Dayz sound effects SUPER LOW * please help*

[tophawtdog4411 0]

This is a very concerning bug for me, really weird. When i play Dayz, the sound effects ( gun shots, running, walking, etc. ) is SUPER LOW, to the point where to even hear it at all i have to turn my base windows volume to 100%, go into dayz and turn sound effects to max, and lower all the other sounds so i can even hear a little bit of in game effects.

Presently, i can hear a small amount of effects, but certainly not enough to start playing. Coincidentally, another game i have called Medieval 2 Total war is also missing some sound effects to boot. I have a feeling that this issue may be caused by my sound driver or sound card, i dont know which one i have though because i looked up for sound drivers in my system information app and it said that i have AMD Audio drivers twice, then it mentioned something about USB audio ( i use a usb connected headset ), and finally Realtek HD Audio or what have you.

It just seems like too much of a coincidence that the sound effects on both of these are funny and that i havent really heard of anyone having these issues with dayz or medieval 2 for that matter.

Thanks for reading, looking forward to hear how to fix it

[M4L 42]

speakers setup right in windows, stereo, 2.1, 7.1 etc ?

[Len42 0]

i had this problem too , but found if you alt -tab out and right click on your volume icon and select "open volume mixer " you will get volume controls for all programs that are running , i found that Arma's volume was automatically turned down to low - so just use the slider to pump the sound back up ,hope this helped .

[tophawtdog4411 0]

I suppose its 7.1, since im using 7.1 Logitech headphones,but i dont know how to properly check that.

Im also going to check if that alt tab trick in the volume mixer fixes it

[M4L 42]

I suppose its 7.1, since im using 7.1 Logitech headphones,but i dont know how to properly check that.

Im also going to check if that alt tab trick in the volume mixer fixes it

configscreen, sounds, playback, configure

[tophawtdog4411 0]

HAHA IT WORKED

thank you len 42, you clever bastard

thread solved :D

[Teach (DayZ) 45]

HAHA IT WORKED

thank you len 42, you clever bastard

thread solved :D

This will happen again if you use Skype or any similar program. To prevent it from happening in the future, you need to go to your Windows Control Panel -> Sound -> Communications tab and check "Do nothing" for "When Windows detects communications activity:"

If it's not set to that, Windows will give priority to a voice communication program and lower the volumes of everything else producing sound.

Edited August 24, 2012 by Teach