Bethesda STILL hasnt fixed fallout 4's sound issue?

[Vlad]

After all this time, fallout 4 is still the only game that cant swap sound devices. this is not a direct X issue, it is exclusive to fallout 4. Let's take Diablo 2 for example, which uses direct x, this issue doesnt exist there. I dont have this problem in warframe, or any other game for that matter.

Fallout 4 is the ONLY game I've ever played, that will stop playing audio if you unplug your device or it's battery dies, or for what ever reason the device is no longer available. you cant just swap devices, there's no console command to jump-start the sound.

I wrote this out of frustration fueled from the lack of love and care that bathesda has for it's games.

[Kalypso]

It's your own fault, dude. I have played over 3000 hours on various platforms and devices. Not once have i had a sound issue. Maybe instead of blaming Bethesda which does nothing for you, you attempt to troubleshoot your audio drivers?

[Phexfunk]

Originally posted by Vlad:

After all this time, fallout 4 is still the only game that cant swap sound devices. this is not a direct X issue, it is exclusive to fallout 4. Let's take Diablo 2 for example, which uses direct x, this issue doesnt exist there. I dont have this problem in warframe, or any other game for that matter.

Fallout 4 is the ONLY game I've ever played, that will stop playing audio if you unplug your device or it's battery dies, or for what ever reason the device is no longer available. you cant just swap devices, there's no console command to jump-start the sound.

I wrote this out of frustration fueled from the lack of love and care that bathesda has for it's games.

Maybe i'm not understanding, but how is it the games fault if you unplug your sound device or forget to put batteries in?

[Lady Aeleanor]

Bethesda STILL hasnt fixed fallout 4's sound issue?

Never had sound issues with the game. It's a problem on your end, not anything to do with Bethesda.

[Kussin]

Originally posted by Vlad:

After all this time, fallout 4 is still the only game that cant swap sound devices. this is not a direct X issue, it is exclusive to fallout 4. Let's take Diablo 2 for example, which uses direct x, this issue doesnt exist there. I dont have this problem in warframe, or any other game for that matter.

Fallout 4 is the ONLY game I've ever played, that will stop playing audio if you unplug your device or it's battery dies, or for what ever reason the device is no longer available. you cant just swap devices, there's no console command to jump-start the sound.

I wrote this out of frustration fueled from the lack of love and care that bathesda has for it's games.

So frustrating restarting the game for a minute because your batteries died.
REALLY FRUSTRATING.

Like, its a frikking Minute - what a tremendous waste of lifetime due to the lack of love from bethesda. Yet, there is not a single single-player game that old as bethesda games and played that much.
Lack of love, clearly.

Now excuse me, i gotta write a essay about bethesdas lack of love because its fancy to do so. Its what the cool kids do.


Apart from that, i never had any issues with the sounds unplugging whatever while the game was running. But yea: Lack of love it is.

[Liquid Inc]

So, i've seen this myself OP but there's not much you can do beyond work around it....

If i end up leaving my PC for a while and the monitor turns off, when i come back, i'll have no sound. Only fix is to save, quit and reload. Nothing else kick starts the audio that i've tried.
Atleast you only lose about 20 seconds of play, and it's hardly an issue, i could simply set it to never turn off the monitor and that would be solved
(my speakers are connected through the monitor - not standard practice i know)

if my bluetooth headphones turn off however, the game will flat out crash. Like, wave goodbye to 3 hours of progress crash... So, yeah that can be frustrating... Nothing to do with your audio drivers at that point, but it can still be attributed to user error. Why didn't you listen to your headphones telling you they're low battery?

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

Bethesda STILL hasnt fixed fallout 4's sound issue?

Never had sound issues with the game. It's a problem on your end, not anything to do with Bethesda.

Same here.

[wesnef]

All of this makes me glad I haven't jumped on this "wireless" train. Having to worry about batteries, or losing signal, or losing sound, or. . . give me a good, straightforward wired connection any day. :D

[Liquid Inc]

i thought the same thing.. until i got some bluetooth headphones. No catching wires or having to have your device physically on you; can leave it in a safe spot nearby and still having your music on!
Ofcourse, major downside is the batteries

[RasaNova]

I'm not sure some folks are getting what the issue is. Basically if the audio output changes, the game wont change with it, it will stop outputting audio. I run in to this issue semi-regularly (with other games) as I often need to switch back and forth from speakers to headphones. It's not a pc/driver/hardware issue, it's the software.

But I think it's fairly low on the list of things that need fixing. With the insanely huge pile of bugs and glitches that range from annoying to quest/game breaking, having to re-launch occasionally is fairly tame.

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by RasaNova:

as I often need to switch back and forth from speakers to headphones.

Just FYI on that point, if you plug your headphones into the speakers (not the PC itself) it will bypass that issue - ofcourse, that only applies if your using a separate set of speakers and not say a laptop with integrated ones, but i thought id mention it since some people do use the Headphone ports on their desktop cases instead.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Liquid Inc:

Originally posted by RasaNova:

as I often need to switch back and forth from speakers to headphones.

Just FYI on that point, if you plug your headphones into the speakers (not the PC itself) it will bypass that issue - ofcourse, that only applies if your using a separate set of speakers and not say a laptop with integrated ones, but i thought id mention it since some people do use the Headphone ports on their desktop cases instead.

Thanks, thats a good tip and is actually what I used to be able do but no longer works with my current tv/monitor/audio setup, because Sony thought it would be smart to mute output as long as anything is plugged in to the audio jack without giving a way to disable that "feature."

[Vlad]

based on a number of these replies(which fault me for some reason, or deny the issue exists even though it does), I can see why Bethesda is one of the more lazy companies out there. I mean Anet updates every so often, and just manages to break things and has to call it a "feature" lol...but that's beyond the point. The point is, a Dev should be held accountable. Where is the standard? how is it considered a non-issue if you cant switch between sound devices? what is the logic behind shrugging your shoulders and just accepting bugs? We invested in this company, we should expect them to do their best to not disapoint.

Anyway, I solved the issue, I use wired earbuds which dont ever d/c or die or w.e

I honestly can only hope fallout 5 is kept up to date and has bugs patched regularly. I am absolutely not going to buy fallout 76, I am not interested in it's concept or further investment in a Developer who doesnt care enough about their work to repair things.

Who knows, maybe someone else will do that work for them, and release it as a mod.

In any case, this is not my fault and it is not acceptable behavior from a developer.

[Vlad]

if any mods are out there, please close this discussion. There is no need for this to go any further.

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Vlad:

based on a number of these replies(which fault me for some reason, or deny the issue exists even though it does)

Vlad, I usually agree with you 98% of the time, but I have installed and used Fallout 4 on at least 3 different computers, all various hardware, some with sound cards, and some with USB headphones, and never had any problems with sound. I really think that if it was the game's fault, it would be something that would have affected more people. Regardless, I'm glad you solved things.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

Originally posted by Vlad:

based on a number of these replies(which fault me for some reason, or deny the issue exists even though it does)

Vlad, I usually agree with you 98% of the time, but I have installed and used Fallout 4 on at least 3 different computers, all various hardware, some with sound cards, and some with USB headphones, and never had any problems with sound. I really think that if it was the game's fault, it would be something that would have affected more people. Regardless, I'm glad you solved things.

But have you switched between audio outputs while the game is running without losing sound? That's where the problem lies. It's not something most people would notice, or care about. I think it's more inconvenience and less a failure of the devs, but it happens in several games and it can be annoying for people who have reasons to switch.