Vegas 2 Gun Sound Loop Bug - WORK AROUND

[jebgamer]

The game is one of the best tactical shooters published. Problem with it is the 'Machine Gun Sound Loop Bug' plaguing all who play the game.

After scouring the forums on this matter, testing possible remedies and finding none of them resolve the problem, the following Work-Around was devised and tested by our group. We have used it over the past several months and while the bug can be prompted to re-occur, it does so far less frequently than before.

What is needed is a limited group of trusted players who do not use cheats or hacks when playing the game. This is viewed as the most difficult component of the work around.

The work around removes the ability to use in game voice communications, so also needed is access to a Ventrilo[www.ventrilo.com] or Teamspeak[www.teamspeak.com] server to facilitate ingame voice communications.

In Vegas 2 access the Options Menu and make the following changes:

GENERAL Tab:

• VOICE RECOGNITION: OFF
  
• VOICE RECOGNITION SENSATIVITY: 1

VIDEO Tab:

(Please Note: While this has no known effect on voice comms, some have posted in various forums that it has proven beneficial to make the following change.)

• VERTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION: ON

MULTIPLAYER Tab:

• ENABLE PUNKBUSTER SERVER: OFF
  
• ENABLE PUNKBUSTER CLIENT: OFF
  
  
• INCOMING VOICE CHAT: OFF
  
• OUTGOING VOICE CHAT: OFF
  
• VOICE CHAT SENSATIVITY: 1
  
• MICROPHONE VOLUME: 1

(Note: When switching between 'Hosts' or restarting the game the 'ENABLE PUNKBUSTER CLIENT: OFF' setting will need to be examined to confirm it is set to: OFF.

Other Considerations

• Only alot as many players slots as needed. When running with 3 players, only alot 3 player slots.
  
• When the Bug does occur, have all players except the Host exit and come back in. They will be able to re-enter and the game will in the same condition as when they left.

Also recommended is uninstalling Punkbuster.

To UNINSTALL Punkbuster from Vegas 2, Go To:

"\steam\steamapps\common\Rainbow Six Vegas 2\PB" and run PBSVC.EXE selecting the second option, "UNINSTALL/REMOVE"

Should at some future time you feel the need to reinstall Punkbuster, Go To:

"\steam\steamapps\common\Rainbow Six Vegas 2\PB" and run PBSVC.EXE selecting the second option, "INSTALL/REPAIR"

ADDITIONAL FINDINGS:

Seems if the player Hosting the match Alt-Tabs out to Windows the sound bug begins can be invoked immediately.

[ZBAD]

good luck with your efforts to get rid of the gunloop , there are a lot of opinions on what fixes it.

I am using the VSYNC ON setting to limit the game speed & it resolved 99% of the bug for my hosting with local players, thats now in use for 2 years.

Not much point running with PB anymore in this game, so I also renamed the PB directory so that it could not get restored. Under Steam properties make sure you flag the game never to be updated so it doesnt come back.

I also mapped the Kellergame dir onto an SSD , levels load in like 3 seconds now.

[Genesis]

For once, this is a good use of BUMP because I never saw this thread before and I'm sure this will help a LOT of people out there. This thread should get stickied but I doubt it's likely to happen though.

[Texican]

Thanks! Seems to have reduced the occurence of this loop for me. Seems to happen to everyone on occasion.

[Prez]

This solved the problem. Thanks!

[JaySummer]

Thanks! This really did solve the problem for our group (3 players).

[The Stranger]

Doesn't seem to work. We tried it all, it keeps getting worse.
3-4 weapons are looped.

[sq33k]

This ♥♥♥♥ still doesn't work. Got sick of it before two hours had passed so I was able to refund the game. ♥♥♥♥ Ubi.

[Jimbo]

Programming is hard. Getting your money is easy.

[NookieCrusher]

Guys this guys mod fixes the loop, don't know how or why but confirmed working.https://www.nexusmods.com/rainbowsixvegas2/mods/8?tab=forum

[wavelogic]

My friends and I have had a high level of success by setting having the host of the game set their monitor refresh rate to 60hz and also turning on vsync in game. This prevents the host from sending out too many network updates, which overwhelm the clients and cause the sound loop bug.

The reason why the reshade mod sometimes reduces the sound loop is because it's harder to run and causes framerates to dip down to lower fps.

Trust me. Have the host set their monitor refresh rate to 60hz and turn on vsync. I have had a virtually perfect experience with this method. We have had multiple different players host and it works every time. The other players don't need to change their settings, just the host.

[Nogardder.]

https://discord.gg/ThmFmkhQ

Come join our community and ill help you with the fix we have for the sound bug

[Jimbo]

Great to hear. I'll be sure to test it when I get the chance. Few people respond successfully to 5 year old threads. Will you be one of the few?

[Nogardder.]

Originally posted by Jimbo:

Great to hear. I'll be sure to test it when I get the chance. Few people respond successfully to 5 year old threads. Will you be one of the few?

ive been keeping an eye recently as i host games on vegas 2 and i want to build a community, i can respond and help faster on discord though

[General Jason]

Thank you for this, I have been following this forever, I will test this soon as well, thanks for the update!!