Official Bioshock sound issues thread.

[AngelGraves13]

I have a Core 2 Quad and sound problems anyway.

Do you have a Sound Blaster X-Fi and OpenAL installed?

[Scarshi]

My god, is there any chance 2K will even answer this thread?

Well, what can I say? ... came home from work at 11pm, tried to play a bit of Bioshock, that won't work with my Vista OS unless in compat XP mode so as I can at least have some form of sound. After stuffing around for an hour and a half to get it to work, I have had enough finally.

All these months, all these threads, opinions, apparent fixes that insanely involve formatting my computer and wasting a day putting it all back on - or also having to buy more expensive hardware, just to play this DUMB game???

I've uninstalled this bloody crap unstable game and called it quits. I fried the DVD in my microwave for 3 secs, snapped it in half and chucked in the bin and I must say ... Feel better. I have other games to play! So long 2K. Thanks for at least teaching me something about gaming.

ATTENTION! I do not advise misuse of any microwave for such purposes which is a potential hazard! ... Though ... its fun to watch it crackle and pop and DIE! Just like the lousy sound problems it has caused me! Woohoo!

[fast55]

All these months, all these threads, opinions, apparent fixes that insanely involve formatting my computer and wasting a day putting it all back on - or also having to buy more expensive hardware, just to play this DUMB game???

And this was the "Game of the Year" game.

My god...what a POS this game really is.

[AngelGraves13]

I think it has to do with what other software people have installed. Some people don't install drivers correctly. They don't remove old drives before installing new ones. They have codecs like Vista codec pack installed and GOM player and so on. It's hard to tell what is causing it since most people's computers have more junk in them than a junkyard.

BioShock has been running problem free for me since the 1.1 patch. Before I would get a crash every few hours. Now, it runs perfect.

Here's what I have installed:
CCleaner
Nero 8
Steam (BioShock & other games are all on Steam)
AnyDVD HD, CloneDVD, CloneDVD Mobile
Norton Internet Security 2008
Adobe Photoshop CS 3
Adobe Reader 8
iTunes 7
DivX

My system:
Operating System - Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Motherboard - Asus P5E WS Professional (BIOS 0507)
Memory - 2 GB Dual Channel Corsair XMS-2 800 DDR2
Video - ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX w/ ForceWare 174.16
Sound - Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series (2.15.0004)
Hard Drives - Dual Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA II 250 GB on RAID 0 with Intel Matrix Storage 7.8
DVD - LG 18X SATA GSA-H62N CL01
Monitor - Samsung SyncMaster 213T

[fast55]

BioShock has been running problem free for me since the 1.1 patch. Before I would get a crash every few hours. Now, it runs perfect.


Bioshock runs perfect for me also when it comes to not crashing.

It has sound problems that have yet to be resolved for everyone.

[junkey]

Do you have a Sound Blaster X-Fi and OpenAL installed?

No, I have SoundMAX Integrated Audio, but OpenAL is installed, I think. Have to look it up next time I'm running Vista.

[Nodders]

I think it has to do with what other software people have installed. Some people don't install drivers correctly. They don't remove old drives before installing new ones. They have codecs like Vista codec pack installed and GOM player and so on. It's hard to tell what is causing it since most people's computers have more junk in them than a junkyard.

I think that most people including me know how to install drivers thank you very much, but well done on your incredibly patronising and useless information.

[AngelGraves13]

I think that most people including me know how to install drivers thank you very much, but well done on your incredibly patronising and useless information.

Well you do, but I've been asked at least 20 times how to install drivers. Some people are new to computer games, and hell even computers. I'm not patronizing anyone.

When I had Realtek HD, the sound was awful, when it worked. Switching to a Sound Blaster made a huge difference and not just for games. If you're serious about gaming, or using your computer as an entertainment center (as I do since I just use it as my TV), then I'd highly recommend picking one up. If you're gonna get an X-Fi, get the one with X-RAM or you're just wasting your money.

And as for my useless information, why don't you go check my BioShock Troubleshooting thread and see if you might find something useful there. If not, then by all means continue as you were...

I'll not be visiting this thread again anyway.

[roisin]

I have a Core 2 Quad and sound problems anyway.
That's interesting because you MUST have changed the mainboard to upgrade to a Core 2 as Intel are not known for backwards compatibility.

In that case maybe that leans towards the X-Fi RAM allocation being part of the problem?

Post from Page 49:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=40260&query.id=397085#M40260
by johnston21:
"If not already, try increasing the AGP aperture setting in the motherboard's bios to 256. I previously had mine at 64, and only recently increased it to 256 to try and eliminate some stuttering in the game BF2. Whether is was a contributing factor to eliminating my stuttering I do not know, but things are pretty "smooth" now.

Increasing the aperture has been a reported resolution to others which had similar problems to you."

My problem VANISHED after I increased the voltage to my DDR2 RAM. It appears that Creative and problems are ubiquitous.[/i] I've seen people writing online about problems with their X-FI cards attempting to allocate Graphics Aperture RAM and ending with NOTHING.. which explains why the buffer overflows. The X-fi seems to NEED RAM and if it can't get it, or it gets a smack for trying to allocate SYSTEM RESOURCES then it would explain a lot about the whole stuttering issue.

Just thought I'd post what I'd found, especially since my computer "magically" started running Crysis and Bioshock with no problems after these simple 'tweaks'. It probably explains why "editing the Creative settings in Regedit just made it start stuttering at the very start rather than later in the game." .. because (regediting) it interfered with the buffer.

