Does the audio seem rough?

[Forge Master]

The game sounds like it's playing through a HAM radio to me.

[Forge Master]

I found the solution that works for me. I have Steam, Discord and the game running in Admin mode. Then you have to disable any other audio input and output other than the one you use.. otherwise, the game tries to use other ones or all of them simultaneously.

And I mean the heavy, right click and disable option.. not just turn it off, keep it from turning on.

The game sounds great now! And doesn't disable my Discord audio or my YouTube audio. Solace at last!

[Friendly Stranger]

bluetooth ♥♥♥♥

[Forge Master]

Originally posted by 2tw3rk:

bluetooth ♥♥♥♥

Going wireless feels so much better though. Get the right headset and you don't lose much audio integrity.. and besides, it's not Helldivers, it's the nGameGuard.

It's natarious for altering PC settings or causing unusual activities like this.

Otherwise, I'd have this issue with other games, and I don't, just this one. You have to force this game to use one, single audio in and out source to prevent it from turning them all on or switching to whatever one it wants

[KingQuokka]

The game sounds good to me both using my headset and through speakers, might be a setting on your headset/speakers or perhaps a plug that needs replugging?

[Mingdug]

If you're connecting via bluetooth try this

Go to windows settings --> Bluetooth --> View more devices --> More Devices and printer settings (scroll all the way down) --> Double-click on the name of your headset --> Services and then uncheck Hands-free telephony

That should resolve it, you will have to keep doing it though. Not an issue with the game, its a windows specific issue. I think Halo: Masterchieft Collection does it too. Sucks MAJORILY but sadly Microsoft don't care enough to keep settings forced on after updates.

[Forge Master]

Originally posted by Mingdug:

If you're connecting via bluetooth try this

Go to windows settings --> Bluetooth --> View more devices --> More Devices and printer settings (scroll all the way down) --> Double-click on the name of your headset --> Services and then uncheck Hands-free telephony

That should resolve it, you will have to keep doing it though. Not an issue with the game, its a windows specific issue. I think Halo: Masterchieft Collection does it too. Sucks MAJORILY but sadly Microsoft don't care enough to keep settings forced on after updates.

No. The issue is specifically nGameGuard. It has a tendency to act a lot like Malware itself and cause issues like this to happen.

No other game, old or new, has done this to me. Thankfully it's correctable, but nGameGuard.. man, the last time I seen that, my Windows XP computer became Crypto locked. Back when WoW was the best thing out

[Hussar]

Known issue
Go in to windows sound settings and close all other devices, like VR headset.

[Candidead]

It messes with all the audio on the pc as well. Everything outside the game suddenly sounds low quality as soon as the game is running.

[Forge Master]

Originally posted by Candidead:

It messes with all the audio on the pc as well. Everything outside the game suddenly sounds low quality as soon as the game is running.

Yep. That's why you have to disable all non-needed audio in and out sources and then it can't mess up

[Mingdug]

Originally posted by Forge Master:

Originally posted by Mingdug:

If you're connecting via bluetooth try this

Go to windows settings --> Bluetooth --> View more devices --> More Devices and printer settings (scroll all the way down) --> Double-click on the name of your headset --> Services and then uncheck Hands-free telephony

That should resolve it, you will have to keep doing it though. Not an issue with the game, its a windows specific issue. I think Halo: Masterchieft Collection does it too. Sucks MAJORILY but sadly Microsoft don't care enough to keep settings forced on after updates.

No. The issue is specifically nGameGuard. It has a tendency to act a lot like Malware itself and cause issues like this to happen.

No other game, old or new, has done this to me. Thankfully it's correctable, but nGameGuard.. man, the last time I seen that, my Windows XP computer became Crypto locked. Back when WoW was the best thing out

Why would detecting something as a malware.... mess with audio? Did you try what I suggested or are you not on bluetooth?

[KING OF BANANA]

Try disabling 'Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)' in device manager and turning your PCs Bluetooth off and on.

I have a pair of Soundcore Q30s and this fixed the issue for me.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/anker/comments/sadlv3/soundcore_life_q30_windows_11_audio_issues/

The only issue is, it will disable your microphone. Someone in that Reddit thread said that this is a windows 11 issue with Bluetooth headsets, I don't know if this is true:

"When both speaker and mic is enabled on a BT device, Windows considers it as a headset, and limits the bandwidth and bitrate of the audio coming and going, which is nuts. "

[Forge Master]

Originally posted by PoopSlinger34:

Try disabling 'Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)' in device manager and turning your PCs Bluetooth off and on.

I have a pair of Soundcore Q30s and this fixed the issue for me.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/anker/comments/sadlv3/soundcore_life_q30_windows_11_audio_issues/

The only issue is, it will disable your microphone. Someone in that Reddit thread said that this is a windows 11 issue with Bluetooth headsets, I don't know if this is true:

"When both speaker and mic is enabled on a BT device, Windows considers it as a headset, and limits the bandwidth and bitrate of the audio coming and going, which is nuts. "

I use a dedicated Mic for speaking and dedicated headset for Listening.. I simply turned off all other devices, and force the game to use only the two sources that I want.. otherwise, it was as if it was activating them all.