Apex is Breaking my Microphone Input for ALL Programs
This has to be one of the weirdest bugs I've faced regarding Apex.
When I play Apex, all my other programs stop receiving microphone input.
Specs:
OS: Win 10 Enterprise
CPU: 7950X
RAM: 2x32GB 6400mhz
Drive: 2TB NVME (Windows and Apex on the same drive)
GPU: 3080ti
Monitor: 1440p 165hz
So my specs should be over and above anything Apex should be demanding. While playing, CPU utilization is <15% while GPU utilization even on fully maxed settings is not even breaking 80%
My microphone is an XLR microphone going to a Steinberg UR22C plugged in via USB. No other sound inputs.
While playing I have discord open, firefox, apex, nvidia broadcast, and sometimes OBS.
The issue will usually start 2-3 minutes after launching. All other programs steop receiving nvidia broadcast input. It's like nvidia broadcast just dies. No errors are put up on nvidia broadcast's side. Nvidia broadcast just doesn't output anything anymore, but only while playing Apex.
After maybe 30 minutes of this, my microphone (the steinberg) will stop being detected by my other programs but apex will continue reading it for in-game chat.
The problem is particularly bad because my microphone picks up a lot of background noise so nvidia broadcast helps a lot in filtering that out. I also don't get any notice from discord that the input drop. Discord (and OBS) believes there's still a microphone connected but it just stops receiving anything.
This only started happening with the Wraith heirloom recolor patch.
I've tried repairing apex twice, and fully reinstalled discord, apex, and nvidia broadcast. I've tried two different versions of nvidia broadcast even. This issue is straight up consistently only happening while I play Apex.
I've disabled the Allow exclusive control ticks on both my microphone inputs (Steinberg and Nvidia broadcast).
It's one of the weirdest bugs I've encountered with Apex. I have absolutely no issues with my microphone inputs when not playing Apex.
I don't even know what else to try while troubleshooting. I'm honestly at a loss. Windows is still picking up sound from the microphone but apex is blocking other applications from receiving it.