PS: considering that these two games are fmod games I still believe the problem lies with fmod. Maybe someone can get the guys at fmod to [I]fix their engine.[/SIZE]

[pjlambo]

I can't believe after all these months they haven't fixed the Vista "zero sound after the intro" bug even with the latest patch. Once again if I want to play this game I will have to do it in XP, I wonder if I will ever be able to experience this game with DX 10 graphics.

[SolitoN]

I installed the game just now, like 30 mins ago, but am totally turned off by this sound problem: the audio crackles so badly that I can't hear anything, and that's only if it doesn't disappear completely. I googled some answer to the problem, and have tried installing the latest Xi-Fi drivers, updating my OpenAL, and tweaking my audio settings in Vista -- nothing is working.

From what I can tell though, this problem doesn't actually have a solution yet...Is that right? Is there no fix for this atm?

[pjlambo]

I have given up trying to get this came to play with "full sound" - not just in the intro, under Vista-64 even after the patch. The game, post-patch is even more unstable on my PC even running the game on my XP partition, it likes to crash to the desktop too many times. I have a top notch PC built to run another game CRYSIS that is far more demanding on hardware than this game and happily it runs beautifully in DX10 with maybe only a single crash so I know my hardware isn't at fault. I have a friend who has a decidedly less powerful system to mine and he can play this game in XP (doesn't have Vista) without any problems. Tech support on this forum hasn't done diddly' for me I guess I need to talk to someone's by phoning up tech support. The more and more I have problems with this game, the more I should have bought the X360 version giving up some visual thrills for atleast a game that runs as intended.

Here's a quick run down on my PC specs: Quad Core 6600, 4 GBs DDR2 RAM, Vista-64, one EVGA GTX 8800 Video Card. Asus P5N-SLI mobo, one pair of BOSE Comp. 5 USB Speakers with subwoofer. Latest Direct X 10 and Nvidia drivers (beta & WQL)

[Nodders]

I installed the game just now, like 30 mins ago, but am totally turned off by this sound problem: the audio crackles so badly that I can't hear anything, and that's only if it doesn't disappear completely. I googled some answer to the problem, and have tried installing the latest Xi-Fi drivers, updating my OpenAL, and tweaking my audio settings in Vista -- nothing is working.

From what I can tell though, this problem doesn't actually have a solution yet...Is that right? Is there no fix for this atm?

If you've updated drivers, done the audio tweak, then yeah - there is no solution yet. It's only been 6 months since it was identified though, so maybe in a decade or two 2K will do something about it.

[pjlambo]

A decade, with advancements in tech over that period of time, BIOSHOCK will look like another PONG......lol. I hear what you're saying probably any other company would have made a game that worked as intended for most everyone the day it was out of the gates. Shame on you 2K. Looks like I'm this close to trading in my PC version of the game to get the inferior 360 version.

[junkey]

That's interesting because you MUST have changed the mainboard to upgrade to a Core 2 as Intel are not known for backwards compatibility.
What backwards compatiblitiy do you mean? MoBo? ;)
I have an ASUS P5K Deluxe. But I don't think it is due to low voltage on RAM (the sort of error that I experience doesn't suggest that), in my opinion it's simply a compatibility problem.

And it's still a f***ing shame that 2K haven't commented on that yet. They can't release the "game of the year" and leave thousands of people with a buggy game!

[pjlambo]

Finally got the game to play in a more stable state in XP, no crashes for awhile but now a new problem, the game freezes up on me when I access the save game menu to perform a manual save. The game completely freezes up and I have to reboot the PC.

[UnrealDude]

With the following settings i managed to activate sound under Vista x64, a onboard "Realtek High Definition Audio" and DirectX10. I think this should work for other onboard soundchips too, maybe someone could confirm that.

1. Click on vista logo (start menu) and then onto system control
2. Open the settings called "sound"
3. Chose from the tabs the "record settings"
4. In this tab you should see something called "stereo mix" if u dont see this right click into the window and check the two settings which appear (something like show deactivated devices).
5. Now you should see the stereo mix, right click on it and chose activate.

When you start Bioshock you will notice the buttons make nice bling bling sounds which means the workaround was successful.

[GeneralMike]

Oh my God! The fix that UnrealDude posted worked!
I didn't get the "bling-bling" sounds when I pointed at things in the menu, but I have ingame sound. This was really bugging me because the game worked perfectly on my old computer that also had Vista.

[Smgoeller]

Hey i fixed my sound problem and im running the game on Vista is there a solution for the game crashing randomly?

[pjlambo]

I have a set of BOSE USB speakers with sub hooked up to my computer. The speakers work and sound great with all my other games. How do you get this game to work in Vista with them? I can only get audio during the games intro movie.

[petestrash]

1. Click on vista logo (start menu) and then onto system control
2. Open the settings called "sound"
3. Chose from the tabs the "record settings"
4. In this tab you should see something called "stereo mix" if u dont see this right click into the window and check the two settings which appear (something like show deactivated devices).
5. Now you should see the stereo mix, right click on it and chose activate.


FYI: The drivers dated 18th of March seem to have removed the 'stereo mix' option. I do recall seeing it on the previous version that was installed though.

Also I have built 2 systems over the weekend one had an older (but still current) Abit AB9PRO motherboard and the other with a newer Asrock 4Core1600Twins-P35 motherboard. Both use realtek Audio chipsets, though not the same.

I know the Asrock used the ALC888 chipset, but don't know which the Abit uses (it not here anymore, and Abit don't show it on their website or in the manual).

