New Sound Bug

Ezareth

Ok since this patch now several times a day I'm having half of my sound effects just not working at all.

It seems to happen upon loading into a zone and I've only had it happen in cyrodiil(although that could be circumstantial).

Relogging, loading into a new screen appears to fix the issue.

Is anyone else having this issue? I think it has to do with the new out of magicka/stamina sound they added as often instead of the sound effect for my spell I hear that sound instead. In fact I seem to be hearing that sound all the time when I'm not out of magicka/stamina and I'm not bugged but am spamming a spell or spamming shift to sprint my horse.

How can these simplest of changes like replacing a sound seem to cause the most annoying bugs?

Ezareth

Actually relogging doesn't appear to fix the bug, only reloading the client or switching zones.

Nala_

think this is an issue with your hardware or something, i havent heard of anyone on my entire faction having this. i guess its possible someone does but the place for this thread is definitely not the alliance war forums.

mertusta

Same issue, sometimes i cannot hear skill effects

Ezareth

Nala_ wrote: »

think this is an issue with your hardware or something, i havent heard of anyone on my entire faction having this. i guess its possible someone does but the place for this thread is definitely not the alliance war forums.

That's funny because I've heard of two people in my TS alone having it, also in Cyrodiil.

There was a thread I saw on patch day in the support forum, someone said they "repaired" their installation and that fixed it, and then the GM said something along the lines of that's nice, I'm glad you figured this one out.

I'm trying to see how widespread this is in Cyrodiil and if there are any common factors in who is impacted by it.

The lord knows if I don't figure out this bug and exactly how to replicate it, ZoS will never be capable of fixing it.

Paidkilla

Im having this same issue since patch, relog wont even fix, i need to restart game.

XDem

I have it too, altho I only need to wait it out. Sound magically comes back within a few minutes.

smacx250

I briefly had what sounds like this problem in Cyrodiil yesterday. "My sounds", such as hoofbeats, shouts (falling, etc.), and spell sounds were absent. I heard NPCs and ambient sounds fine. If I recall correctly, it "fixed" itself when I engaged in combat, and I didn't experience it again.

Orchish

I have the issue with footsteps,weapon drawing and sheathing not playing sounds after large battles in cyrodiil. I have noticed this only happening after being hit with soul assault. Re-logging fixes the issue for me. Using Elusive mist also causes the sounds to start working normal again as well.

Asgari

ezareth_ESO wrote: »

Ok since this patch now several times a day I'm having half of my sound effects just not working at all.

It seems to happen upon loading into a zone and I've only had it happen in cyrodiil(although that could be circumstantial).

Relogging, loading into a new screen appears to fix the issue.

Is anyone else having this issue? I think it has to do with the new out of magicka/stamina sound they added as often instead of the sound effect for my spell I hear that sound instead. In fact I seem to be hearing that sound all the time when I'm not out of magicka/stamina and I'm not bugged but am spamming a spell or spamming shift to sprint my horse.

How can these simplest of changes like replacing a sound seem to cause the most annoying bugs?

I have had this issue at least once everyday on my sorc. It never happens my NB.

It also happens in all zones.

Teargrants

I can confirm, I've gotten this bug as well since 1.4. Ambient sfx bug out and stop playing - no footstep sounds, no wind sounds, no horse whistle sound, no horse hooves, while character voices and skill sounds still work. Relogging does not fix it, have to quit and restart the client.

This is the exact same bug that popped up months ago when they altered sfx previously. At this point, I can't even muster the shock to be surprised.

Mortuum

Same issue, but only on my NB. Randomly(after death, port, or just because why not) all my weapon sounds are gone(light/heavy attack,weapon drawing) while all other sounds work just fine...
Its not hardware issue, many players complained about that bug last few days.
And yea, only client restart will help.

SoulScream

I just started getting this audio bug as well. I've never had any issues before. The music will play but no sound efx. Then gradually as I play more sounds start to work.

Elsonso

You do not have to quit the game to get the sound to return. You may have to change zones or go into a dungeon, but eventually the sounds do return.

Asgari

lordrichter wrote: »

You do not have to quit the game to get the sound to return. You may have to change zones or go into a dungeon, but eventually the sounds do return.

even if i log out and back in it doesn't fix it. It requires multiple full closures to fix it.

Tintinabula

I get this too but only on my spell sounds..(everything else i can hear.)

Kevinmon

Same issue here, all sound effects completely stop.

Draxys

Only footsteps and attacking skill sounds bug for me, buff skills still have sound oddly enough. Hasn't happened on my DK, but it has happened quite a bit on my sorc.

james_vestbergb16_ESO

Had the bug aswell, found the fix, or so I believe. Delete the usersettings.txt found in user\documents\eso smthn you know which folder I mean right?
The game will let you reconfigure your settings ingame such as sound volume, brightness etc. Havent had the issue since.

Why? The update somehow corrupted the user settings. Figured this out when I noticed my screen resolution box was empty, and the game refused to save my native resolution every time I put it back.

