telling how long it'll be. They don't seem too inclined to schedule any kind of emergency client patch to address just this. It's really frustrating.