Both have fresh Vista premium installs with sp1 and all available patches, other than the mainboards both are the same spec and used the same 18th of March Realtek Vista drivers.

The abit runs Bioshock fine, but the Asrock doesn't. It has the usual sound disappears after the first movie plays, and stays gone till the game is exited problem.

I hope this might help someone trying to fix the issue (if any actually is).

Peter.

[metal5115]

At first i had no sound, changed to compatibility mode then perfectly fine up until the medical place. Then i quit and loaded up again the next day and the sound was all crackily. after trying to fix it for ages i was playing around and turned on EAX and reverb. reset the game and it seemed like it did nothing but i could here the "ping" noises in the main menu so i tried it and the sound was there and working!

now to see how long it will last

[pjlambo]

I have given up on this game, I refuse to put any more time into it jumping through hoops to get this the game to run with full sound, without crashing or freeze-ups. Maybe by the time BIOSHOCK 2 comes out the problems will be fixed. People can deny it all they want but this game was not thoroughly tested before it was released and it's a cruel joke to learn the game will run on lesser PCs to my own. Trust me I'm not laughing. I'm amazed at how much patience I have exerted in order to get this game to run especially since I can play almost every other game new and old on this PC perfectly fine with only minor tweaking. You'd think a PC (mine) that can run the most technically advanced game, CRYSIS (very close to the designers vision) would easily be able to run this game. Well obviously that's not the case.

[RaptureBindsAll]

Ok, so I have Bioshock patched, because before I couldnt get the full sound to work properly, and now some settings in the "Graphic Settings" arent there(it's an empty box with a slider)...Also, regardless of when it's in Windoed Mode or not, it's set to windowed mode, and I can see the bottom 1/10 of the screen, where the "Apply", "Discard", etc. buttons are...Also, as soon as I go into the Audio Settings section, Bioshock crashes..I'm getting sick of messing with everything to try to get it to work...I understand the game having a few problems at start, but to completely mess up the Sound, and the update only makes it worse, is a big no-no,....

My specs:
CPU:AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ @ 2.1 GHz
GPU:EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
Ram: 3 GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM @ 667mhz
Realtek HD Audio(Onboard)
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
Retail copy of Bioshock

Here's a copy of my DxDiag: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01LNKMO9

Please help me, I want to enjoy this game, but it's hard to do so when it's constantly crashing, and I'm not getting full sound support...

[T100]

Hi all.
I had the same problem with other games .
To fix it i uninstalled my sound card drivers rebooted ,disabled my antivirus and reinstalled the sound drivers.after i reflashed my motherboard firmware it was working great.
It took me a long time to figure this annoying problem out but i won.
I hope this helps somebody out.

[Hyden]

wow what a long thread. I had the same problem (Realtek Audio). Updated to the latest drivers, no dice. XP mode worked but of course then you lose the benefits of DX10. What worked for me was the hint about stereo mixing on the recording tab under sound on the control panel. You have to turn on the option to see disabled devices as for some reason it's disabled. Once I turned it on poof everything worked great, running in Vista without using compatibility mode. I wish it was this simple for everyone as I've seen how frustrating it can be.

Sorry if this was mentioned before, it's a very long thread so it can't hurt to mention it again in hopes someone finds a solution quicker.

[RaptureBindsAll]

wow what a long thread. I had the same problem (Realtek Audio). Updated to the latest drivers, no dice. XP mode worked but of course then you lose the benefits of DX10. What worked for me was the hint about stereo mixing on the recording tab under sound on the control panel. You have to turn on the option to see disabled devices as for some reason it's disabled. Once I turned it on poof everything worked great, running in Vista without using compatibility mode. I wish it was this simple for everyone as I've seen how frustrating it can be.

Sorry if this was mentioned before, it's a very long thread so it can't hurt to mention it again in hopes someone finds a solution quicker.Thanks for the tip, it plays, looks, and sounds beautiful now.That's the key...Stereo Mixing thingy is the culprit for Vista..Although I still cant patch it... :(

[pjlambo]

I payed a pretty penny for a pair of BOSE speakers that accurately simulate 5.1 surround sound. They sound great in all my games, DVD movies and music played on the PC but like so many I'm suffering with the disappearing audio in Vista. So far solutions posted deal with Real-tek on-board audio which I have disabled, but no one has mentioned a solution for the small minority playing this game using USB speakers. Under XP I get full sound without the benefit of DX10 graphics of course but the game still crashes as frequently as a demolition derby even after the patch. I fear the day that I finally solve all these issues, or the lame ass company who made this game does, this game will fail to be relevant.

[angusog]

Hi,

I just got Bioshock and a new X-Fi Extreme Gamer card, and ran into the problems straight away. I was getting no further than the BioShock logo on the desktop on startup.

Found the problem to be with my previous onboard SoundMax audio. I of course uninstalled the drivers for it, but while checking other installed software that might be causing a conflict I found this little gem "Host OpenAL (ADI)"

I think this was SoundMax's version of Creative's OpenAL, which didnt uninstall with the SoundMax drivers, and caused confusion when the sound card is looking at 2 different libraries.

So a quick uninstall in program control (using Vista 64 btw) and all is good.

Hope that may be useful to someone!

[danila_is_crazy]

:confused:

I cannot hear anything after the crash in the very beggining.

