Constant audio skipping
By
Demon_Flare,
Posted on: 2012-08-25 12:47 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Did you use the Drivers that came with the motherboard? Try going here if you don't have the disk. http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.us...=B75M&o=Win764
GT430 is a fairly low end video card yet you have Windows 7 Ultimate?
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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I already downloaded the drivers from there. Didn't help.|
Originally Posted by newchemicals
Did you use the Drivers that came with the motherboard? Try going here if you don't have the disk. http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.us...=B75M&o=Win764
GT430 is a fairly low end video card yet you have Windows 7 Ultimate? |
And why wouldn't I have windows 7 regardless of what video card I had?
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Yea, that was a stupid comment.|
Originally Posted by Toony
And why wouldn't I have windows 7 regardless of what video card I had?
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Have you tried defragging the game files. Maybe it's a problem with choppy drive access.
Have you checked out your system's latency? Here is a simple testing tool for that.
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"Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes"
Probably not related, but I'd turn that off as it seems to solve other issues (from what I've heard on here).
Drivers came to mind too, but even with a new system that Defrag idea wouldn't hurt. Neither would a game repair. Goto Launcher, click the arrow next to the City, and choose Repair just in case you've got a damaged file.
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I'm not sure what the latency meter means. It's all green and very consistent, though.|
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Yea, that was a stupid comment.
Have you tried defragging the game files. Maybe it's a problem with choppy drive access. Have you checked out your system's latency? Here is a simple testing tool for that. |
I tried a complete reinstall of the game, same issues.
And if it's the drivers, I wouldn't know where to get any more recent ones because these are the latest drivers on Asrocks site for this board.
Try going to reaktek. These are more current.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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Tried them. Problem persists.
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Originally Posted by newchemicals
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Sometimes older drivers are more stable, but I'm kinda wondering if the sound card being used might have issues since you've gone through complete reinstalls, etc.
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It works fine in other games.
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Originally Posted by WanderingAries
Sometimes older drivers are more stable, but I'm kinda wondering if the sound card being used might have issues since you've gone through complete reinstalls, etc.
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Try to set your audio mode to Compatibility in lieu of Performance. That -may- solve your problem.
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Originally Posted by Toony
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No FX Sound Volume: 0.303 Music Sound Volume: 0.000 |
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Already tried it. One of the first things I tried. Nothing.|
Originally Posted by Demon_Flare
Try to set your audio mode to Compatibility in lieu of Performance. That -may- solve your problem.
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Edit: An update. I have singled out the trigger cause of the skipping. Alt tabbing. I can go a long time with it not occuring but once I alt tab it starts immediately. I tested this in Dues Ex Human Revolution as well and it did not occur even when alt tabbing a dozen times over a long play session. It's either only occuring in COX or it's related to online games. I don't have another online game on this PC to test that theory, though.
Interesting. Some people have encountered video issues alt-tabbing from fullscreen mode. I don't see why it would affect audio, but have you tried running the game in windowed mode?
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Yes. Issue persists if the window at any point in time is not on top.|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
Interesting. Some people have encountered video issues alt-tabbing from fullscreen mode. I don't see why it would affect audio, but have you tried running the game in windowed mode?
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Edit: Tested in another MMO. Issue does not happen there, either. Whatever causes the issue is COX related.
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So...unless my understanding of the tech is flawed, then it sounds like there's a chance that it's an OpenGL issue. :-/
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Originally Posted by Toony
It works fine in other games.
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Those instances are likely related to video card/memory issues, than what's going on here.
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Interesting. Some people have encountered video issues alt-tabbing from fullscreen mode. I don't see why it would affect audio, but have you tried running the game in windowed mode?
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I don't know anything about OpenGL. All I know is I've tested several games and even downloaded a HUGE MMO just to test if it was maybe related to online, but that game has no issue either.|
Originally Posted by WanderingAries
So...unless my understanding of the tech is flawed, then it sounds like there's a chance that it's an OpenGL issue. :-/
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I've played COX for years on older rigs and never had an issue but on this one constant audio. But if it was specifically the systems fault, then I would expect other games to be having similar problems but it's just City.
