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Able to replicate SB

Posted: Sun 24 Apr, 2022 8:03 pm
by Elay
Im pretty sure I am able to replicate the sound bug. I never have SB, but as soon as I turn on a stream in my browser in the background, it starts to happen to both me and the other players. It happens so often that it cant be coincidance, I literally cant play more than 3 games with my browser open.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Sun 24 Apr, 2022 9:39 pm
by Paranoid Kamikaze
Soundbug can happen for multiple reasons. I had it for a graphics setting once in my GPU software. Was fixed by Relic a long time ago. I also had it whenever I unplug a device from my splitter I got for audio.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Mon 25 Apr, 2022 6:03 am
by Asmon
Sound bug happens when the game cannot play all the sounds it's meant to correctly and therefore crashes.

Ofc if you saturate the soundlist even more by playing something else in the background (music, stream or whatever) then it will happen.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Mon 25 Apr, 2022 7:05 am
by initialmink
I have never soundbug in retail, also I tried to change sound cards (integrated, usb, headphones) and the sound bug happens the same!
I have now mounted a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme gamer: no improvement!

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Mon 25 Apr, 2022 11:37 pm
by Elay
Just happened again. Maybe it has multiple reasons, but for me it has definitly something to do with by browser, or more specific with watching streams in the background. If browser is closed, I not hat a SB once

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Tue 26 Apr, 2022 5:05 am
by Paranoid Kamikaze
Think of it as a mystery you have to solve. You're a detective.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Tue 26 Apr, 2022 1:27 pm
by TheTenso
Mysteries of the soundbug season 2 ?

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Tue 26 Apr, 2022 4:39 pm
by initialmink
no mystery, when incompetent game developers improvise, strange things then happen .....

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 7:50 am
by LOCALgHOST
initialmink wrote:I have never soundbug in retail, also I tried to change sound cards (integrated, usb, headphones) and the sound bug happens the same!
I have now mounted a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme gamer: no improvement!


cause it's not a hardware problem. it's something implemented in elite. maybe some new sfx file

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 7:51 am
by LOCALgHOST
should investigate logs in game's documents folder

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:31 am
by Broodwich
SB happens in retail too.

When i looked at the logs a while ago i saw a ton of "buffer overflow" (or something like it) messages throughout my games, until eventually it would crash. It makes it sound like a memory exception error, where the game tries to use more RAM than the OS will allow. It started happening very frequently for me after a windows update about a year ago, and almost completely stopped after I ran another major update 6 months later. It kinda makes me think there is a security thing interfering with how games can handle sound, but IDK

I definitely noticed more SBs if i had a youtube video or something in the background

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Wed 27 Apr, 2022 1:06 pm
by GuruSkippy
Broodwich wrote: It started happening very frequently for me after a windows update about a year ago, and almost completely stopped after I ran another major update 6 months later.

this, same for me.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Thu 28 Apr, 2022 12:49 pm
by Torpid
LOCALgHOST wrote:
initialmink wrote:I have never soundbug in retail, also I tried to change sound cards (integrated, usb, headphones) and the sound bug happens the same!
I have now mounted a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme gamer: no improvement!


cause it's not a hardware problem. it's something implemented in elite. maybe some new sfx file


It is nothing to do with elite... It was the final Relic patch that introduced it

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Thu 28 Apr, 2022 6:51 pm
by Paranoid Kamikaze
Torpid wrote:
LOCALgHOST wrote:
initialmink wrote:I have never soundbug in retail, also I tried to change sound cards (integrated, usb, headphones) and the sound bug happens the same!
I have now mounted a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme gamer: no improvement!


cause it's not a hardware problem. it's something implemented in elite. maybe some new sfx file


It is nothing to do with elite... It was the final Relic patch that introduced it


The one that fixed the IG HWT?

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Sun 01 May, 2022 9:54 pm
by Paranoid Kamikaze
"For what it's worth, I'm playing on Linux Mint 20.3 and playing Retribution using unofficial Proton GE 6.1 for Windows games compatibility. Playing on Linux makes you immune to soundbug, and version Proton GE 6.1 makes you immune to Linux desync problems."

That was posted by 'Clockwork' on one of my guides. Getting away from Windows may be our solution.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Mon 02 May, 2022 12:30 pm
by initialmink
we can migrate to linux and play on a portal dedicated to dawn of war retribution without making complicated installations on linux, I tried to play with it but there are 0 users unfortunately !!!! I'm looking for someone interested in trying this portal!
I'm not sure but we could playing on European servers instead of lagging on those fucking American servers; I repeat I need some volunteers to do some tests!

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Mon 02 May, 2022 10:03 pm
by Paranoid Kamikaze
I've tried Linux before. It's easy to install. What's complicated is troubleshooting :cry:

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Tue 03 May, 2022 7:46 am
by initialmink
Paranoid Kamikaze wrote:I've tried Linux before. It's easy to install. What's complicated is troubleshooting :cry:


i mean this:
https://www.feralinteractive.com/it/gam ... tribution/

i want to test the game there! out of steam

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Tue 03 May, 2022 5:10 pm
by Paranoid Kamikaze
initialmink wrote:
Paranoid Kamikaze wrote:I've tried Linux before. It's easy to install. What's complicated is troubleshooting :cry:


i mean this:
https://www.feralinteractive.com/it/gam ... tribution/

i want to test the game there! out of steam


Being out of Steam wouldn't change anything. It's just another store.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Fri 06 May, 2022 5:34 am
by Paranoid Kamikaze
Tried putting Steam friends on 'Do Not Disturb' and never checked any messages while ingame. No soundbug for a few days now. Signing out of Steam friends would do the same thing. Can others check to see if this works.

Poor Venjitron if it does :lol:

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Fri 06 May, 2022 12:20 pm
by Schepp himself
Personally, I don't have a problem migrating to Linus. Quite the contrary, but this would be the end for new(er) players coming in the game, imo.

I prefer working around the sb than signing the death warrant of the elite-mod-community.

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Sat 07 May, 2022 6:59 pm
by Broodwich
i'll stick to windows and steam thanks. have fun with your whatever

Re: Able to replicate SB

Posted: Sun 19 Jun, 2022 9:44 am
by LOCALgHOST
i think we should study more the logs. i think there are some sfx issue wich causes a loop and overwhelms sound buffers.