[publictest] Bug with sound

I have exactly the same issue...

Here my DxDiag ;)

Here is mine:

Same problem. I have a G633, I switched to 3.5mm and the problem was resolved. This suggests the the problem lies with the USB side of things, probably the audio driver.

Okay, here's a weird thing. I have both the 3.5mm and usb plugged in. When I switch audio sources to the audio out source to be Realtek, I can use the 3.5mm just fine, which I just posted about.BUT! When I switched back to the Logitech driver, the game audio is sent on both Realtek (3.5mm) and Logitech (USB) on the headphones (I have a video playing in the background that only plays over the default sound selection in window's audio settings), and in BOTH cases, the audio is now perfectly fine, but only while the 3.5mm is plugged in. Hopefully this helps, or can be used as a workaround in the meantime.

for information : software version Logitech 98.3.27 (up to date). Gaming headset with usb connection

I had the same problem with farming simulator 19 (not bug with bee, but no sound). Devs should fix this bug with an update specialy for Logitech !

Magnymbus I think you might be on to it. I didn't find anything conclusive in the logs and they say it happens everywhere. You guys have different hardware and drivers so that leaves only settings in my mind.

Could you post some of your settings? You can use Alt+Print Screen to screenshot a single window like this. Then paste it into paint and save. The settings in this screen could bear on the problem

What is your speaker setup?

Also try turning off Enhancements and Spacial Sound to see if it makes a difference.

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Since my sound works as expected on the myriad of other games I have, I'm assuming that this is a ME bug.

I tested multiple sound devices and it is happening only with the Headset (Realtek High Definition Audio) device in the DxDiag file. The sound was good with:

MG248 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)

LINE (MG-XU) a Yamaha Mixer sound interface

All my drivers are up to date, always ! I use a gaming headset only. I play at a lot of games and never had problem with the sound.

Before this public test branch, any sound problem with this game too.

I post these files too if it can be help you

i get a metal hum sound when my engineer is walking, like the footsteps...

Are you guys playing in the safe area?

Those logs have quite a few crafting errors in them and a lot of broken deer. I guess what I'm asking is, do you have this problem if you create a new empty world (not the safe area)?

no the bug sound is everywhere (safe area and outside safe area). I tested in local and multiplayer mode. I tested in empty world it's the same ... bug sound.

Before this sound bug I usually hear wind sound when I fly high in creative mode. Now I don't hear wind sound, maybe related to it?

Inside or outside of safe area no difference.

Having the same issue. Only on test branch.

Here's my DxDiag too, using a Corsair HS70 headset.

Edit: was meant to be a new comment :p

I don't use the surround setting, but that doesn't mean that the audio isn't being processed that way before being sent to the headphones, in fact, for the on the fly switch, I'm guessing that's exactly what's happening.

and it's strange because at the main menu of the game, don't have this bug

The main menu is stereo, not 3D positional sound. So is the music, ambient environment sounds, and "HUD sounds". Only the "game sounds" are 3D. Basically, any sound made by a block, player, or impact, that can be heard by others.

Can you confirm if this is only an issue with 3D sounds? Is the music ok? This would be a 3D problem.

My current working theory is that this is a bitrate related problem. Like you attach a high bitrate USB headset and the game detects it on startup and uses higher bitrate sounds and there is some problem in the pipeline. If you attach lower bitrate analog speakers, then the game uses the lower bitrate and everything is happy.

For me, music is ok (main menu and ingame too) ! It's a problem with ambiance environnment sounds, when the character is walking, jumping ...

Yes, music is ok.

only 3d sounds are effected, but the bitrate on both the logitech and realtek devices are both 16bit, 48000Hz

I've tried 24 and 16 bit. There is no difference. The bug persists.

I'm having this issue with a 2.1 stereo w/ subwoofer

Changing bitrate and bit format doesn't fix it

edit:

Having the bit format set at 24 bitrate set at 192000 Hz lowers the sound of the buzzing sound when walking, jumping, and any other interaction

I switched back to the older version. The sound is fine there, so it seems to be a new bug.

Our audio has changed a lot in 0.7. Because there are so many changes, we're still trying to track the cause of this issue. What I'm looking for is anything specific that you guys have in common that will point us in the right direction.

RealTek compatibility is the issue. I've downgraded drivers and now I am running the most current. Is in on Keen's side with compatibility somewhere. Hope you guys get this fixed,

^^^^^ exact same sound as with mine

That's rather interesting. It's like your reverb settings are incorrect.

Can you open Ctrl+F11 and press R to see the reverb settings, please? You might need to use Steam or something to make a screenshot. The game tries to ignore debug displays when it makes them.

Here:

Same as above,

"Can you open Ctrl+F11 and press R to see the reverb settings, please? You might need to use Steam or something to make a screenshot. The game tries to ignore debug displays when it makes them."

Se attached.

Interesting, but it might be unrelated. You can try disabling the Steam overlay to see if it makes a difference. I personally don't use it and I had fewer issues than my colleagues during the audio development. I never did figure out why.

Great!

Hope you will fix it soon so we won't have to disable it.

Medieval Engineers 0.7.1.649EB1

Thank you so much Keen for the quick fix !

I have Realtek audio drivers on my laptop that can do a lot of the 3D positional sounds if enabled. I sometimes use this for other games. How is the 3D sounds in ME different from that? Is it necessary to make it an in-game default if it can be enabled through the audio drivers as an option?

ME uses XAudio2 which is distributed as part of DirectX. This is the industry standard for DirectX based games.

The only mention of anything like this that we've been able to find is in a World of Warcraft forum post from 2011. In this post, someone suggested the issue could be caused by Microsoft's drivers not splitting audio to multiple outputs properly. That person suggests installing appropriate audio drivers from Realtek.

As I have found multiple PC's in the office over the years that never had the basic motherboard drivers installed, it doesn't surprise me that there could be issues. If you built your own PC or didn't get it from a reputable OEM, you should have installed some audio drivers at some point. Likely these came on a disc with your motherboard. If you skipped this step, you may want to give it a try.

I have Windows 10 Pro as well as Windows 7 Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate, it is a DirectX issue for all OS's or faulty Keen API code working alongside with DirectX. For now hit escape > Options > Audio > Uncheck "Enable Advanced Audio" and all the wacky audio problems should cease. BF5 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider with 3d audio all work perfect via DirectX.