1.2 Sound *argh my ears*

This was me first time I logged in after the patch,

Was sitting in fleet doing some shopping on the GTN, and I swear someone was doing test firings of jet engines in the cantina. Had to turn off ambient, I think the constant low freq engine whine was giving me a headache.

Realism is nice but I am sure the only sound I should hear at the GTN is NPC chatter and maybe background music

Edit: I have a decent sound set up on my computer, maybe bioware tuned the audio with headphones or onboard audio and cheap speakers. The audio itself is excellent quality, but the levels they are played at is a bit wierd.

I too am hearing that engine sound all the time. I am also hearing a pinging sound. Like a submarine sonar going ...ping...ping very faintly. Currently i am on Alderaan. Tis getting anoying

A mod directed me to this thread, so I guess I'm supposed to say something like: "Yeah me too!"

Consider that said

Hm, I'm having the same issue on my "crappy headphones" though my crappy headphones are wired through a Soundblaster card... hm... so maybe yeah, maybe that is the "problem."

Can't say I noticed any engine noise in the republic fleet the 2 times I've visited it since 1.2.

Nor do my companions sound like they are speaking through headsets, regular audio as per usual except now it seems when on my ship companion commentary for crew skills have their source coming from the companions physical location on my ship... where as pre-1.2 the source was localised to my location not the companions.

However since 1.2 I do have frequent directional audio issues when audio will cut out completely or become intermittent when the source moves to the sides, SFX clipping where half way through combat suddenly my lightsaber hum and attack impact sounds will vanish and start up again after awhile then vanish again but gun fire effects are still played consistently and similar such things.


Tried changing my sound card settings from 5.1 to stereo both with and without virtual surround simulation, also tried 'matrix mode' from the speakers themselves which takes stereo audio and simulates 5.1 (Logitech X-540) and all cases suffer from the problem.

The jet engine sound in the fleet is driving me nuts. My companions do exactly that.. sound muffled then sound LOUD!...

Sounds to me as though they changed the sound output from User to 3D sound( by your explinations) . I'm no expert on the Hero Engine but what you are explaining is usually the case with other engines I have used. Easy enough for them to fix, it's usually just a check box then server restart.

Im having all the problems everyone else thats posted here has. Glad its not just me. All my sound drivers are up to date. Anyone heard anything from a dev?

signed for fleet, and sound cutting in and out. Also when a wz finishes it sounds like my speakers are distorted and that's never been an issue. Logged out, cranked up i tunes and theres no issues with my speakers......

side note: my snipers ambush sounds like garbage now too

Me too. The worst in WZ.

Yep same. Seems they really borked the sound good and proper... The day an MMO developer learns how to release a patch I swear I'll eat my hat!