Audio offset

[Shadowzyx]

Hi guys, I know a few posts have been written to talk about this already, but I didn't find any working solution for now :(
I tried to play with the new ouput timing option they added. It works fine as long as there aren't any keysound, but with keysounds it seems like only the bgm is moved, not the keysounds. Which means those are off sync with the music and it's litterally disgusting.
I'm already playing in fullscreen mode without V-Sync. I tried to turn off fullscreen optimisations from Windows, tried to turn Anti-aliasing off, tried to turn V-Sync on, tried to play at lower FPS (I'm at 240)... Nothing worked
I'd say the offset is about 75-80 ms. It's playable, but not as enjoyable as it could be. especially with keysound.

If anyone has any idea on how to fix this, I'll be grateful :'(

[Shadowzyx]

Anyone ?

[MDuh]

Specs? Game is not very friendly on lower then average machines.



It can also be caused by driver/hardware incompatibilities but I don't think there are problems with driver/hardware conflicting on your end. The symptoms of that are usually stutter/freezing.

If you want to see if you have a driver/hardware incompatibilities, try this to diagnose:

https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon

[Shadowzyx]

Thanks for your answer !

I tried the tool you sent me, here's the result so I guess it's fine on that level : https://ibb.co/tMN67bN

For my specs :

GPU : GTX 1080
CPU : I5-8600k
RAM : 16GB
Motherboard : Asus PRIME Z370-P

I tried to install the generic Windows audio driver instead of the Realtek one lastly, but it didn't work any better...

[MDuh]

the first number, the 86ms. Is the number always around that value? When I'm playing a song on djmax, it's usually around 0-27ms.

If not, your hardware is good enough to run djmax smoothly.

How about your audio setup? Are you using something third-party on software like Equalizer APO[sourceforge.net]?

How is your cables setup on audio? Is your audio out on HDMI and then you are just hooking up your headphones/speakers on the monitor?

[DukeFavre]

Run the game at 60 fps lock. Make sure the Vsync is ON. (you may even need to change your monitor Hz to 60 in order to work)

It's very limited.

If you go beyond 60 fps it will lose sync pretty easly.

[Shadowzyx]

Thx for your answers (and sorry for the response Time)
I'm not using any weird setup, I have a Logitech G430 headset. The offset is always about 80ms
I'll try locking my FPS to 60 when I'll be home and I'll come back to you

[Shadowzyx]

And about the cable it's USB plugged, but I tried with a Jack headset and it wasn't better

[Silbury ♦ Sign]

Originally posted by DukeFavre:

Run the game at 60 fps lock. Make sure the Vsync is ON. (you may even need to change your monitor Hz to 60 in order to work)

It's very limited.

If you go beyond 60 fps it will lose sync pretty easly.

False. Try all the settings and use the one that works best for your computer. There's no such setting that *always* works better than other settings.

V Sync 144hz, GPU cap at 144hz with game set to 240, 120hz, 240hz, all settings I've used on various devices.

[MDuh]

Originally posted by Shadowzyx:

And about the cable it's USB plugged, but I tried with a Jack headset and it wasn't better

hmmm, I don't know now. Audio out through HDMI is the last thing I can think of that can introduce a constant delay.

[sen.tris]

It's not just you, and honestly your computer is fine. I am pretty much running the same settings as you in terms of offset, and it feels really good. I'm a very consistent player and did drumline for a bit so I know my timing is great. I get 99%+ on charts that don't have hit sounds like Ghost Voices or Sad Machine, but it seems any songs that DJMAX put their own hitsounds onto aren't optimized for what they are currently offering in terms of offset capabilities (i can get 99%+ on ones that do but it just makes the game unenjoyable because it seems like the offset is also desyncing the hitsounds which makes my offset useless).

I really don't know what to say other than I feel this is a publisher problem and will be resolved only if Neowiz puts the time into fixing the incurred latency on the tracks present with their hit sounds.

EDIT: heres a video i found regarding this offset problem whilst researching this issue further.
https://youtu.be/1RQ0xxOdbWc

[DeadFuze]

I have this exact same issue. I wish the devs would fix the offset, especially after that youtube video that that guys posted but it doesn't seem like they are going to do anything about it. It really sucks because I have respect on PS4 and I have no issues on there but the Steam version's offset just doesn't work for hitsound songs. Asking them on their discord channel also doesn't seem to ilicit any response.