Im running AMD Athlon 62x2 Dual-Core 5000+
4 gig RAM
NVIDIA 8800GTS

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

I got Bioshock awile ago, played it, had a great time, then left it for awile. When i came back to brush the dust off it, no in-game sound (This happened after i installed SP1 for Vista so i thought that was the reason, but clearly not anymore). I tried installing the latest openAL and FMOD thing and nothing changed. Go figure. So then i tried something that i always do for games with bulls**t backwards compatibility for Vista. I ran the game with XP SP2 as administrator and it worked like a charm. Since i had played the game before, i knew which sounds it was supposed to make. Like the "ding" when you load a game or the sounds of the wind during the game loading (if you dont hear these sounds, then your game has a sound problem). To this day i still dont know why the game just decided not to play its sound anymore.

So feel free to try it for yourself. And you MUST RUN IT AS ADMINISTRATOR!!!

[hobojoe73]

Hi all
It seems to me that im having the same no sound after intro problems that pretty much everyone else iv pretty much downloaded every update for my drivers i could think of, i have run it in administrator and i have also tried the stereo mixer thing but it didnt show up, another thing when i go to the audio menu there is a button that says enable Creative EAX audio but it is grey and it wont let me switch it on or off if anyone knows how i might make this work or when a patch is coming out that would be great

[superg05]

With the following settings i managed to activate sound under Vista x64, a onboard "Realtek High Definition Audio" and DirectX10. I think this should work for other onboard soundchips too, maybe someone could confirm that.

1. Click on vista logo (start menu) and then onto system control
2. Open the settings called "sound"
3. Chose from the tabs the "record settings"
4. In this tab you should see something called "stereo mix" if u dont see this right click into the window and check the two settings which appear (something like show deactivated devices).
5. Now you should see the stereo mix, right click on it and chose activate.

When you start Bioshock you will notice the buttons make nice bling bling sounds which means the workaround was successful.
:D u fracking Genuis it works the recording sound mixer was disabled renabled it and the sound was back thank you so much everyone this is the final solution to the problem im even thinking of making a tutorial just for this be sure to have a mic or at least headphones in a mic jack to u can access recording menu

[superg05]

UnrealDude you rock

[G-man]

My experience with getting Bioshock running on my computer was not fun and a lot of problems can be avoided by reading my post on observations...

A) Bioshock is not nice in letting you know that you are over taxing your system requirements...at first I would get video and no audio at 1680x1050...sometimes the computer would just freeze and I would have to hit control- alt- delete to task manager and shut Bioshock down...please realize that audio plays a big part in Bioshock and if you use on board HD Audio like I do without a dedicated sound card you are going to tax your system resources...also make sure you un-install all previous sound drivers and let VISTA install its most current Audio drivers (I've had no problems with popping and static noises with the most current Microsoft Drivers)...I use a Klipsch external sound processor for dolby digital surround (SPDIF Output) and it adds incredible environmental effects with 5 channel system....Also I recommend running in lower resolutions with DX10 if you have a DX10 card vs running at higher resolutions by lowering graphics settings ( i.e. 1280x800 High settings vs. 1680x1050 Medium-Low settings !!!!) The benefits of DX10 way exceed the cost of lower settings IMHO!!!!!!!..... I've had trouble free gaming on my low end system with High end audio with enjoyable results...

System...
AMD Athlon 3800 X2 2.0GHZ
Nvidia 8600gt dx10
2 GB of 400 ddr memory
Vista 64 Home premium
On board HD audio
LG 22 inch 10,000 to 1 contrast ratio :>))))))

Game set on 1280x800 dx10 with hd audio digital output
(Make sure to set properties on desktop icon for xp service pack 2 compatibility)

[InfraRed]

With the following settings i managed to activate sound under Vista x64, a onboard "Realtek High Definition Audio" and DirectX10. I think this should work for other onboard soundchips too, maybe someone could confirm that.

1. Click on vista logo (start menu) and then onto system control
2. Open the settings called "sound"
3. Chose from the tabs the "record settings"
4. In this tab you should see something called "stereo mix" if u dont see this right click into the window and check the two settings which appear (something like show deactivated devices).
5. Now you should see the stereo mix, right click on it and chose activate.

When you start Bioshock you will notice the buttons make nice bling bling sounds which means the workaround was successful.

Hey that really worked... thank u very much

[Utumno86]

I am having the No Sound after the plane crash flavor of audio difficulty with Bioshock. I'm running on Vista 32 bit, with system information as such:

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: GX612AA-ABA m8330f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1097MB used, 5251MB available
And Realtek HD Audio

I've tried updating sound driver, installing OpenAL and FMOD and diddling with the in-game sound options. Enabling the audio mixer from sound in the control panel seems to be a popular solution, but when I do that I get the little start-up Bioshock logo and then a game crash and windows error message. (remembering that the game worked find except the sound with the mixer disabled). Anybody have any idea why this would be? If it helps, I have the same crash problem when I try to run the program in XP SP2 compatibility mode. So yeah, if anybody has any suggestions, I'm getting ready to smash something so your help would be deeply appreciated.

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

Hi all, ive returned to tell you all that my method did NOT work. Wen i ran the game on XP SP2 as admin the sound came back, but the game started lagging alot and every time i fired my weapon, my computer beeped. This meant my graphics card was having a hard time coping (i dont have a particularly good one). This probably happened because most graphics cards gets their performance boosted wen ran with Vista (especially SP1), but all that went down the toilet wen i ran the game with XP SP2. I guess ill just have to wait till i get my new graphics card, godammit...........

