Sound levels low after update

[Rand Althor]

Anyone else having to drastically crank up the system volume just to hear the game?
It was working fine before the update, but now it's like I've had to turn my volume up to 70% whereas before it was sitting comfortably at 10%.
Weird. I'm loving the FOV slider haha
Having a blast with this game finally.

[Snake]

sound volume problem and small fonts

[READTHEE]

It's low because the speaker setup in options is permanently stuck in surround sound. The game is playing audio for surround sound even on headphones.

Camera is broken on mouse and keyboard as well, it resets every time you pick up an item.

So basically, they broke a functioning PC game while releasing an update for consoles, with zero testing on PC with mouse and keyboard. Game also shows "PRESS A TO CONTINUE" when launched, because that's what you want to see when launching the game by default on PC (no I'm not picking Keyboard mode).

PB's programmers are on the same level as Betheseda's, with 50 times less budget for everything they do.

[Kain]

Even on surround setup (5.1) sound volume is very low.

[Bilgot the Heartless]

Originally posted by PRE-lewd:

It's low because the speaker setup in options is permanently stuck in surround sound. The game is playing audio for surround sound even on headphones.

Camera is broken on mouse and keyboard as well, it resets every time you pick up an item.

So basically, they broke a functioning PC game while releasing an update for consoles, with zero testing on PC with mouse and keyboard. Game also shows "PRESS A TO CONTINUE" when launched, because that's what you want to see when launching the game by default on PC (no I'm not picking Keyboard mode).

PB's programmers are on the same level as Betheseda's, with 50 times less budget for everything they do.

How do you know someone from PB was working on this project? You don't. You just talking random words like a lot of people in internet. Piranha Bytes is owned by THQ Nordic and all PB's IDs bellow to THQ Nordic.

Risen 1 got release on new consoles and got PC update not because of Piranha Bytes.

[READTHEE]

Originally posted by Bilgot:

Originally posted by PRE-lewd:

It's low because the speaker setup in options is permanently stuck in surround sound. The game is playing audio for surround sound even on headphones.

Camera is broken on mouse and keyboard as well, it resets every time you pick up an item.

So basically, they broke a functioning PC game while releasing an update for consoles, with zero testing on PC with mouse and keyboard. Game also shows "PRESS A TO CONTINUE" when launched, because that's what you want to see when launching the game by default on PC (no I'm not picking Keyboard mode).

PB's programmers are on the same level as Betheseda's, with 50 times less budget for everything they do.

How do you know someone from PB was working on this project? You don't. You just talking random words like a lot of people in internet. Piranha Bytes is owned by THQ Nordic and all PB's IDs bellow to THQ Nordic.

Risen 1 got release on new consoles and got PC update not because of Piranha Bytes.

Because PB was known for creating quality, bug-free, stable games before this update.

[Lanani]

Fixes for the low sound:

1) if you don't like messing with files: right click speaker icon in Windows task bar > Open Volume Mixer > readjust dial for Risen

2) If you do like messing with files:
Edit %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\ConfigUser.xml as follows:
<Audio
UseHardwareSounds="true"
>
<Volume
Master="765"
>
</Volume>
</Audio>

[Lagnad]

In my case the volume for the game itself in windows volume mixer was set all the way down. try and check that out. right click the speaker in your system tray and select volume mixer or wahtever it is called in your local language.

[tford1956]

Originally posted by Lagnad:

In my case the volume for the game itself in windows volume mixer was set all the way down. try and check that out. right click the speaker in your system tray and select volume mixer or wahtever it is called in your local language.

This is it on my end also. Thanks

[VectorX]

Originally posted by Lagnad:

In my case the volume for the game itself in windows volume mixer was set all the way down. try and check that out. right click the speaker in your system tray and select volume mixer or wahtever it is called in your local language.

Same for me. The volume for Risen in Volume mixer was set to like 5% for some reason

EDIT: It seems to reset itself to low volume every time I close the game. WTF

[tford1956]

Originally posted by VectorX:

Originally posted by Lagnad:

In my case the volume for the game itself in windows volume mixer was set all the way down. try and check that out. right click the speaker in your system tray and select volume mixer or wahtever it is called in your local language.

Same for me. The volume for Risen in Volume mixer was set to like 5% for some reason

EDIT: It seems to reset itself to low volume every time I close the game. WTF

Yea it's a PITA. also load times are way longer on my PC.

[Lanani]

You can make the following edit to avoid having to readjust it all the time:
Edit %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\ConfigUser.xml as follows:
<Audio
UseHardwareSounds="true"
>
<Volume
Master="765"
>
</Volume>
</Audio>

But please also report it via the bug database link in the following thread so the developers can investigate. Thanks.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/40300/discussions/0/3758851615160415964/

[chakkman]

Originally posted by Bilgot:

Originally posted by PRE-lewd:

It's low because the speaker setup in options is permanently stuck in surround sound. The game is playing audio for surround sound even on headphones.

Camera is broken on mouse and keyboard as well, it resets every time you pick up an item.

So basically, they broke a functioning PC game while releasing an update for consoles, with zero testing on PC with mouse and keyboard. Game also shows "PRESS A TO CONTINUE" when launched, because that's what you want to see when launching the game by default on PC (no I'm not picking Keyboard mode).

PB's programmers are on the same level as Betheseda's, with 50 times less budget for everything they do.

How do you know someone from PB was working on this project? You don't. You just talking random words like a lot of people in internet. Piranha Bytes is owned by THQ Nordic and all PB's IDs bellow to THQ Nordic.

Risen 1 got release on new consoles and got PC update not because of Piranha Bytes.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I don't think PB were really involved here.

[tford1956]

Originally posted by Lanani:

You can make the following edit to avoid having to readjust it all the time:
Edit %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\ConfigUser.xml as follows:
<Audio
UseHardwareSounds="true"
>
<Volume
Master="765"
>
</Volume>
</Audio>

But please also report it via the bug database link in the following thread so the developers can investigate. Thanks.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/40300/discussions/0/3758851615160415964/

I used this. It works good. To bad we can't pick speaker types.

[TheOldGamer]

my game wont even start after update

[tford1956]

Originally posted by TheOldGamer:

my game wont even start after update

The load times are a lot longer now.