Audio popping issue

[Sapheon]

I use an Nvidia 1660 as well and have the same stuttering issue. But I have a friend who uses Nvidia as well and is fine. The only difference is that he uses Intel parts, and I have AMD parts. I have some parts on the way (PC was overdue for an upgrade anyway), so I’ll keep y’all updated if there’s a difference.

[LobsterFusion]

I found a possible fix for myself. Not sure if it’s long term or if the issues will start up again or not. Will keep you posted as I continue to test.

I switched to DX9, as others have suggested and that helped A LITTLE. Another thing I’ve seen suggested either here or on Reddit, can’t remember, is go into System Configuration -> Sound Settings and set “Listening Position” to 100. I did this BEFORE logging into the game and did it on the title screen. I am in game now and set it back to 10 and haven’t experienced anything buggy or skipping.

Like I said, I don’t know if it’s a solution or even if it will be a long lasting one. Will post here as I continue to play.

[minopoki]

No Nvidia here. I use Radeon R9 280, and I'm still being affected with the audio issue. Also, no Intel here.

CPU: AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 280

I use Realtek for audio, though.

[minopoki]

I found a possible fix for myself. Not sure if it’s long term or if the issues will start up again or not. Will keep you posted as I continue to test.

I switched to DX9, as others have suggested and that helped A LITTLE. Another thing I’ve seen suggested either here or on Reddit, can’t remember, is go into System Configuration -> Sound Settings and set “Listening Position” to 100. I did this BEFORE logging into the game and did it on the title screen. I am in game now and set it back to 10 and haven’t experienced anything buggy or skipping.

Like I said, I don’t know if it’s a solution or even if it will be a long lasting one. Will post here as I continue to play.

I rembember testing that while in open world, and no good for me...

[LobsterFusion]

I get you. The more things we all try and suggest is one step closer to finding a solution. Hopefully SE gets it patched soon so we don’t have to continue this and can get back to playing and MSQing.

[Crimson1128]

Looks like they recently updated the "known issues" to include something regarding the audio;

Sound related issues (Added: Dec. 7 5:15 a.m. PST)

We have been receiving reports of sound related problems and feedback. We are planning to fix the sound driver in the next patch for some bugs that cause sound to be lost under certain setups, such as no audio playback during cutscenes. We will check the factors that cause these problems and address them individually, so we would appreciate your patience. We will also check for feedback such as "it's getting harder to hear" or "the sound doesn't feel right" individually, and if any adjustments are needed, we will fix them in the patch as well.

there's a light at the end of the tunnel \o/

[Nastrautum]

Idk if this will work for you but it worked for me.

went to system config, sound settings,

Volume Settings: MV-100,BGM-10,SE-10,Voice-10,SS-10,AS-10,Perfomance-10.
Player effects volume: all 60
Equalizer: Standard
Spatial Audio *this one seems to be optional from what I tested*: ON

changing it all to that seemed to mostly *though not completely it still pops in from time to time* get rid of the static for me and I just adjusted the sound on my headset to be able to hear better in game, hope it helps I messed with my head set for ages but adjusting in game volumes seem to be the only thing that worked. I
never seemed to have any fps drops or freezing during static issues however

[minopoki]

Looks like they recently updated the "known issues" to include something regarding the audio;

there's a light at the end of the tunnel \o/

Nice, but is that patch 6.01 on the 21st...? We'll have to wait 2 weeks...?

[ray_lunaria]

Seriously, 2 weeks for this fix? are you kidding me?

If they give us 2 weeks of free sub then its all fine. if not, then we have a problem

[TaleraRistain]

Nice, but is that patch 6.01 on the 21st...? We'll have to wait 2 weeks...?

Yes the "next patch" comment worries me. There are a lot of us who can't do MSQ because of this.