Windows 10 - No Audio Other Than Cinematics

[Lysamus]

After updating to Windows 10, I have no audio whatsoever other than the opening cinematic and the Red Hook logo screen upon startup. Razor Kraken 7.1 USB Chroma headset with latest manufacturer drivers.

[Lysamus]

Also, the current sample rate for the headset is 2 channel 16 bit 48000 Hz and I still have no audio. Tried verifying the game cache as well with no success.

[Altos]

Make sure your drivers are all up to date. I had a similar issue after installing Windows 10 and updating my audio drivers fixed everything.

[Lysamus]

Thank you for the suggestion, but it doesn't seam to work for me. I tried redownloading and reinstalling the drivers from the manufacturer's website with no success.

My initial post was phrased incorrectly. To clarify, the only audio I get is during any cinematics. This includes the opening cinematic and the cinematic that plays when starting a new game. Other than that, I have no audio at all.

[Satoru]

Can you post your systm specs from

Steam-Help-System Information?

[Lysamus]

System Specs posted below.

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x2a
CPU Stepping: 0x7
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3293 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 10.18.13.5362
DirectX Driver Version: 10.18.13.5362
Driver Date: 22 July 2015
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1189
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.91" x 11.73" (23.94" diag)
53.1cm x 29.8cm (60.8cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2047 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Headset Earphone (Razer Kraken

Memory:
RAM: 8173 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1259110 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 156931 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected

[It's Black]

i got the same problem,when I enter the game,it can only sound flat noise,but no any other sound. (windows10)

[Licalia]

Same problem for me. Though I doesn't matter whether I use a headset or not - no audio at all. (Other games,music, system sounds are fine.)

Edit: Just when I post here I actually manage to solve my problem. Why didn't I think about that earlier.... Windows 7 Compability Mode did the trick - actually an obvious solution. Works quite often for problems like that after all.

[Lysamus]

I appreciate the suggestion, but sadly compatibility mode did not work for me. I set Darkest.exe in the DarkestDungeon -> _windows folder to run in both Windows 7 and Windows 8 compatibility, but still no audio outside of cinematics.

[Lysamus]

I was able to resolve the issue. I disabled Compatibilty Mode and I set the Darkest.exe application to run as an administrator. I get two security prompts now whenever I run the application, but I do have audio again.