The reason I brought up the OpenGL is because 99% of the games out there are coded to use the software intensive DirectX, not the hardware intensive OpenGL. IE: why everything else runs fine, but not CoX.
True but OpenGL is graphics only. The audio in the game is handled by DirectX's audio component.
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$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components
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At this point I'm assuming there is no way to fix it, which is very unfortunate.
Since you still haven't posted a HiJack This report, it's difficult to tell what else could be interfering.
Also, I just noticed, playing the game at 1920x1080 on a GT 430 may be asking a little to much for that card at your current settings. Have you tried selecting a lower resolution as see if it affects your audio problem?
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$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components
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I set the entire thing on the very minimum (all graphics at minimum) possible and it persisted.|
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Since you still haven't posted a HiJack This report, it's difficult to tell what else could be interfering.
Also, I just noticed, playing the game at 1920x1080 on a GT 430 may be asking a little to much for that card at your current settings. Have you tried selecting a lower resolution as see if it affects your audio problem? |
Did you want a hijackthis report? Wasn't aware I needed to post one.
Edit: Is hijackthis even a good idea? I hear it has issues with 64 bit windows anyways and isn't accurate when reporting on them.
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You may have to tell us what other programs you have running. If the cause is alt tabbing then don't alt-tab. What program are you going into that you need to alt-tab to?|
Originally Posted by Toony
Yes. Issue persists if the window at any point in time is not on top.
Edit: Tested in another MMO. Issue does not happen there, either. Whatever causes the issue is COX related. |
I went alt-tab out of the game in full screen mode with 4 different computers, from a high end 2500K computer to a rather lowly 3 year old Dell laptop with an Intel graphics card and I did not have this audio skipping issue you speak of. CoH software isn't an issue or it woiuld be easy to reproduce by others.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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I tried 8 other games including online ones. Absolutely none had a problem besides COH.|
Originally Posted by newchemicals
You may have to tell us what other programs you have running. If the cause is alt tabbing then don't alt-tab. What program are you going into that you need to alt-tab to?
I went alt-tab out of the game in full screen mode with 4 different computers, from a high end 2500K computer to a rather lowly 3 year old Dell laptop with an Intel graphics card and I did not have this audio skipping issue you speak of. CoH software isn't an issue or it woiuld be easy to reproduce by others. |
Generally running in the background are
Firefox
Windows media player (not always)
Yahoo messenger
Steam
Microsoft security essentials
And if the only solution is "don't ever let COH alt tab for any reason" then I'd rather not play as being able to fully use my computer is more important than that.
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Now see this is why I like having the elders here, they step in and correct things as they go. ;-)
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
True but OpenGL is graphics only. The audio in the game is handled by DirectX's audio component.
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So I'm a returning player, haven't played in a year. Since last playing I've gotten a new PC and I'm getting one major issue. Audio constantly skips. It's like a strobe effect and for every one second of good audio I get one second of a skip. This doesn't happen at first and just gets worse the longer the game is running. I don't think it's related to lag because I'm getting solid 30 fps in combat with tons of powers going off and the issue persists when just standing around in Mercy Island with 60+ FPS. I've tried updating my audio drivers (those are the latest I could find) and the issue persists. It doesn't make the game unplayable but it makes it required to disable audio because it's so annoying.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at August 25, 2012 00:38 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
System Manufacturer: System Manufacturer
System Model: System Model
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/18/12 17:02:39 Ver: 04.06.05
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Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6140MB out of 8140MB available
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C Drive: (ST1000DM003-9YN162) 707525MB out of 953766MB (74%) free
D Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222BB) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
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Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GT 430
Video Memory: 4050 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.13.142
Driver Date: 5/15/2012 3:48:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6482
Driver Date: 10/18/2011 7:53:14 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASRock
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: B75M
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
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Save Login Username: Yes
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Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
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