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

Ok i decided to try every single method mentioned in this thread and i got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It turns out i was on the right track as far as changing the game the to run in compatability mode (XP SP2). But the lag was fixed wen i edited the ini file (WOOOOOOOOO!!!!) It seams we all have a common problem with the game, but i guess some of us have to take different approaches to our own situations, though im sure it would be easier for us all if they released a frikin fix 4 this! I know this thread is long, but try each solution. Who knows, you may get lucky. XD

[Utumno86]

I just found the thread at the top of the list on Vista specific problems, which suggested two things I hadn't tried: disabling tablet pc and uninstalling my GOM player. I did both and rebooted, am not sure which was the problem, but afterwards was able to run the game with stereo mixing enabled, and thus with sound. My problem has been solved.

[plugnplay]

I haven't read through the whole of this post, but I can 100% confirm that it was uninstalling GOM Player that fixed it for me. Changing the Tablet settings didn't help. I would like to get GOM going again, but I'm happy for now.

[fledermausland]

Hey Guys,

i am facing same problem - sound crackling ect. None of the mentioned workaround does work. So Bioshock is the only game i have to return to my parallel XP installation - very sad.

@ anyone from 2K - Is there a second patch planned / somebody working on which really solves the vista sound issues ? Or can we stop waiting / hoping ?

I already played Bioshock long time ago - now i´ve changed from XP to Vista and wanted to experience it again in DX10. I´m very disapointed that there has been no improvement for such a long time ans no real support from 2K side. The fact that this thread fills more than 50 pages is the best proof i think.

My system:

ASUS M2V
Ahtlon 64 X2 6000+
4 GB DDR2 800 G.Skill
Radeon HD4870 512MB
Soundblaster X-Fi extreme Music

[MowTin]

The strange thing is that demo works for me. I have sound after the plane crash with the demo version. I can run the demo in dx10 mode no problems at all. What's up with that?


I think there is something wrong with version 1.1 but I can' rollback because I bought it from Steam.

[Chezmat1]

I got Bioshock awile ago, played it, had a great time, then left it for awile. When i came back to brush the dust off it, no in-game sound (This happened after i installed SP1 for Vista so i thought that was the reason, but clearly not anymore). I tried installing the latest openAL and FMOD thing and nothing changed. Go figure. So then i tried something that i always do for games with bulls**t backwards compatibility for Vista. I ran the game with XP SP2 as administrator and it worked like a charm. Since i had played the game before, i knew which sounds it was supposed to make. Like the "ding" when you load a game or the sounds of the wind during the game loading (if you dont hear these sounds, then your game has a sound problem). To this day i still dont know why the game just decided not to play its sound anymore.

So feel free to try it for yourself. And you MUST RUN IT AS ADMINISTRATOR!!!
Ok, so I have Bioshock patched, because before I couldnt get the full sound to work properly, and now some settings in the "Graphic Settings" arent there(it's an empty box with a slider)...Also, regardless of when it's in Windoed Mode or not, it's set to windowed mode, and I can see the bottom 1/10 of the screen, where the "Apply", "Discard", etc. buttons are...Also, as soon as I go into the Audio Settings section, Bioshock crashes..I'm getting sick of messing with everything to try to get it to work...I understand the game having a few problems at start, but to completely mess up the Sound, and the update only makes it worse, is a big no-no,....

My specs:
CPU:AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ @ 2.1 GHz
GPU:EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
Ram: 3 GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM @ 667mhz
Realtek HD Audio(Onboard)
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
Retail copy of Bioshock

Here's a copy of my DxDiag: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01LNKMO9

Please help me, I want to enjoy this game, but it's hard to do so when it's constantly crashing, and I'm not getting full sound support...

I'm begging both of you ^^ try my tips, this WILL HELP YOUR GAME, this is a very easy fix. (No thanks to 2k I must say.)

ANYONE WITH HD REALTEK ONBOARD AND VISTA NEEDS TO TRY THIS.

If you run HD realtek onboard, and vista, everyone here needs to try this. I too was getting sound issues, even crashes and stuttering everywhere. I couldn't stand to play bioshock, and I was getting ready to take it back to the store. I made just only THREE CHANGES and it fixed the entire game for me. I went to the bioshock.exe file, and altered it so I DID NOT run it in compatibility mode, or as an administrator, I DISABLED THESE FEATURES. These things were causing my game to crash at start up and when I go to change graphical settings in the game. Everyone thinks this fixes the music after the plane crash, well IT DOES! But it causes MANY MANY MANY MORE PROBLEMS TO SURFACE. Such as crackling sound, constant selective crashing and so forth. The thing I did to make sound visible after the plane crash was go to the realtek control panel, I ENABLED STEREO MIXING (This is what gives you SOUND AFTER THE PLANE CRASH!) And afterwards I went to the stereo mixing tab and clicked the button that says DVD FORMAT. The settings were changed from CD format to DVD FORMAT. This fixed the stuttering problem I was having. I can now happily run bioshock perfectly, with minimum problems. I get no crashing, smooth, clear sound, and best yet, I get great framerate in high on a great resolution. If anyone has realtek onboard and vista, THIS SHOULD FIX ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!!

If anyone has any questions about these tips, please ask me I will gladly help you, I understand your pain and suffering, I was very disappointed when I couldn't play this game, I guarantee you though, it's money well spent when you fix these issues!! I'm terribly sorry to everyone who has X-Fi gamer cards and anything else than realtek. I wish I could help you out, but I don't have a clue how to help because I have never ran these cards. Once again, I'm sorry. If you have an HP computer, try going to HP chat though! They are very helpful, and always help you out instantly no matter what the problem! (Unlike 2k, who can't get their head's out of there ass to help anyone)

[MowTin]

^This doesn't help me or other X-Fi owners.

