Half of all sounds not working

[Gruetopia]

So. I participated in the meet-and-greet the other day and afterwards half of all the sounds arn't working. For example I can't hear the "Jump-grunt" but I can hear my toon's flapping wings. I can hear (most) of my attacks, but not incoming enemy ones etc.

 

This issue is only in CoH no other program.

 

I have thus far tried: Revalidating, Reinstalling all sound .piggs, total reinstallation, reboot PC.

 

Nothing seems to work.

[SpacePioneer]

Hi,

 

  I've also had sounds fade out completely, although rare, it has happened to me a few times. What does happen quite frequently, is power's sounds become GREATLY louder than other powers, such as the Siphon Speed and Siphon Boost powers. When it happens it makes me cringe at how loud it can be over other powers.

 

It could be due to the fact that i have my in-game audio effects and music lowered to 10 out of 100. Maybe the issue would go away if i left the in-game audio at default (100) and lowered my headphones volume over the in-game audio.

 

Maybe you've done the same, and is the reason for your audio issues? I will test this theory...

[Spine91]

I am having this exact same issue. I reinstalled and that did not work. Has anyone been able to resolve this issue or have any ideas for what might work? 

 

Thanks! 

[GM Tock]

If the Sound FX, Music, and Voiceover volumes are all set at the same level, a possibility may be the sound device in use.  The last two options in the Audio area of Options are for Playback Mode and 3D Audio.

 

Playback Mode:

Performance - Use Hardware-based Audio handling.

Compatibility - Use Windows Audio for 100% of audio.  This should only be necessary if audio playback is having issues, most systems should use Performance.

 

3D Audio:

(Greyed out) - Your Card doesn't support it.  Your only option is Playback Mode.

On - EAX or OpenAL is turned on (Environmental Audio) and used for Surround Sound and Doppler effects.

Off - The game sticks to 2.1 channel audio.

 

If you're on a 4.X-7.1 (multichannel) audio system, plugging in a headset and hearing what's going on in Stereo and no 3D Audio effects may be a good comparison point to try tweaking things to your liking on your audio system.  If it's all 2-channel (Left, Right, no subwoofer), then I'd turn 3D Audio off or try compatibility Playback Mode. 

 

Also, a good place to look is your own Sound Card properties.  There may be a post processing effect that's in use that may need to be shut off.

 

[Mike.Richards]

Hi, I am having this issues as well. Was a solution every discovered?

 

To be clear some powers still have sound fx, some do not. 

 

Changing the CoX sound playback mode has had no effect.