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Re: Audio randomly cutting out Sims 4

@oliviaprecious  Is there any pattern to what's happening in-game when the audio cuts out?  For example, does it happen during travel transitions or when your sims are on a certain lot?  Do your headphones have connection issues, i.e. is it possible they're temporarily disconnecting and reconnecting?

Please also test using some other sound output device, for example built-in speakers, and let me know whether it happens with that too.

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  • oliviaprecious's avatar
    oliviaprecious
    4 years ago

    Hi thanks for your reply!

    Unfortunately there is no consistent trigger to the audio cutting out it can happen at any time regardless of how long I have been playing. It may be an issue that my headphones are quickly disconnecting and connecting again - I am using Razer Kraken headphones and there have been a ton of Razer Synapse updates very recently so I will test other audio devices if possible. 

    The reason I feel it may be a Sims issue is that everything else on my PC continues to play audio as expected but Sims will not fix unless I restart the game - so annoying!

    I will continue to play around with my headphones and find another speaker to test on.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @oliviaprecious  Let me know how the testing goes.  There's a current issue where Sims 4 loses sound if the sound output device changes, even momentarily, while the game is running, which is why I asked about possible disconnecting.  EA is aware of the issue, as you can see here:

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-4-Audio-error-trapping-gone-since-the-last-update/m-p/10568442#M222400

    But I don't know of a fix or workaround, other than the obvious one of not changing devices while playing.

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