No sound except character voices in WvW

No sound except character voices in WvW

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Posted by: Eremoo.2785

Eremoo.2785

Hello this problem just started today, I have sound outside of WvW (voices, weapons, spells etc) but once I join WvW, I can only hear some select character voices (like “might makes me right”), no other sound. I tried relogging out and back in but didn’t help..but I didn’t completely restart the game, just went to the character select screen.

Later on I’ll try restart the game, but WvW queues are too long to do it now.

If you know a fix, please let me know

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Posted by: Eremoo.2785

Eremoo.2785

it seems that a game restart fixed it..nevermind I suppose

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Posted by: Bish.8627

Bish.8627

I posted mine in bugs, but I will tell my story of this same problem here too.

Playing WvW, sound will seem to give up, unless back at starting area. Now and then you will hear the odd sound, but for the most part no sounds will play at all. Sometimes the sounds even crash and loop, lightning especially I noticed.

My hardware is pretty high end, so it isnt processing. I have a 7.1 set up and that, for a modern game really should not be the reason. Especially as 7.1 headsets are fast growing in popularity.

Restarting does fix it, but when your server has 2 hour que times to get in to wvw, that isnt an answer IMO, and it is happening frequently.

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Posted by: Bish.8627

Bish.8627

Yet again it strikes! Log in this morning to do some gathering, ran about on my warrior, nothing wrong.

Log in to my engineer, see an event, join in, sound vanishes partially. No footsteps, jump sounds, or shots from pistols. Soon enough, no music, no enemy sounds only the very rare character dialogue.

This has honestly become irritating to the point I dont want to play the game! Please fix this bug soon, I have tried everything my end.

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Posted by: Bish.8627

Bish.8627

Sorry for tripple posting, but just to confirm, this is fixed with the latest patch.

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Posted by: Keenan Sieg

Keenan Sieg

Sound Designer

Thanks for the follow-up, Bish. This is a rare occurrence issue that we made efforts to eliminate in the last patch through a series of engine optimizations. There are many variables that cause this problem, but the most significant culprit should be out of the running now. If you experience it again, please let us know!