Odd sound distortion

from Sins Forums
Has anyone been having an odd sound distortion right after starting a game (not starting up the game)? It sounds sort of staticy and glitchy. I did a search of the forums and I didn't find anything, so maybe I just don't know what to search for.

It seems if I give it time I will go away on its own or if I save and restart the game. It also usually begins when I select units.
3,685 views 10 replies
Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
happens to me too, something to do with the textures, theres an option you can do in the settings that will make it go away but it will jack up your loading times, so i just let it stay there. It only lasts about two seconds anyways and its only once per game
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Hey Rhaw,

Sounds like eet might be on the right track there. Try disabling background texture loading in the user.settings file (in your application data folder) and see if that helps.
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Sounds like eet might be on the right track there.


thats two apocalypse horsemen...
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Textures = sound distortion? 

Hmm it’s a really random thing I started up today and didn’t get it. I can play for a long time and I don’t get it, but when I do get it the problem lasts for a few minutes.

I try the texture settings, but I won’t know if that has an affect right away.
thx
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
To the people with distorted sound, are you using integrated on your MB? I have Sins loaded in two places and the one with integrated audio is the only one that presents the problem.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
No I have integrated sound, but that device is shut off and I'm using a sound card. I was thinking maybe it was geared more hardware than software, but I'm not sure. The sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer, but I will admit it is old lol. However, the sound is still better than with the newer integrated sound on the motherboard. This is the 1st sound related problem I have had in a very long time with any game.

Glitchy and staticy is the best I can explain the sound; however, it doesn’t happen enough to be a serious problem. I didn’t see anything mentioned on it, so I thought I would post about it.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
It can only be the texture loading if it only happens when you start up your first game.

If it happens at different times, it has to be something else.

Do you by any chance have any movie players or animations open at the same time? I've had trouble when using it with youtube, etc.

Do you have "use hardware sounds" on? If you do, try with it off. Software mixing is much more reliable.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
I have had a problem with the sound doing that when I zoom in to watch a battle, started in beta2. My solution was to turn off hardware acceleration, when beta3 came out I was able to turn it back on but after the last patch I had to turn it off again.  
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
It happens at the near beginning of the game after it has started and the game is running usually when zooming in on a battle. It has happened about 6 times since Beta 3, but not before. I disabled the background textures, so I’ll just have to wait and see if it happens anymore. 

There isn’t any movie players running and the hardware acceleration has always been off.