Hope this works for you guys aswell or I just made a fool of myself.

Ps. Repairing the client or simply restarting it isnt gonna fix the problem, save yourself some time and do what I did. Ds.

Ezareth

Still getting this bug.

Annoying as hell. Any word on a fix @ZOS_GinaBruno‌ ?

darkdruidssb14_ESO

I had this issue last night in Cyrodiil. I loaded in and could hear all sound effects that weren't coming from my character... my character was completely silent though. I relogged, closed the client and then everything was fine, but then I also had another issue where my character stopped animating attacks.. they were still going off, but there was no animation for it. That happened until I finally died and hit a load screen when I respawned at another keep.

ZOS_GinaBruno

We'll dig into this one and see if we can figure out why this is happening. Thanks, everyone!

Ezareth

Thanks @ZOS_GinaBruno‌

While you're around any word on where the V14 Bag vendor in Cyrodiil is hiding? It was supposed to be added with 1.4.4 but he is still AWOL ) =

Mujuro

I just had this issue occur; I'm not hearing the usual sound effects when mining ore.

I was in Khenarthi's Roost gathering resources when this occurred.

demonlkojipub19_ESO

Happened to me once too since the patch. After I died, I respawned and all my sound except for background music stopped. I also couldn't get on my mount either for some reason, but i could open doors and switch weapons and such. Also also, the area was darkened more than it should have been, like some of the lighting stopped working.

ZOS_GinaBruno

Okay, so it sounds like (seewhatididthere) this is only happening with sound effects, but not music. If anyone is experiencing otherwise, let us know.

Since this issue is a little all over the board, could you let us know exactly what you were doing and where you were when your audio disappeared?

Ezareth

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Okay, so it sounds like (seewhatididthere) this is only happening with sound effects, but not music. If anyone is experiencing otherwise, let us know.

Since this issue is a little all over the board, could you let us know exactly what you were doing and where you were when your audio disappeared?

This happens when you log in Gina. It just isn't working. It happened to me first the first time I logged in after patch and it happens once or twice a day.

To be honest, I think it has something to do with the sound switch they did from the no stamina/magicka sound change. I now hear that sounds *constantly* where before I wouldn't hear anything. By mounting my horse or spamming sprint on it I constantly hear that sound.

When this bug occurs only a few of your spell sound effects work but you hear that new sound pretty often instead.

Completely closing the client and relaunching it is the only way I've been able to get the sound working again every time.

In the support forums one of the people said to delete your usersettings text file which I just did, but other people there are still experiencing the issue after doing so so I don't think it fixes anything. Simply rebooting the client itself will fix the issue so there is likely to be a lot of false positives.

Draxys

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Okay, so it sounds like (seewhatididthere) this is only happening with sound effects, but not music. If anyone is experiencing otherwise, let us know.

Since this issue is a little all over the board, could you let us know exactly what you were doing and where you were when your audio disappeared?

For me it has actually been triggered by Streak; the issue has not come up when playing my DK. Could possibly be when Streak procs Crystal Frags. The occurrences don't seem to have anything else in common. Buff skills such as Crit Surge strangely still have sound, while attacking skills and footsteps do not.

james_vestbergb16_ESO

ezareth_ESO wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Okay, so it sounds like (seewhatididthere) this is only happening with sound effects, but not music. If anyone is experiencing otherwise, let us know.

Since this issue is a little all over the board, could you let us know exactly what you were doing and where you were when your audio disappeared?

This happens when you log in Gina. It just isn't working. It happened to me first the first time I logged in after patch and it happens once or twice a day.

To be honest, I think it has something to do with the sound switch they did from the no stamina/magicka sound change. I now hear that sounds *constantly* where before I wouldn't hear anything. By mounting my horse or spamming sprint on it I constantly hear that sound.

When this bug occurs only a few of your spell sound effects work but you hear that new sound pretty often instead.

Completely closing the client and relaunching it is the only way I've been able to get the sound working again every time.

In the support forums one of the people said to delete your usersettings text file which I just did, but other people there are still experiencing the issue after doing so so I don't think it fixes anything. Simply rebooting the client itself will fix the issue so there is likely to be a lot of false positives.

Crap, thought I found a fix that would work for everyone , still no issues for me though since I deleted the file, and I've been in Cyrodiil all day and yesterday.

Sharee

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Okay, so it sounds like (seewhatididthere) this is only happening with sound effects, but not music. If anyone is experiencing otherwise, let us know.

To be more specific, it happens to some sound effects, not all.

Sound for mining a metal resource node is missing, but sound for harvesting an alchemy plant is still there. My character casting circle of protection plays the sound of the circle being placed, but not of my character yelling while placing it (as it normally does). Etc.

smee_z

Had to logout then quit. Then, restart game. All sound comes back normal.

Heard no music in the background. I can hear sound from the spells I cast. No sound coming from my weapon light nor heavy attacks.