loss of sound on mass effect andromeda
After a period playing mass effect andromeda in multiplayer, the audio completely cuts out leaving just voice comms playing in the background. It makes multiplayer absolutely dreadful. It is like...
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Exactly the same issue, but it happens in SP as well as MP, and it's a relatively rare and random occurence, so I wouldn't expect a fix for this. These types of bugs are usually next to impossible to fix and in general if a bug can't be reproduced with 100% accuracy, getting it fixed is a matter of luck.
It could have something to do with having an audio device channel mismatch - that is a game is trying to send sound to a channel that doesn't exist. If this happens often for you, and you have surround set in audio options, while not actually using a 7.1 headset or set of speakers, then turning it to stereo may help, but that's just a guess.
Worth noting that this is an Frostbite engine issue, NOT an Andromeda one. The same bug happens in all BF games since BF4, Mirror's Edge 2 as well as that disgusting insult to the SW Battlefront franchise that EA pooped out. The only Frostbite game I have never seen suffer this problem is DA: Inquisition, which, actually didn't have as good sound as the rest of frostbite games.
Sadly i've already tried the switching to stereo only suggestion and still get the issue :/
After 1.08 its even worse than it was before. Basically every other MP game sound is gone and I have seriously enough of this game.
Unlike ME3 which only lost sound in the game itself (you could play mp3 in the background for example no problem), MEA locking sound completely for entire system (I can't hear song or system beeps if MEA is activated that kind of thing).
Today I'm so livid you have no idea. Now 4 games, 3 without sound on the bounce. Out of total today ~80% lost sound at some stage, a lot instantly after joining. When sound is gone when you playing solo private game - now that is utterly * and totally inexcusable in any way.
I recorded a new video (see Original post first in this thread) which shows 6 examples of this annoying issue/bug/glitch. I had a number of recordings which i'd kept after losing sound, those were just 6 of them.
as you can clearly see, its all maps, all enemy types.. and even happens when I changed the 3 player slots to Private and tried to solo through a game.First reported after patch 1.05 in early april
Patch 1.06, hotfix 1.07 and patch 1.08 have been.. and gone.. and this problem still remains. Patience is waning now though.
I was chatting to my PS4 mate and his crew. There are half a dozen of them, all have good, solid, internet connections. Prior to the last patch they had the usual PS4 error message and sound issues on occasion. Not normally when playing together but on random, or public games mainly. Since the patch they have all been using the ping meter and havent had any problems at all. Its a PC issue, and its probably down to drivers or sound config, or some kind of software conflict.
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