Audio popping issue

[Scathan]

The problem is, this tool may violate the terms of service if you enable some features of it. So i would not recommend it if the user does not know what he/she do.



Cheers

It is not, in any way, changing the game. It is upgrading the existing WINE bottle (from years ago - Intel Mac era) with the latest versions. Allow me to quote their post (which you can find if you scrolled down on the link provided):

“Today, we're announcing our new initiative - a standalone Final Fantasy XIV app for the Mac. This app will contain everything necessary to get you back in Eorzea as quickly as possible - from a custom build of DXVK to reduce stutter and the latest version of MoltenVK with optimisations for Apple M1. No CrossOver needed.

Since we are now in charge of shipping the Wine runtime, this also paves the way for even more optimisations in the future.“

I hope this fixes your issues as it did mine and allows all of us Apple Silicon players to enjoy the game.

[Larirawiel]

It is not, in any way, changing the game. It is upgrading the existing WINE bottle (from years ago - Intel Mac era) with the latest versions. Allow me to quote their post (which you can find if you scrolled down on the link provided):

“Today, we're announcing our new initiative - a standalone Final Fantasy XIV app for the Mac. This app will contain everything necessary to get you back in Eorzea as quickly as possible - from a custom build of DXVK to reduce stutter and the latest version of MoltenVK with optimisations for Apple M1. No CrossOver needed.

Since we are now in charge of shipping the Wine runtime, this also paves the way for even more optimisations in the future.“

I hope this fixes your issues as it did mine and allows all of us Apple Silicon players to enjoy the game.

If it would be an upgraded WINE or DXVK thing alone then it would be not a problem. But they have also support for ACT, Dalamund plugin and the famous XIV Launcher. This tools clearly violate the terms of service.


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[Scathan]

If it would be an upgraded WINE or DXVK thing alone then it would be not a problem. But they have also support for ACT, Dalamund plugin and the famous XIV Launcher. This tools clearly violate the terms of service.


Cheers

Don’t install those, then. It isn’t even in the app itself. You talk like as if you have tried it when in fact you obviously haven’t. You will need separate installs for all those other tools as it only supports them, it doesn’t install them.

I am just greatful someone finally addressed us macOS users because Square Enix has completely neglected us.

[veeika]

Has anyone else noticed that FFXIV is really heavy on their GPU? My CPU is fine, however FFXIV seems to eat up 97-100% of my GPU and no other games (heavier ones) do this to my PC. This is all so weird, I have not had any issues until EW. After EW I did not have audio problems - some other minor performance issues. But since 6.08 it's gotten pretty bad with my audio.
I have an Intel i5-4460 and GeForce GTX 750 Ti - maybe not the most high end hardware but it has never had this problem before. I tried playing around with audio settings, turned off all unnecessary things, hell, even turned all graphic settings all the way down. Nothing helps, this is isolated to audio alone. I'm very curious what the hell this patch did.

[miragedive]

Has anyone else noticed that FFXIV is really heavy on their GPU? My CPU is fine, however FFXIV seems to eat up 97-100% of my GPU and no other games (heavier ones) do this to my PC. This is all so weird, I have not had any issues until EW. After EW I did not have audio problems - some other minor performance issues. But since 6.08 it's gotten pretty bad with my audio.
I have an Intel i5-4460 and GeForce GTX 750 Ti - maybe not the most high end hardware but it has never had this problem before. I tried playing around with audio settings, turned off all unnecessary things, hell, even turned all graphic settings all the way down. Nothing helps, this is isolated to audio alone. I'm very curious what the hell this patch did.

I actually had the opposite issue before. My GPU usage on XIV wouldn't go over 50% and my CPU usage would absolutely spike. Now, my CPU usage remains balanced (although the audio issue still persists), but in high-pressure areas like housing, the Limsa market board at peak hours, etc., my GPU usage goes up to 80-90%. One thing I'll suggest is possibly switching off Hardware Acceleration for Discord if you have that on, but otherwise I think whether it's your GPU or CPU spiking, it's a direct response to the audio issue.

[veeika]

I actually had the opposite issue before. My GPU usage on XIV wouldn't go over 50% and my CPU usage would absolutely spike. Now, my CPU usage remains balanced (although the audio issue still persists), but in high-pressure areas like housing, the Limsa market board at peak hours, etc., my GPU usage goes up to 80-90%. One thing I'll suggest is possibly switching off Hardware Acceleration for Discord if you have that on, but otherwise I think whether it's your GPU or CPU spiking, it's a direct response to the audio issue.

Thank you, I will give this a shot. However, I've had the same issue with Discord not turned on at all, or anything else on my PC. For a time I thought the game has suddenly become too heavy and tried to alleviate it by not having anything else running. Turns out it doesn't matter at all. Same situation whether I have nothing or several apps on alongside FFXIV. The GPU high usage is constant unfortunately, can't even call it "spiking". But this I can deal with as long as my audio would be fine. I am curious though if there is connection there, or if it's just a coincidence.

[Starshower]

Even after the patch I still have audio stuttering and popping. I'm using Windows 11 and an Intel processor, so it's not only affecting mac and AMD processors. The issue goes away when I disable ambient sounds, so it's most likely related to that.

[Starshower]

I really wanted to replay the MSQ on new game + but the sound popping is too bad... It's turning me off playing this game unfortunately... and my intel processor is quite new... I hope they fix this issue on the next patch, but if I have to wait 2 months for patch 6.1 it'll be really disheartening. I hope a fix for this comes sooner. I even disabled the gamepad features and it still happens!

[Scathan]

I really wanted to replay the MSQ on new game + but the sound popping is too bad... It's turning me off playing this game unfortunately... and my intel processor is quite new... I hope they fix this issue on the next patch, but if I have to wait 2 months for patch 6.1 it'll be really disheartening. I hope a fix for this comes sooner. I even disabled the gamepad features and it still happens!

I wish I could you guys on x86 systems. At least for those on Macs we have a working fix now as I posted earlier.

[Puss_Kat]

I really wanted to replay the MSQ on new game + but the sound popping is too bad... It's turning me off playing this game unfortunately... and my intel processor is quite new... I hope they fix this issue on the next patch, but if I have to wait 2 months for patch 6.1 it'll be really disheartening. I hope a fix for this comes sooner. I even disabled the gamepad features and it still happens!

did you post your system information, the issue is fixed barring some Computer specific configuration(app/driver compatibility) concerns.