Crysis sound problems! squealing, jittering, other indescribable sounds

[skippo]

I have noticed that at random intervals when playing Crysis that my sound goes haywire! It makes these very strange squealing sounds, jittering sounds, crackling noises, and other annoying sounds (at loud volumes) and them often cuts out for upwards of 2 minutes, before returning in a very annoying noisy fashion, much in the same way that the sound disappeared!

I thought that this might be something to do with my audio card, Creative X-Fi Fatala1y, but replaced this for a SoundMax card that came with my mobo, and still get the same problem.

Have lowered the master sound output from the game and the mixer controls within vista, but this also has not appeared to fix the problem.

I have the latest patch applied, 1.2, and the patch for 1.2, 1.2.1, but these also haven’t fixed the problem.

So my question is this, has anyone else got the same sort of problem as me, and is there a solution? Or is this a random error that affects Vista owners?

Thanks in advance

 

[XD-3]

Hi.

I get this to on XP, using a X-FI EP... mine only does it during the load and beginning say first five, ten minutes then it goes away.

XD-3

 

[Dyson]

So my question is this, has anyone else got the same sort of problem as me, and is there a solution? Or is this a random error that affects Vista owners?

Thanks in advance

Im on Vista 64, with a X-FI Fatality and have not had any sound problems with the game.

Not every problem lays with Vista

 

[skippo]

Well i thought that this problem might have been isolated with use of a creative X-Fi, but in my case i get the problem when using a different sound card. I don't know what is causing it, but the game is completly unuseable as it stands, as it happens all the time, and frequently.

I need to see if i get the same problems under XP. will report back later.

 

[bullit in head]

wow...I had that problem too. I though it was part of the game..... it sounded like static and happened just as one of the big multi legged things grabbed a team mate( near the beginning) and it was affecting the suit...however it continued after I quit out the game....a reboot sorted it and it hasnt come back since.... card is an X-Fi fatality

bullit

 

[skippo]

wow...I had that problem too. I though it was part of the game..... it sounded like static and happened just as one of the big multi legged things grabbed a team mate( near the beginning) and it was affecting the suit...however it continued after I quit out the game....a reboot sorted it and it hasnt come back since.... card is an X-Fi fatality

bullit

How are you guys getting rid of it that simply!?

I have done loads of reboots, etc. But might need to do a reinstall without these patches applied??

Will investigate further...