Audio stuttering?

[IvantheFormidable]

Howdy folks,

After the recent hotfix patch I've been getting some strange audio feedback in game. It sounds like borderline static. Was wondering if anyone else has been having this issue, or if it's just on my end.

[Browntail]

The same thing is happening to me. From my end, it happens when there's a particular wind sound playing (A distant yet hissy kind of wind, like from the treetops), exterior blizzards (Intermittent), and sometimes locations that start to lag since the big Redux update (Center of Milton is one of several examples i've encountered).

I sent an email to Hinterland and they are currently brainstorming about it, and hopefully manage either a fix, or an explanation as to why it's happening (Possibly a memory leak).
One thing they did suggest is update your computer to the latest OS version, just in case.

[IvantheFormidable]

Sounds similar. For me it's happens when the wind picks up, and it sounds like the sound file for the wind is being layered over itself several times to the point that it sounds like static. Glad to hear that Hinterland is aware of the bug, and thanks for the feedback!

[Browntail]

Hello again!
I have absolutely no idea why I have not done this yet.
But I just remembered that I have a hard drive running as an Apple Time Machine for the past few years.
Since my issues started shortly around February, I did an experiment, and found a backup copy of the game from January. I restored it and gave it a test run.

It still had the Redux update and such, but it runs just like it used to, no audio lag, and regions in the maps that are known to have heavy visual lag (Like middle of Milton) only drop to 35-40 fps.

I even played interloper difficulty and the new Archivist challenge, which goes overboard on background and weather noises. Also with more frequent auroras, there'd be much more flickering lights and such, just in case if graphics were the cause.

So far, everything is running like luke-warm butter for my old compuer on medium settings.
So whatever is going on, seems to have taken place around February, I'd take a guess.
I'm thinking of flinging Hinterland this info, in case it'd be useful to them on pinpointing the issue's source.

[sumark94]

I too have audio failure. It not a hum it's a buzzing sound and it's louder than the sound track. I don't get this with Youtube, soundfiles or other games. I did change my motherboard recently. Had no problems with other motherboard, but I am thinking the MB is not the problem. Problem may be in the audio drivers as those were changed with the new MB.

[hinterland_community]

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[smartwally]

Hi, I just had some audio feedback/stuttering issues, read around and disbled steam overlay for TLD and it seems to have fixed the problem for now. Hope that helps.

[AleksCore]

I disabled steam overlay and it helped me

[AleksCore]

Update: not helped

[AleksCore]

I disabled front panel jack detection in Realtek Audio Console and reconnected my speakers and select "its speaker", then reconnected my headphones and select "its headphones" and I think it helped