Audio cuts out?

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So I had the cutscene camera issue, which was fixed in the current beta branch. Hence I'm using the beta branch now and haven't gone back.

I've been fine up until now (at the docks) and right before the homeless man teaches you the second part of the evade technique the sound just cuts out about 5 seconds after loading my save.

The launcher music works, intro logos, main menu, and the first 5 seconds after loading works; I can hear the music, Ryo's footsteps, dock sounds, et cetera. I can hear all sounds fine, and then I hear that sort of thunk noise when speakers turn off, and all the audio cuts out. When I went to the volume mixer I tried muting the game and unmuting, and it made that thunk noise again.

But it's only for Shenmue, all other apps on my pc don't cut out. When I exit the game and go back to the launcher the music for the launcher works fine too.

The only thing I've changed today is updating my video drivers to 399.07 (latest). I really don't want to rollback my drivers for this game.

I've tried restarting and formatting but it hasn't fixed it. I really don't want to go back to the stable 1.0 build because I had common cutscene issues there. In a game that's 80% cutscene it completely ruins the experience.

Has anyone else had this issue? Please help. First Monster Hunter World and now this. I just want to play the games I've been waiting for all year.

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Well... I switched back to the stable 1.0 release. I hope the cutscenes that keep working. They seem fine for now.

[Dead Star Ethics]

Any solutions to this? It just started for me, exactly as described above

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I managed to beat Shenmue I with the sound issue fixed. I didn't find a permanent solution but a simple quick fix each time the issue occurs:

Keep in mind I'm still playing in the beta branch, so make sure to follow the steps in the pinned post to ensure you have the latest beta version.

1. Load the problem save, and wait for the sound to cut out.
2. Pause the game and go to Options>Audio
3. Change your Audio Output Device; this step will differ depending on your setup*. To be absolutely sure, apply the changes by pressing 2 (keyboard) or Y (360) and exit the menu. Then reopen the pause menu, this time changing back to your default audio device, and apply the change. This should fix the sound issue.

*For example, for me, I have 4 options: 1. VX2257 (My monitor), 2 different Realtek devices, and off. So when I'd have the issue, I'd change my output device to Off, then apply the change and exit the pause menu. Then I'd reopen the pause menu, change my output back to VX2257 (the default) and the sound would work again.

The problem ALWAYS without fail occurred at the point I mentioned in my original post. I fixed the issue and advanced further in the game, and the sound cut out again. The fix I used worked each time it occurred. The issue only happened these two times as far as I can remember. Maybe once more.

**The game crashed once when I changed the audio output device. Make sure you save regularly, at least once each game day.

Please let me know if this fixed the problem for you. I'm not actually sure what causes the issue but it seems to be some sort of bad code relating to your audio output device, perhaps it crashes or something and gets fixed when you change your output devices. I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about though.

[ryokimball]

For me, swapping audio output devices works for a second but then it cuts out again.