Regarding the sound bug in Warband 1.151

[Vornne]

After some testing with the latest 1.151 release on current PW servers, it seems the main cause and fix for the sound problems is simply to make sure the "Disable Music" checkbox in the launcher is not enabled (or make sure rgl_config.txt has "disable_music = 0"), as other people on the main warband and NW boards have suggested - just turn the music slider right down in the game option menu if you don't want to hear it. For me, having disable music set means that no sounds are played most of the time, with occasional bursts of random sounds; while leaving the music enabled just means that a few environmental and coin sounds with sf_2d set are much too loud once inside the hard coded cut off distance for network updates (20m), as far as I can tell, though the priorities are probably wrong for various things.

I did adjust the priorities, volumes, and flags of sounds to what seemed sensible, then uploaded a quick patch in case people want to apply it and see if things sound better.

In case people skimmed over this post and missed it: the main fix seems to be ensuring the "Disable Music" option in the warband launcher is not set.

[Hugues]

Thanks Vornne! I'll try this soon.

[Ra'Jiska]

Thanks very much Vornne, it runs.

[Splintert]

Curses, I've had Disable Music checked for over a year. If I'm thinking of this correctly, it will cause the game to load these songs every once in a while causing a slight (likely minimal) performance drop? That's why I disabled it, at least.

[Apocalypse11]

Thanks Vornne. 

[Brimstoned]

Thanks Vornne,  I am glad to hear that it is fixed in the new patch.   
P.S. This is about the sheathing/unsheathing sounds right? those are so unnerving 

[Vornne]

Thanks Vornne,  I am glad to hear that it is fixed in the new patch.   
P.S. This is about the sheathing/unsheathing sounds right? those are so unnerving 

No, I don't think you are talking about the same thing: the sound bug appeared in warband 1.150 for players with music disabled from the launcher, from what I know. Using the adjustment patch in the first post here might make the sheathing sounds quieter from far away though, as the sound engine was redone and they were given a lower priority - but they might not be noticeably different.

[avion365]

Would i have the same problem if i am lazy and just put the Music Volume down as much a possible?

[Vornne]

Would i have the same problem if i am lazy and just put the Music Volume down as much a possible?

As implied in the first post, that will work fine.

[Andrew_PW]

I don't have Disable Music checked, and I still have the problem.  I'm trying the .wav patch now, and I will let you know if this works.  What else could be causing the problem?

I use a Logitech G35 7.1 Surround USB headset with all the latest drivers.

EDIT: Didn't fix it.

[Vornne]

Try also making sure that the "Sound Variation" option on the same launcher tab is checked (and the next two "Disable Music" and "Disable Music" unchecked); some other people have reported that being part of the problem, like here.

[Andrew_PW]

Still broken.

[Ulruk_Van_Escarla]

did u use the patch i sent u and replace the old sound files with it?