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ChristianJ7's avatar
4 years ago
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Engine Error - Couldn't Initialize Sound

After the legacy update, I receive this error on startup of apex. I am running the game from the EA launcher. Does anyone have suggestions on a fix? 

  • I uninstalled and reinstalled the game. It seems to be working fine now

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  • zorg1987's avatar
    zorg1987
    3 years ago

    uninstall and reinstall doesn't help... 

    How can i fix this?

  • @EA_Illium same issue here , using windows 8.1 Pro
    yesterday everything was working well but i just woke up and when i try to launch apex it tells me : 

    Couldn't intialize sound. Please make sure you have a sound playback device that is enabled and properly configured. Failed in: MilesDriverCreate Miles output follows: Couldn't create XAudio2.

    I'm playing on Steam : PC : 

    i dropped a video and a screenshot for my issue , waiting for your response , thanks!

  • Same problem. Randomly started happening after playing s15 for a few days. Tried changing language, verifying cache, reinstalling.

  • pleban77's avatar
    pleban77
    3 years ago

    The same problem with me. I played few games after release of s15 and now I have exact same issue. Have anyone found the solution?

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