Audio bug - constant ambient screaming!

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Hiya, so just finished my first play through. Loved it. Game's great.

After finishing the fight in the sewers in Act III, collecting the chaos emeralds and going above ground, I noticed that the ambient screams of torture were still playing but I thought that was normal? They never stopped throughout the final bits of the game, even when the band got back together 6 months later!
(Also had another bug(?) where Astarion turned into a little bat during the speech from Withers and was crawling around on the floor with a goblet in his wing. Amazing stuff.)

Now I've started a new game and I'm running around in Act I as a sweet little dragonborn AND THE SCREAMS ARE STILL THERE

Anyone else had this issue? Am I doomed to forever toot the flute and bang the drum as the screams of the damned echo throughout Faerun?

Thanks :)

[thufirhawat333]

The real question is: How ugly is that dragonborn?
I did have occasional ambient screaming, but it always went away when quick travelling. Not sure if it helps, but might worths a try.
The Astarion bug though. Please be a good member of the community and make us a screenshot!

[yahboi1988]

Haven't had this problem, but you should report bugs directly to Larian. As we can see since they have patched the game like 12 times already, they are pretty good about bug fixes. They will have a human reply to bug reports, so expect to wait a little bit for the reply.

[Andikasse]

I've also had the ambient screams since patch 5 - and I haven't even been to the sewers yet. I just return to the main menu and launch the game again to make the screaming stop.

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Originally posted by thufirhawat333:

The real question is: How ugly is that dragonborn?
I did have occasional ambient screaming, but it always went away when quick travelling. Not sure if it helps, but might worths a try.
The Astarion bug though. Please be a good member of the community and make us a screenshot!

Umm excuse me his name is Marshmallow and he is a precious little white dragonborn

I've uploaded the screenshot but I'll have to reload and see if I can get a better one :)

No luck on the fast travel, but thank you for the suggestion!

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Originally posted by Andikasse:

I've also had the ambient screams since patch 5 - and I haven't even been to the sewers yet. I just return to the main menu and launch the game again to make the screaming stop.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU! This totally worked! <3

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Originally posted by yahboi1988:

Haven't had this problem, but you should report bugs directly to Larian. As we can see since they have patched the game like 12 times already, they are pretty good about bug fixes. They will have a human reply to bug reports, so expect to wait a little bit for the reply.

Thank you this is a good idea! I'm sure they know about it already but no harm in throwing my hat into the ring!

[Berlin]

I kept hearing screams. Therapy helped.

[This One]

It only plays at camp for me but it is CONSTANT! I'm about to uninstall mods and verify the files because of it and the persistent shiny hair thing. Fingers crossed it helps?

[grambo1980]

FWIW I also get this bug on Xbox

[justfaded]

This is so annoying. But a reliable way to fix it for now is to save, talk to any npc, companions count, and then reload.

[Undead]

Happens to me in xbox too.

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I sent a bug report and some affected save files to Larian. Hopefully it'll get patched later on :)

[Steffan]

It happened to me since some point at act 1. I could ignore it, though.

From all the bugs I encountered: the combat inspiration of the valor bard not clearing off normally, a certain Act III drow leader dialogue not triggering, crashes to desktop in a certain house in Act III and finally, unability to continue the game after clicking on a dead character in Act III... that is really the smallest issue.

It was weird because I think there are more bugs now than at release. That being said, they have buffed some of the bosses, which is a welcome challenge.