No leaders voice acting ?

[Slaytherine]

The game run pretty smooth , but some bug when leaders appears . And above all , no voice for leaders ?

[DaBurd]

I am having the same issue, but I Have everything maxed out to Ultra, and I can hear the echos of the voices for the leaders but I cant hear the actual dialog itself. Been trying to see if its my soundcard but nothing is wrong with it.

[Avalanche]

The only voice i love to hear is your advisor, god she sounds sexy, but i have noticed this myself with the leaders, not sure if its intended or a bug.

[CJones]

There was a similar issue with X-Com 2. Are you using headphones or only 2 speakers? If so, try turning surround sound off. In X-Com 2, all the voices were challeled through the center speaker. But if there was no center speaker, you didn't hear them at all, unless you switched to stereo.

[Team_Spahr]

Ive had this issue with past games, and I was able to fix it with a driver update. This time, no update needed, and I dont want to revert back to see if it works. I can barely make out the voices, a feint echo. Its not the end of the world, hoping their first patch fixes it, or theres some quick fix posted here because im just confused.

[Blood Drunken]

Thank goodness It's not just me. I thought it was just a feature they didn't include. I'll have a look at my drivers.

[DaBurd]

Originally posted by CJones:

There was a similar issue with X-Com 2. Are you using headphones or only 2 speakers? If so, try turning surround sound off. In X-Com 2, all the voices were challeled through the center speaker. But if there was no center speaker, you didn't hear them at all, unless you switched to stereo.

I am running the game on dual speakers. I have tried plugging in headphones and still no dice. I even checked the Audio setin in game to see if there is someplace you can adjust where it comes from but I dont see that anywhere. I'll keep looking for solutions but overall this seems like a bug on the games part.

[CJones]

Originally posted by Da Burd:

Originally posted by CJones:

There was a similar issue with X-Com 2. Are you using headphones or only 2 speakers? If so, try turning surround sound off. In X-Com 2, all the voices were challeled through the center speaker. But if there was no center speaker, you didn't hear them at all, unless you switched to stereo.

I am running the game on dual speakers. I have tried plugging in headphones and still no dice. I even checked the Audio setin in game to see if there is someplace you can adjust where it comes from but I dont see that anywhere. I'll keep looking for solutions but overall this seems like a bug on the games part.

Go to the Windows Control Panel->Sound and choose what ever device(s) your're using. Click on "Configure" and make sure your audio channels are set to Stereo. This fixed the speech issue in X-Com 2. And considering they're both Firaxis games, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same issue again.

[Lady Cali]

FIX
Yup, changing Windows sound configuration from surround sound to stereo fixed it! Thank you CJones

[grön gägga röd lägga]

Sorry for bumping a very old thread. but this issue still remains, even after doing the stuff mentioned above.

[Max-Power]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/289070/discussions/0/340412122408322410/?ctp=3

That solved it for me.

[Calyaer]

Tried the solutions above; nothing has worked. I'm using Windows 10, and I'm pretty sure I have up-to-date sound cards. I'm going to try restarting my computer after I finish my work.

I don't know if video graphics or w/e will have anything to do with it, but I do have a sub-par video card to the rest of my equipment.

And yeah, double what death said. The issue still remains, after trying all of the solutions I can think of.
Any help would be appreciated :)

Edit: Oh, I figured out my problem! For anybody else having this problem, animations are disabled when you have low graphics. Go to the graphics setting, scroll down and open the "advanced settings" thing. All the way at the bottom, there's an option along the lines of "animated leaders." Set the first option to anything but disabled.