Problems with sound in F76

[Amlet]

I am experiencing problems with this game, having installed it on both steam and xbox gamepass, because the sound crashes and does not work. I can't hear the music on the home screen, nor the music in the store, and when I'm playing I can't hear the gunshots nor some voices... and it has happened to me in both games... I'm going to reinstall for the 3rd time to see if it fixes it. Has anyone else had this problem? Can you give me a viable solution? thx in advance

[decado]

Do you switch between different sound sources (speaker/headphones) ?

I get the same issue (PC) when I have started the game and then switch between the internal soundcard (speaker) and my usb sound card (headphones).
Quitting the game and restart it solves the issue for me.

[4mysou1just1]

Do you have nvidia drivers?

[Amlet]

Originally posted by 4mysou1just1:

Do you have nvidia drivers?

Yes i go to Nvidia experience and all the drivers are already installed... and the problem continues

[Amlet]

Originally posted by decado:

Do you switch between different sound sources (speaker/headphones) ?

I get the same issue (PC) when I have started the game and then switch between the internal soundcard (speaker) and my usb sound card (headphones).
Quitting the game and restart it solves the issue for me.

I quit the game, and even reintall it, and the problem are not solved

[hawkeye]

It can be your pc mobo. Different models have different sound chipsets.

And it can be windows or the game or something else like sound drivers (el-cheapo or real-tek) etc. If I disconnect the sound cable and plug it back in, sound is usually lost and a restart is needed. If I play for a long time the volume gradually fades.

I haven't experimented with other games to see what happens.

[Pakratjr]

Sounds have been screwy for me also after the update. Lots of stuff seems muted or muffled, but not all the time. Voices will be normal but weapons charging or reload sounds are really quiet, or running sometimes seems ok but then it's not.
I should be able to play a bit tonight so I will see if it was just a fluke or not.

[Plake]

Sounds like a 5.1 surround sound setting, while only having 2 speakers connected...

[The Grimm Reefer]

When I lose all sound I end up having to go to volume mixer through right clicking my speaker icon bottom right of desktop. I then have to manually set F76 to default output input or it will be stuck in headphones that don't exist.

[4mysou1just1]

Originally posted by Lord Torrezno:

Originally posted by 4mysou1just1:

Do you have nvidia drivers?

Yes i go to Nvidia experience and all the drivers are already installed... and the problem continues

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Nvidia's update 551.86 on march 19th .
Changed my realtek audio drivers to theirs.
Also switched to there version of high def audio.
Had to go into device manager and remove them.
Then restart.
Realtek took over and all was fine again.
krap krap krap
The things industry puts us thru.

[Amlet]

Finally i get a solution for the problem and YES are all Nvidia updates and drivers

[AlexSledge]

FO76 is using an ancient audio system. You can't even change OS output and have the game follow it. Switch from headphones to speakers? Nope, restart the game.

[lockwoodx]

I get the audio bug with conflicting/multiple radios playing. Figured out it has to do with the radio on your pipboy so I turn it off when there's open world radio's playing nearby.

My theory is your pipboy radio probably counts as an open world radio also and camps have a hard-cap of 5 radio's so when you spawn into a camp with max radio's playing + your pipboy the game glitches and the camp radio's make no noise yet remain on.