Audio Corruption (PC)

Leaky Demon · 07-10-2009, 10:06 AM

I'm getting frequent corruption of in-game sounds in Assassins Creed on my PC. Certain sound effects sound stuttery, as though they are flicking rapidly from the left to right channels. Examples of sounds that are often corrupted include; death screams (ie. when a counter-attack is being executed and the camera is detached), city alarm bells and the chanting of monks from within cathedrals.

It seems to be related to camera movement. Using the chanting monks as an example, if I simply stand still outside a cathedral, the chanting will sound fine, but the moment I start running sideways, the chanting becomes corrupted/stutters.

The sound card I'm using is the ASUS Xonar Essence STX, with the latest available drivers installed. My OS is Windows XP x64.

At first I thought it might just be my particular sound card causing the issue, but then I noticed the EXACT SAME corruption on a completely different system (using the onboard sound of the P5Q motherboard).

Anyway, I've tried everything I can think of on my PC including:

- Setting the Windows 'Hardware acceleration' slider to basic.
- Setting the 'NO_OPTIMISATION_SOUND_CARDS' option in DARE.ini to True (it was blank by default).
- Setting 'DISABLE_OPTIMISATION' to False (default = True)
- Messing with my sound card's driver CP, disabling all EAX emulation, Game mode, and other effects.

No matter what I do, the issue is still present.

I need some advice as this issue is really ruining the game for me.

~ Oh so Fishy

Dark Drakan · 07-10-2009, 03:27 PM

Have you tried making sure DS3D GX 2.0 button in the Xonar control panel was unset. Ive heard that it can cause some games to crash or not function properly?

Leaky Demon · 07-10-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Have you tried making sure DS3D GX 2.0 button in the Xonar control panel was unset. Ive heard that it can cause some games to crash or not function properly?

Yes, I've tried DS3D GX both on and off, but the issue is still present.

Dark Drakan · 07-12-2009, 01:24 PM

Have you tried reverting to an older driver set and seeing if that works? (rolling back the drivers)

Leaky Demon · 07-13-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Have you tried reverting to an older driver set and seeing if that works? (rolling back the drivers)

Yes, I've tried the older ASUS driver (there have only been two releases so far), but to no avail.

Please note that this exact same issue is present on two of my systems; the one with the ASUS Xonar Essence STX and the other which is using an onboard Realtek chip. That makes it unlikely that it's merely an issue with the ASUS Xonar driver.

Dark Drakan · 07-13-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Leaky Demon

Yes, I've tried the older ASUS driver (there have only been two releases so far), but to no avail.

Please note that this exact same issue is present on two of my systems; the one with the ASUS Xonar Essence STX and the other which is using an onboard Realtek chip. That makes it unlikely that it's merely an issue with the ASUS Xonar driver.

Have you tried a complete re-install and made sure the patches are downloaded too?

Leaky Demon · 07-16-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Have you tried a complete re-install and made sure the patches are downloaded too?

Yes, and yes. Everything is 100% as up-to-date as possible.

Dark Drakan · 07-16-2009, 06:24 PM

Have you checked that these sound cards are compatible?

Leaky Demon · 07-19-2009, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Have you checked that these sound cards are compatible?

How do I find that out?

Dark Drakan · 07-20-2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Leaky Demon

How do I find that out?

There is usually a list on the back of the box that names the compatible ones. Try this tool also, might help identify the problem:

System Requirements Lab