What's the X-Fi equivalent to stereo mixing? What is "stereo mixing"?

[Chezmat1]

^This doesn't help me or other X-Fi owners.

What's the X-Fi equivalent to stereo mixing? What is "stereo mixing"?

If you read all of my post I apologized for all X-Fi owners and I specifically said that "I have no clue because I've never ran any of these series of cards". I don't really know much about these things, but I'm pretty sure the stereo mixing is a feature that programs can take advantage of to properly play their audio correctly. I'm not a sound card junky, so I don't really know how to get much more technical with you than that.

[MowTin]

From what I gather "Stereo Mix" is about recording sounds coming from your pc. So instead of using the mic as a recording sound source you can record music and sound effects from games or programs you play on your pc.

If Bioshock doesn't work without "Stereo Mix" then it is broken and it should be patched right away.

[Chezmat1]

From what I gather "Stereo Mix" is about recording sounds coming from your pc. So instead of using the mic as a recording sound source you can record music and sound effects from games or programs you play on your pc.

If Bioshock doesn't work without "Stereo Mix" then it is broken and it should be patched right away.

The game isn't broken, it was released before vista came out, and it isn't compatible at all with it. You have no idea how fustrating and hard it must be for developers to try and make this game compatible with every PC combination, video card, sound card, OS, and software in existence. Try to enable stereo mixing with the following directions MowTin: go to the sound icon in the lower right-hand corner of your screen, right click it. Hit Recording devices, then right click on the white space below the listed devices, hit stereo mixing. And Make sure it's listed as "enabled". Try to run your game now, do you have sound? If so then you may now be in my debt for ever. (Just kidding)

[MowTin]

The game isn't broken, it was released before vista came out, and it isn't compatible at all with it. You have no idea how fustrating and hard it must be for developers to try and make this game compatible with every PC combination, video card, sound card, OS, and software in existence. Try to enable stereo mixing with the following directions MowTin: go to the sound icon in the lower right-hand corner of your screen, right click it. Hit Recording devices, then right click on the white space below the listed devices, hit stereo mixing. And Make sure it's listed as "enabled". Try to run your game now, do you have sound? If so then you may now be in my debt for ever. (Just kidding)

I don't have a Stereo Mix...I have "What U Hear" and it's enabled. I have a Sound Blaster X-Fi.

How come almost every other company can get their game to work? And guess what I have the same exact problem when I boot up to XP and try to run this game.

The fact that you have to enable a RECORDING device on your PC to get it to work indicates they SERIOUSLY screwed up.

Also remember that this a DX10 game. Didn't they expect people would run it in Vista?

My Sound Blaster X-Fi, Core 2 Duo, and Nvidia 8800 GTS is pretty standard gamer gear.

Did you buy from Steam?

[MowTin]

I decided to enable my onboard RealTek sound but I don't see any "stereo mix" only "cd audio"

I installed the latest Real Tek HD drivers.

[Chezmat1]

Did you follow my instructions? right click on the sound icon in the lower left hand corner of your screen, it is irrelevant what sound card you run, you will always have this icon. RIGHT CLICK IT, then hit RECORDING DEVICES, this will open a window with a list of devices (just 2). UNDER THE DEVICES LISTED (in the white space) RIGHT CLICK ANYWHERE THERE. then hit the "show disabled device" button. ENABLE STEREO MIX. I swear, it's really not tricky.

[Psychor]

This whole issue is ridiculous. I've tried throwing everything at it including the kitchen sink (e.g., compatibility mode, DX9 parameter, updating OpenAL, etc.) and I'm getting no where fast. I've emailed 2K, as I suggest everyone does over and over again, but I'm not holding my breath for a solution.

I'm using an external DAC connected via USB for sound on my Vista x64 gaming rig. No internal sound card what so ever (onboard is disabled in the BIOS). This means no Realtek, Creative, etc. drivers... just the the simple Vista USB driver. However, this evidently also means I don't have access to the "stereo mixing" option everyone is talking about. I have audio up to and including the menu but then nothing in game.

BioShock is the ONLY game I have with this problem and I have plenty, both new and old, installed. :(

/rant off

My system specs (link): Gaming Rig (http://www.thedigitalfoundry.com/pc.html)

[MowTin]

One thing I did that helped was I uinstalled any reference to Visual C++ from program manager. Then I reinstalled a fresh vc++ redist from ms. Now I can run the game without editing my ini file. BUT I STILL HAVE NO SOUND IN GAME.

I suspect Steam Community is the problem. Steam allows for mic communication and maybe somehow accessing the mic while the game is running is confusing bioshock which doesn't use a mic.

Anyway, I GIVE UP. F this game. I'll never buy another game on Steam again. I've easily wasted 10 hours obsessing about this sound ****.

I already played on the 360. I'll just play it there again on hard. Good luck to you all.

[Chezmat1]

One thing I did that helped was I uinstalled any reference to Visual C++ from program manager. Then I reinstalled a fresh vc++ redist from ms. Now I can run the game without editing my ini file. BUT I STILL HAVE NO SOUND IN GAME.

I suspect Steam Community is the problem. Steam allows for mic communication and maybe somehow accessing the mic while the game is running is confusing bioshock which doesn't use a mic.

