Steam games downloading with STATICKY sound files

[Indigo Jinx]

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Yet ANOTHER game that uses whatever zipped, or compressed sound files that FAR too many Steam games (I've NEVER had an Origin/EA app, GOG, Window's store, nor Epic games sound files end up "staticy") use that end up very, Very, VERY staticiky, this is actually the worst game to do it yet, it's so bad I cannot even STAND to play the game, nor hear 1/2 of the dialog because of the static... So I guess I get to reinstall the game 100x until the sound files aren't corrupted, geeeeee thanks Gearbox!

Fable anniversary, Doom Eternal, Carmagedon-Max damage, MX vs ATV-Unleashed, Pool Nation FX, Overdrift, Forza Horizon-4, & Crossout are the other games that've done this too... I've had to redownload ALL of them multiple times to get the sound files to NOT be staticky, & sometimes (as with Carmagedon, & Crossout) they static is STILL there, but so quite I got tired of redownloading the game, & just play with slightly staticky sound, and NO verifying the Steam files doesn't even EVER catch the corruption!

N-O I do not have a potato for a modem, nor PC, no I don't use dialup, or a proxy/VPN, no I don't live far from the Steam download server I use, I also use LAN cables, not WiFi, the FACT of the matter is it's something to do with the way Steam sound files are stored, zipped, compressed, or downloaded!

[RiO]

Zip compression isn't lossy. And installing games through Steam involves a checksum check, to ensure the files weren't corrupted during download.

[RiO]

Sure go ahead and throw a tantrum when confronted with the simple truth that your assumptions are wrong.

You could also redirect your efforts more constructively at something relevant; such as, for instance, checking the health status and integrity of whatever drive you're using to store game files on. Because if it's randomly bit-flipping zeros and ones to cause static, then you have bigger problems to worry about.

Or maybe check your audio cabling, and verify that it's not faulty. Or check that what you're dealing with isn't basic problems with induction and cross-talk because your hardware isn't properly insulated and grounded.

There's a whole lot of mess which could cause 'staticy' noise. But considering you're experiencing the issue fixing itself after X times trying to re-download, I'd start by checking the drive health and checking whether it and any cabling connecting it, is still seated properly.

[Yasahi]

引用自 RiO：

Sure go ahead and throw a tantrum when confronted with the simple truth that your assumptions are wrong.

You could also redirect your efforts more constructively at something relevant; such as, for instance, checking the health status and integrity of whatever drive you're using to store game files on. Because if it's randomly bit-flipping zeros and ones to cause static, then you have bigger problems to worry about.

Or maybe check your audio cabling, and verify that it's not faulty. Or check that what you're dealing with isn't basic problems with induction and cross-talk because your hardware isn't properly insulated and grounded.

There's a whole lot of mess which could cause 'staticy' noise. But considering you're experiencing the issue fixing itself after X times trying to re-download, I'd start by checking the drive health and checking whether it and any cabling connecting it, is still seated properly.

^This is solid advice.

If there was a problem with how the games are compressed, the forums would be filled with people complaining about the corrupted sound files. Most of the games mentioned in the OP are quite popular so a problem like this would have been reported a long time ago by many people.

[Kargor]

In addition to lossless compression, even MP3 and similar techniques do not create noticeable artifacts.

And while I've only played a tiny fraction of the games on Steam, and not the one you mentioned, I've never encountered one with noticeably bad audio like that.

The first game, I'd probably write off as "they did something very stupid". But if I'd encounter several such cases, I'd start looking into my sound hardware and drivers...

[Nx Machina]

Zero audio issues on my PC from any PC platforms when playing games and this includes - Steam, EA App, Rockstar Launcher, Battlenet app, GOG Galaxy, Ubisoft Connect, plus no audio issues with YouTube etc.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Ive had issues like this with some Unreal engined games since Dead Island in 2011. Multiple systems.

Its not Steam, its the engine and, as far as I can tell Realtek audio drivers.

If I use headphones and different driver, no static. Not every Unreal engine game, but some. Borderlands 2 did it too off the top of my head.

[Crawl]

The only game I've personally played from those you listed was Tiny Tina's Wonderlands but I had no audio issues. Also the only mention of static in the Tiny Tina forum was by you about the same time as this thread. It looks like an issue on your end.

[NuLife]

never had audio issues also, i thought i did at some point but it was on my end not the games as i found out when other games i tried were acting up, also check u have the right sound codec is installed, i had realtek codec install when i connected my tv to my pc and...,
some games just lost all sound, when i found out it was more then one of then, i found out i had realtek install around the time i connected my tv sooo, i uninstalled that and everything is peachy now!!

[Indigo Jinx]

引用自 AmsterdamHeavy：

Ive had issues like this with some Unreal engined games since Dead Island in 2011. Multiple systems.

Its not Steam, its the engine and, as far as I can tell Realtek audio drivers.

If I use headphones and different driver, no static. Not every Unreal engine game, but some. Borderlands 2 did it too off the top of my head.

PC speakers, monitor speakers, headphones, using multiple audio programs... static is on ALL of them. HOWEVER for the very 1st time "verify game files" DID work for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, it's never worked for ANY of the other games listed, so Steam should have a record of how the files were corrupted as after verifying the files, it redownloaded a few of them, & the static is gone, at least from ONE of the games... a few months ago I redownloaded Doom Eternal over 10x in a week's time, & to different varied degrees, the static was there every time... I eventually gave up on that game, as it was loud, and annoying in every case (plus the game's only fun for try-hards). Also I'm blocking every single non-steam employee that leaves a smartass reply here.

[Chompman]

引用自 Corbin Dallas：

引用自 AmsterdamHeavy：

Ive had issues like this with some Unreal engined games since Dead Island in 2011. Multiple systems.

Its not Steam, its the engine and, as far as I can tell Realtek audio drivers.

If I use headphones and different driver, no static. Not every Unreal engine game, but some. Borderlands 2 did it too off the top of my head.

PC speakers, monitor speakers, headphones, using multiple audio programs... static is on ALL of them. HOWEVER for the very 1st time "verify game files" DID work for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, it's never worked for ANY of the other games listed, so Steam should have a record of how the files were corrupted as after verifying the files, it redownloaded a few of them, & the static is gone, at least from ONE of the games... a few months ago I redownloaded Doom Eternal over 10x in a week's time, & to different varied degrees, the static was there every time... I eventually gave up on that game, as it was loud, and annoying in every case (plus the game's only fun for try-hards). Also I'm blocking every single non-steam employee that leaves a smartass reply here.

This is a user forum and that will mean you will be blocking everyone's post.

This is 100% on your end somewhere with audio drivers more then likely causing it.