1.1.1.0 - crackeling "pops"

[Inseckt]

Hello

 

I've patched to 1.1.1.0 and went for it, to my disappointment, the sound is now awful. I get these little "pops", like a scratch in a old vinyl record. Very annoying. I had these problems in early black shark versions, but it all happily went away with the new sound engine in DCS:WH, but to my dismay, it's back! Furthermore, the engines now sound like they are in front of the plane, a problem I have never had before.

 

I have the correct dx and ++ versions as stated in the download.

 

I've had absolutely no problems with DCS since beta, I guess I'm out of luck:(

 

I'm downloading the full version tonight and will see tomorrow if that fixes it. Any suggestions until then?

 

:helpsmilie:

[synti]

Can confirm this too! Started with Black Shark 2 and now it´s in 1.1.1.0 patched A-10 too. I only get these "vinyl pops" in the menus though.

There is also a strange, long delay in "selection click" -sound. DCS A-10 is fresh, full install.

[chokko]

another sound query since 1110 - when dropping cbu103 on target, when the boom catches up to the plane - the volume (including engine sounds) seems to dip for about 1 second..happens on each drop

[Inseckt]

Unlike synti, I have it in-game as well. I have found out that the digital pop is generated anytime a looped sound effect goes from its end to its start. I deduced this by studying the time interval between pops, and comparing to the APU.waw (for instance). However, I also do seem to have the pops in the menu music, like synti, so I just dont know...

 

I'm currently uninstalling, feels like drowning a puppie over some cosmetic reason:cry: (not that I know how that feels)...

[Inseckt]

Here's an update on the issue:

 

I have done the following:

 

1. Uninstalled DCS completely

2. Checked that the sim was no longer available in control panel

3. Deleted remaining folders

4. reebooted

5. did a registry cleanup

6. defragged drive

7. Installed vanilla 1.1.1.0 (full)

8. Reinstalled DX and ++ as by instruction by the installer package

9. launched DCS:WH

 

Conclusion: Problem remains:(

 

In particular my game isn't able to loop the apu sound in a seemless manner. Might apply to some other sound as well, but the engine sounds seems okay. Also the menu music still glitches, but it isn't looped, so don't know why.

 

I hope that someone in the know's are following me. It might not seem like a big thing, but the sim is uplayable at this point in time, the sound is like torture:(

 

However: The reinstallation process fixed the engine sound coming from the front of the plane:), it was however not the most pressing issue.

 

I'm planning to do this next:

 

1. Reinstall/update all sound related drivers

 

If failed:

 

1. Unistall DCS

2. Install old version, to confirm that the problem does not exist there.

 

Ta

[Inseckt]

Reinnstallation/update of sound drivers didn't do the trick:(

 

Going back to an older version of DCS. Hope it will shed some light on wheather it's DCS or my comp...

[Inseckt]

I just did the following:

 

1. Uninstalled DCS etc.

2. Installed 1.1.0 (Release version) -> Problem is not present

3. Patched to 1.1.0.6 -> Problem is not present

4. Patched to 1.1.0.7 -> Problem is not present

5. Patched to 1.1.0.8 -> Problem is not present

6. Patched to 1.1.0.9 -> Problem is not present

7. Patched to 1.1.1.0 -> Problem is present

 

It seems to me that the 1.1.1.0 downgrades the sound engine to BS level. Can that be possible?:huh:

 

I really wish some devs or the like could chip in now and perhaps point in the direction I should go next. I'm not very computer savy and don't know what to do...

[Inseckt]

Update:

 

I have now tried using an advanced external sound card (Edirol UA-25EX), which I had lying around. Still the same result. I therefore postulate that the issue is not sound-card related, which leaves... well, Everything except the sound card....

 

frustration is growing.

[Inseckt]

after a substantial amount of Internet research, I have found that a similar problem was common in Lo an FC. Apparently drive-related, and the solution was to enable "write-caching". I then checked my own setting, and it was already set correctly....

 

Going to purchase a new computer next year, perhaps just sit still in 1.1.0.9 singelplayer until then.. (not the worst)...

[c0ff]

It's a bug in DCS introduced in the recent patch.

It will be fixed.

Thank you for reporting.

[Inseckt]

Thank you very much c0ff! That's a ton of relief right there:)

[Megagoth1702]

Thanks. I noticed some engine configs were changed (positions of stuff) and also the gun wasnt looping properly... Thanks for fixing.

[molleh]

I get this problem if I have the master volume in the options/audio menu set down below 80%. Above that it's fine.

[Inseckt]

My problem seems to still be there in 1.1.1.1, but it's now exclusively limited to the menu music (no biggie) and the APU looping (worse, but still livable). I'm not going to hassle any more with it though, I'm just accepting it until I buy my new system next year. Otherwise, this is a great patch!

 

:)

[Megagoth1702]

Yep, APU is still popping in 1.1.1.1.

 

Is it a bug with the sound engine/code or just a wav file not having loop markers in the right place?

[c0ff]

It was a subtle bug in renderer.

Fixed for real this time.

[Inseckt]

Cool!