Anyway, I GIVE UP. F this game. I'll never buy another game on Steam again. I've easily wasted 10 hours obsessing about this sound ****.

I already played on the 360. I'll just play it there again on hard. Good luck to you all.

If you had it on the 360 why did you torture yourself with the PC version?!

[MowTin]

If you had it on the 360 why did you torture yourself with the PC version?!

I wanted to play it at higher res 1920x1080, dx10 and with mouse and keyboard. I played it on normal and saved all the little sister now I wanted to play it on hard to vita chambers and no pausing for switching weapons/plasmids. This is an awesome game.

Also, my 360 RROD on me two days ago so it's out for the next month.

By the way there is no "stereo mix" for x-fi people. And stereo mix is for recording. Which suggests to me that the game is sending sound to the wrong place.

[crash822]

Whenever I turn on EAX and restart Bioshock the sound is extremely choppy and crackles. Sound is smooth when it is turned off.

Specs:
Windows XP SP3
Abit in9 32x max wifi( Pheonix bios v. 15)
Intel Core 2 duo 36750
Nvidia 8800 630mb GTS
Creative SB Audigy SE
3gb ddr2 ram.

[Psychor]

One thing I did that helped was I uinstalled any reference to Visual C++ from program manager. Then I reinstalled a fresh vc++ redist from ms. Now I can run the game without editing my ini file. BUT I STILL HAVE NO SOUND IN GAME.

I suspect Steam Community is the problem. Steam allows for mic communication and maybe somehow accessing the mic while the game is running is confusing bioshock which doesn't use a mic.

Anyway, I GIVE UP. F this game. I'll never buy another game on Steam again. I've easily wasted 10 hours obsessing about this sound ****.

I already played on the 360. I'll just play it there again on hard. Good luck to you all.


I'm not sure I would blame Steam. I think the problem lies with the people who coded the game and particularly FMOD (http://www.fmod.org/). I think people should continue to email both 2K Support and FMOD Support until the issue is addressed.

[MowTin]

I'm quoting myself...this is what finally worked for me (knock on wood)


#1. I uninstalled all Visual C++ 2005 redist from Programs and Features and reinstalled version from microsoft site.

--That solved my game won't load past the logo problem.

#2. Strange: but I set UsePrecache=False and UseEAX=True in Default.ini as you see below and now it works. But reversing them has no effect.

--That solved my no sound after plane crash problem

[ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]
UseEAX=True
Use3DSound=False
UseDefaultDriver=True
CompatibilityMode=False
UsePrecache=False
ReverseStereo=false


Be sure to use -nointro it makes testing much faster. If you don't hear "blim" when you click on the options in the menu then you have no sound...no need to start a level.

These are suggestions from Steampowered and this forum.

Also get a diff file program like WinMerge to be sure you know what you changed in your ini file by diffing with your backup ini files.

Also, I'm not using xp compat mode and no -dx9 option. Steam is running in xp compat mode. I also uninstalled open all from programs and reinstalled it a bunch of times. Hope this helps some poor soul. I was really about to give up.

[Chezmat1]

Whenever I turn on EAX and restart Bioshock the sound is extremely choppy and crackles. Sound is smooth when it is turned off.

Specs:
Windows XP SP3
Abit in9 32x max wifi( Pheonix bios v. 15)
Intel Core 2 duo 36750
Nvidia 8800 630mb GTS
Creative SB Audigy SE
3gb ddr2 ram.

Then leave it off...there's the solution right there.

I'm quoting myself...this is what finally worked for me (knock on wood)

good job on that, have you had a chance to play much of it? Does the sound stay smooth and easy through the game?

[Psychor]

I'm quoting myself...this is what finally worked for me (knock on wood)

You're awesome. That solved my audio issues! It's sad that the user base has to help others run 2K games instead of 2K themselves but what can you do I guess. :rolleyes:


Those those who are wondering I have the newest versions of the VC++ SP1 runtimes (x86 and x64) installed and I do not have any version of OpenAL installed.

[WolfpupNX]

Many thanks to those who posted about this, but I just could not get EAX on my X-Fi Titanium to work with this game no matter what. And then I saw a post about possible conflicts with "Host OpenAL (ADI)" (which may have to do with onboard sound). Anyways, checked in my program list (Vista x64 here), and sure enough, there it was. Removed it, and now EAX works flawlessly!

[rage1110]

hi i am having sound problems when i run bio shock when i start the game the sound works during the intro but once i get into playing no sound is coming out and i can't figure out what this means by high definition audio device when i go to look up my sound driver here is my dxdiaghttp://rapidshare.com/files/140543893/DxDiag.txt.html

[rage1110]

i figured it out now i had to update one of my drivers

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

ATTENION: This may not work if you aren't running Vista, but it's worth a try right?

WARNING: I did this using Vista, how you do this in XP, I don't know.

I discovered this after i hooked my PSP up to my speakers one day (Iv'e done it alot), then hooked my speakers back up to my comp and discovered that they had stopped working. I found out how to uninstall, then install the drivers for the different hardware in my comp, then i tried it. The reason i came back to see if Bioshock had been affected is cause i heard reinstalling sound drivers fixed the problem, but back when Bioshock's sound had dissapeared i was scared that i would screw up my comp.

Go to: Start>Control Panel>Device Manager>Sound, video and game controllers

Uninstall your sound driver (click the image with a computer and a red cross) then while still in Device Manager, click the tab: "Action", then select "Scan for hardware changes"


Let the latest version of your sound driver be installed, and that's it. Why this fixes the problem I do not know, since Vista is supposed to warn you when your drivers screw up, but i guess since its only a minor mess-up, your OS won't detect it.

