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Pearso Jan 15, 2013 @ 9:05pm
No Sound Effects.
Just bought the game literally an hour ago, downloaded it, started playing, and got to the first big foot fight, but something wasn't right. It just didn't feel like a Sonic game. then I realised I have no sound effects, only music and voice in the cutscenes. no spring sounds, jump sounds or even ring collection sounds, is anyone else having this problem too? help is much appreciated.
Last edited by Pearso; Jan 15, 2013 @ 9:06pm
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DoubleDusk Feb 1, 2013 @ 11:06pm 
Same story here bud. Environmental sounds, enemy audio and incidental sounds are all absent, only music and character chatter play. Seems to be a pretty common issue, and if not that then people are suffering from other sound related quirks. Looks like we're all victims of a dodgy port, or at least poor sound driver support. There's no known fix as far as I can tell, which is sad because it really does feel kind of empty and souless without all the sfx sparking.
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Pearso Feb 1, 2013 @ 11:37pm 
i did manage to fix it, i validated files, i think
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DoubleDusk Feb 1, 2013 @ 11:56pm 
Wow, awesome. Validated in what sense?
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Pearso Feb 2, 2013 @ 1:15am 
right click the game, then properties, then local files, then validate
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Pearso Feb 2, 2013 @ 1:15am 
either way its not a problem anymore
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Kirabetas Feb 2, 2013 @ 9:04am 
Some people can fix it validating the files. It didn't work for me. I had to purchase the Battle attatchment before I started getting sound. If anyone has another solution they can post here, probably could save people spending more money.
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Pearso Feb 2, 2013 @ 11:16pm 
another thing that worked for me on a different computer was reinstalling the game. deleting local content, and then downloading it all again
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Soma Yukihira Nov 24, 2018 @ 8:30pm 
Originally posted by Kirabetas Trivia Host:
Some people can fix it validating the files. It didn't work for me. I had to purchase the Battle attatchment before I started getting sound. If anyone has another solution they can post here, probably could save people spending more money.
The solution is to run the DXSETUP.exe from the redist folder. Now I have all sounds. I thought buying the DLC would make it work too, but it didn't. And updating the directx worked.
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PASTIVITY Jan 18, 2021 @ 9:42pm 
Originally posted by MrKnifeGod:
Originally posted by Kirabetas Trivia Host:
Some people can fix it validating the files. It didn't work for me. I had to purchase the Battle attatchment before I started getting sound. If anyone has another solution they can post here, probably could save people spending more money.
The solution is to run the DXSETUP.exe from the redist folder. Now I have all sounds. I thought buying the DLC would make it work too, but it didn't. And updating the directx worked.
How do you get to that? I know its been over 2 years since this thread has been active but i literally bought the game today and its already bugging out on me. Freezes on windowed mode after sonic team logo, fullscreen i have no sound, tried validating the files, and nothing on the internet thats a "solution" has helped. This game is my childhood and ive only put in 5 hours into it so far.
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Underdog Jan 18, 2021 @ 9:49pm 
Originally posted by PASTIVITY:
Originally posted by MrKnifeGod:
The solution is to run the DXSETUP.exe from the redist folder. Now I have all sounds. I thought buying the DLC would make it work too, but it didn't. And updating the directx worked.
How do you get to that? I know its been over 2 years since this thread has been active but i literally bought the game today and its already bugging out on me. Freezes on windowed mode after sonic team logo, fullscreen i have no sound, tried validating the files, and nothing on the internet thats a "solution" has helped. This game is my childhood and ive only put in 5 hours into it so far.

That file is located in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sonic Adventure 2\redist\Directx

Alternately in Steam, go to Library > right click Sonic Adventure 2 > Properties > Local Files > Browse Local Files > open redist folder > open Directx folder > run DXSETUP.exe

You can also try this guide for other fixes. Unfortunately this game installation had something happen to it a year or two ago that really messed it up, and Sega will never come back and fix anything. It just doesn't seem to jive with certain newer hardware.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1653037457
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Mitsy Apr 18, 2021 @ 8:16am 
I know this is a dead thread, but I figured out how to fix my situation.

Make sure your sound drivers in windows are set to "16 bit, 44100 Hz (CD Quality)" in the sound control panel. I have a DAC and I usually have it set at the highest possible quality, but I've found that some games are not coded to handle uncommon audio driver situations. DOOM 2016 also bugs out.
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dasdingo Jun 21, 2022 @ 8:17pm 
Originally posted by UsefullPig:
I know this is a dead thread, but I figured out how to fix my situation.

Make sure your sound drivers in windows are set to "16 bit, 44100 Hz (CD Quality)" in the sound control panel. I have a DAC and I usually have it set at the highest possible quality, but I've found that some games are not coded to handle uncommon audio driver situations. DOOM 2016 also bugs out.

This is what fixed the missing sounds issues. Thank you!!!
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Prometheus Games Oct 22, 2022 @ 10:03pm 
I seem to have the opposite of this issue where I can only hear sound effects with the music and voices being completely absent. I've searched every where and I can't seem to find a fix that will work. If anyone knows how to fix this problem it would be much appreciated
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i0 Dec 19, 2022 @ 1:31am 
Originally posted by Prometheus Games:
I seem to have the opposite of this issue where I can only hear sound effects with the music and voices being completely absent. I've searched every where and I can't seem to find a fix that will work. If anyone knows how to fix this problem it would be much appreciated

By any chance are you using a Dualsense controller or some other device with a speaker? I noticed that for some reason the game separates the main BGM and some SFX channels so that if the playback device changes, it only ends up changing one of them with the other left on the previous speaker.

So if one of the speakers is turned down or not usable, the sound from one of the channels may be missing. I don't know of a complete solution but it's worth investigating.
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Pearso Jan 13, 2023 @ 11:21pm 
Originally posted by i0:
Originally posted by Prometheus Games:
I seem to have the opposite of this issue where I can only hear sound effects with the music and voices being completely absent. I've searched every where and I can't seem to find a fix that will work. If anyone knows how to fix this problem it would be much appreciated

By any chance are you using a Dualsense controller or some other device with a speaker? I noticed that for some reason the game separates the main BGM and some SFX channels so that if the playback device changes, it only ends up changing one of them with the other left on the previous speaker.

So if one of the speakers is turned down or not usable, the sound from one of the channels may be missing. I don't know of a complete solution but it's worth investigating.


♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, 10 years later and this solved my issue on my latest pc with a headphone jack in the monitor
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