Sound lag in dialogue
Hi, I've got a strange but annoying sound problem in DA2: It only occurs in dialogue, and only when the hero (Hawke) says something. The sound of his line starts to play, then there's a lag during which his face animation continues mute, and after a lag of about 2 seconds the rest of his line is being played.
I tried both the "Force Stereo" option and updating my sound drivers, but that didn't help.
Version is physical disc, Patch 1.4, high-res textures and black emporium are installed.
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