Blown Out Audio

[GrundleGrump]

I'm surprised there isn't more comment on this issue where all the audio in MGS3 is utterly distorted and it makes the game horrible to play.

Is this not an issue everyone is getting? Is it setup dependant?

[eclipse]

you could try mgs3 audio fix mod i saw on nexus
https://www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/7?tab=files
i wouldnt know personally since i havent decided to buy

[Tycho]

Part of this issue is that the sound is just too damn loud. This affects not only PC, but the Xbox version as well. The mod posted improves the sound quality, but does not to fix the extremely loud audio.

[Draconic Creature]

Originally posted by eclipse:

you could try mgs3 audio fix mod i saw on nexus
https://www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/7?tab=files
i wouldnt know personally since i havent decided to buy

I've used this mod and can confirm that, as far as I can tell, it's a drastic sound quality improvement.

Regarding volume though, unfortunately all you can do there is just turn down the volume on your PC to a tolerable level when booting up the game, what with the lack of in-game volume control combined with the incredibly loud audio.

[Bob_Declor]

so i had this issue as well and even with the mod it still sounded terrible. i have headphones plugged in via usb. in my trouble shooting i tried my desktop speakers and the audio was fine. then I tried a different set of headphones via usb and the audio was fine. finally i plugged in my original headphones in the same usb port and the audio was fixed.

idk what switching headphones in the same usb port did but it the audio was no longer overblown. never experienced this in any other game before so im guessing its just a bug in this game. hopefully this works for you

[Draconic Creature]

Originally posted by Bob_Declor:

so i had this issue as well and even with the mod it still sounded terrible. i have headphones plugged in via usb. in my trouble shooting i tried my desktop speakers and the audio was fine. then I tried a different set of headphones via usb and the audio was fine. finally i plugged in my original headphones in the same usb port and the audio was fixed.

idk what switching headphones in the same usb port did but it the audio was no longer overblown. never experienced this in any other game before so im guessing its just a bug in this game. hopefully this works for you

Computers are weird and errors can compound over time even if they do not have any immediate noticeable effects, my guess is that you were simply the victim of one such event, and you plugging out the headphones and plugging them back in later was basically equivalent to a reboot of that particular bit.

In short, you turned your headphones off and on again, basically.

[Neoyoshi]

Originally posted by Bob_Declor:

so i had this issue as well and even with the mod it still sounded terrible. i have headphones plugged in via usb. in my trouble shooting i tried my desktop speakers and the audio was fine. then I tried a different set of headphones via usb and the audio was fine. finally i plugged in my original headphones in the same usb port and the audio was fixed.

idk what switching headphones in the same usb port did but it the audio was no longer overblown. never experienced this in any other game before so im guessing its just a bug in this game. hopefully this works for you

I honestly believe it's because of the Unity wrapper they use; Unity is kind of janky on it's own.

[Kyo Tanaka]

If you're using windows, you can change individual apps volumes by going into the audio's sound mixer. I found 40% to be the sweet spot to match with the other 2 games.

If using linux (or steam deck, go into desktop mode), highlight the app in the task bar, and the volume is below the window.

Make sure MGS3 is running, not the launcher. If MGS3 is fighting you, install the alttab mod, or use the MGSHDFix addon and launch it with the window setting true.

[The Machine]

Buy yourself a console so you won't run into any issues you aren't able to figure out for yourself. It'll help a lot! A box, and a controller, think of how simple it'll be! Plus your parents will get their money back for the computer they bought you, or you could sell it for parts.

[Mint Manta]

I don't remember this issue being so bad on console, but now I use headphones which lower the volume automatically

[HealthTips41]

This issue was fixed for me by turning on "windows sonic for headphones" under spatial sound in the windows sound settings for my headphones. Turning off DTS without turning on spatial sound also helped.

[Skullmonkey]

I believe this is an issue with WMA3 support, since this issue has been fixed in Proton on Steam Deck/Linux with the community made GE-Proton. Audio is perfect now on Steam Deck.

[Tycho]

Originally posted by Skullmonkey:

I believe this is an issue with WMA3 support, since this issue has been fixed in Proton on Steam Deck/Linux with the community made GE-Proton. Audio is perfect now on Steam Deck.

I saw they updated something regarding that, but it sounded like they just incorporated Valve’s experimental fix. Does the latest GE Proton add sound, or just prevent crashes?
Proton Experimental still needs you to supply your own xaudio dll to get audio (otherwise it doesn’t crash, but cutscenes are mute), does GE Proton now work out of the box for this?

[JackyBryant]

Originally posted by Skullmonkey:

I believe this is an issue with WMA3 support, since this issue has been fixed in Proton on Steam Deck/Linux with the community made GE-Proton. Audio is perfect now on Steam Deck.

Which protonGE version are you using? I was using 8-21 and the audio was still blown out, and I’ve already applied the audio mod. I tried 7-43 and the game wouldn’t boot. The audio is still there with experimental.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by Directors Cut:

Buy yourself a console so you won't run into any issues you aren't able to figure out for yourself. It'll help a lot! A box, and a controller, think of how simple it'll be! Plus your parents will get their money back for the computer they bought you, or you could sell it for parts.

That's a pretty good advice, a PC need more knowledge and care than a console, that's one big reason why parents gift their game with a console rather than a PC, plus on PC if you let them use internet they may end up on some bad websites.

Especialy important if people aren't patient and complain about every little thing since on PC your setup is different from others, while on console you are sure that the game you get is perfectly made for it so no "oh no it bug with NVIDIA cards" and such.

[Patooks89]

I had a problem with the sound of bugs and grass and ambient sounds being really loud when I started playing the NA version. When I switched to the European version, the issues went away. I just made a save in the Euro version then quit and restarted the NA version and everything seemed to work fine for me. Hope this helps someone.