Audio popping issue

[Nenue]

Just wanted to add to this to make sure this issue gets the attention it needs. As with most here, I am reasonably certain this is the game. I have tried all the fixes I can find including trying the spatial audio crap. Only FF has this problem, and has since Endwalker early access. The issue is not limited to AMD either, I know a friend running an Intel that has the same problem.

[Lo4DXD]

Same stuttering audio problems for me. I've tried to fix this with changing hz and other audio settings in windows, nothing helped.

The only thing that really helped was installing immerse gamepack (https://embody.co/pages/ffxiv), which enables spatial audio. Nonetheless there is still stuttering even with it, just significantly less.
And I must say I don't really like what spatial audio does - this 360 effect. It's ok with headphones, but I like to play sometimes without them. On speakers it sounds like in an aquarium. And with headphones I'd still prefer original audio too.

More over this immerse gamepack price is pretty crazy for what it does. I'm still on it's free trial, but it will end in about 17 days. I hope this problem will be fixed by then.

About the patch - I've waited for it's release to check whether audio becomes better, but nope - things only got worse. I've checked it by temporarly disabling spatial audio.

It'd be great to be able to switch to the old audio engine (pre-endwalker) in launcher settings as a temporary fix at least.

[crovius]

The issue started with me as well during Endwalker early access and it seems to be dependent on the where the camera is facing. When I turn it around, it will stop finally and when I turn it to where it was before, then the audio stuttering starts up again.

Things were perfectly fine in 5.5 and all other patches up until now. I was hopeful that this 6.0.1 patch was going to adjust this issue, but it seems to still be lingering here and only here as other games do not do this for me.

[Grimno]

The fact people with better computers then me is having the issue has me worried that even if I were to buy a whole new PC with better hardware to just strongarm the issue essentially... I could still end up having audio issues...

Wish Square would say something about it. Like this is now far beyond a few isolated incidents. I've even begun meeting people in-game on Gilgamesh who are also having issues. Spoke out in Endwalker's final zone when waiting for a specific timed FATE to spawn, and when I spoke of it, two others spoke up about having stuttering issues.

[GorthRedsteel]

Imagine waiting 2 weeks for a patch to address the huge bug that makes the game unplayable, just for it to make it WORSE. Like how is that possible? I understand they don't care about us from the west but holy shit - can they at least try to handle it? I'm getting furious as I had no issues before the shitty expansion, and now I get headaches from getting my ears getting assaulted. Constant popping and stuttering makes it a torture. What have they done with the game? "Improved sound" btw

[Dekaar]

installed the immerse spatial audio plugin - 100% fixed the problem and no popping, stuttering and so on as before... deactivating it ingame directly made the bugs return.
So basically for those affected installing the plugin could solve the issue - Downside however - general effect and soundquality lowers thanks to the plugin and it costs after trial version is over

[GorthRedsteel]

installed the immerse spatial audio plugin - 100% fixed the problem and no popping, stuttering and so on as before... deactivating it ingame directly made the bugs return.
So basically for those affected installing the plugin could solve the issue - Downside however - general effect and soundquality lowers thanks to the plugin and it costs after trial version is over

Go to Rising Stones and check how the audios is there. That's my way to go spot for trying out sound whenever someone comes up with yet another "MIRACLE SOLUTION 100% GUARANTEED TO WORK" fix. Tell me how it is for you.

[Dekaar]

Got to Rising Stones and check how the audios is there. That's my way to go spot for trying out sound whenever someone comes up with yet another "MIRACLE SOLUTION 100% GUARANTEED TO WORK" fix. Tell me how it is for you.

Never claimed its a "miracle solution 100% guaranteed to work" - as I said "Could" solve the issue.

without it activated stutter and audiopops, with it activated maybe a small lagg here and there but overall a better quality. For me it's Pandaemonium 4 - if not activated the sound laggs so hard that I could not hear anything of the theme - with it activated I could hear the sound, maybe a small lagg but overall working

[Aylin]

installed the immerse spatial audio plugin - 100% fixed the problem and no popping, stuttering and so on as before... deactivating it ingame directly made the bugs return.
So basically for those affected installing the plugin could solve the issue - Downside however - general effect and soundquality lowers thanks to the plugin and it costs after trial version is over

While this isn't solid confirmation, I have been fairly confident that this new "feature" has been at the root of the problems. I really don't want to have to buy some software just to play the game with sound on again. :<

[Timidity]

While this isn't solid confirmation, I have been fairly confident that this new "feature" has been at the root of the problems. I really don't want to have to buy some software just to play the game with sound on again. :<

I definitely agree, the sound engine must have gone through change in order to support the spatial audio sound through a plugin. For me personally it has remedied the issues prior to 6.01 (on launch), however only switching to dx9 afterwards was something that completely annihilated the issues, BUT game looks awful with those graphics not gonna lie.