No rebooting required!!!

[Bij1337]

ok listen up 2kgames

i just spent
250 dollars

for a geforce 8800GTX 768MB video card
and a 650 watt power supply



just so i can play
bioshock


i get NO SOUND.

except for the movie intro

like most other people

at first i couldnt run in dx10

and now no sound

i have called 2k
so many times
and i feel ignored
and my rights violated


techs
help me out



these are my specs

video card: geforce XFX 8800GTX 768mb
Soundcard" on board real tek audio HD
RAM: 2gb




so what the hell 2k.
i spent 53dollars
on this
and now im stuck with it
WITH NO SOUND.


I CAN PLAY CRYSIS ON HIGH RESOLOUTIONS
WITH PERFECT SOUND AND NO LAG.


obviously crytek cares more than 2kgames


and i have been on hold for more than 3 hours.



WHY?


help me out guys!

[fast55]

There is no tech support in Bioshock now.

Sorry!!

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

I know that most ppl have given up hope, but if any1 else out there still gives a rat's ass and would be willing to help me then i would greatly appreciate it. If you've read my previous posts then good for you, if not, then let me summerise it for you:

1. Edited the "Default.ini" file, lost some sounds but got back most of them. (i assumed that you aren't supposed to get them all back if u edit the "Default.ini" file)

2. Uninstalled then reinstalled sound drivers and fixed the problem permenantly.

3. Replaced the "Default.ini" file with its original (i had it backed up), gave me a few extra sounds, but not all of them. Reinstalled the program but nothing changed.

I'd like to get this fixed ASAP, so if u have any info, plz share it.

I'm going off now to delete all saved my games, and maybe if the fabric of time and space changes it may fix my problem...........

[BS_Modify]

The solution to most problems I believe is buying a sound card. You can find them for around $30 for something like a Sound Blaster Audigy which is like a mid-level card IIRC. Playing the game in Windows XP (the actual operating system, not a compatibility mode) will also solve a lot of the problems since Vista's sound management really sucks. I have been around these forums for a long time and still can't play Bioshock because even though I now have sound, it sounds like crap and stutters and is way out of sync. There is a sound card on the way and I will report whether or not this solves my problem.

[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

The solution to most problems I believe is buying a sound card. You can find them for around $30 for something like a Sound Blaster Audigy which is like a mid-level card IIRC. Playing the game in Windows XP (the actual operating system, not a compatibility mode) will also solve a lot of the problems since Vista's sound management really sucks. I have been around these forums for a long time and still can't play Bioshock because even though I now have sound, it sounds like crap and stutters and is way out of sync. There is a sound card on the way and I will report whether or not this solves my problem.


I'm sorry, but isnt the sound card the thingy in ya computer that u plug your speakers/microphone etc into. I didn't know that you could run anything with sounds and still hear something without a sound card. Where else could u plug ya speakers?

[BS_Modify]

Yeah, the sound card is where you plug your speakers into. The thing is though is that this is built into the motherboard of the computer and I'm pretty sure uses the main processor to process the sound. Buying a dedicated sound card will process the sound by itself, boosting your performance a little bit and being more compatible than the built-in one.

[Pugamall]

Did you follow my instructions? right click on the sound icon in the lower left hand corner of your screen, it is irrelevant what sound card you run, you will always have this icon. RIGHT CLICK IT, then hit RECORDING DEVICES, this will open a window with a list of devices (just 2). UNDER THE DEVICES LISTED (in the white space) RIGHT CLICK ANYWHERE THERE. then hit the "show disabled device" button. ENABLE STEREO MIX. I swear, it's really not tricky.

I dont have it either,running Vista ULTIMATE with Soundmax intergrated digital audio
And yes I have enabled the not connected devices ect

[FtRapture]

Most sound issues have been resolved especially the one with the no sound after the intro. chezmat has it right on it is a very common probelem with a very easy fix.

[Pugamall]

Well i have read ALL 58 pages of this thread and tried all the suggested fixes,none of which have worked,also read throught the Vista specific troubleshooting thread,and still no fix
All latest drivers ect !!!
Really annoying played the game through on the same machine in XP pro with no issues,but wanted a DX10 experience so took the plunge and got Vista ultimate for that reason,but have had this problem since even after the patch !!!!

[Pugamall]

C'mon 2K games !!!
We support you by buying the games(2 in my case,got my brother one as I enjoyed it so much),Support us by sorting it !!,Or at least let us know your doing your dambdest to fix it,and what sort of time span we can expect
P.s My brother runs vista to and only found out recently he fired it up but could'nt get it to run either,so has'nt played what I viewed as the best game I played last year !

[Capt_Indecisive]

ATTENION: This may not work if you aren't running Vista, but it's worth a try right?

WARNING: I did this using Vista, how you do this in XP, I don't know.

I discovered this after i hooked my PSP up to my speakers one day (Iv'e done it alot), then hooked my speakers back up to my comp and discovered that they had stopped working. I found out how to uninstall, then install the drivers for the different hardware in my comp, then i tried it. The reason i came back to see if Bioshock had been affected is cause i heard reinstalling sound drivers fixed the problem, but back when Bioshock's sound had dissapeared i was scared that i would screw up my comp.

Go to: Start>Control Panel>Device Manager>Sound, video and game controllers

Uninstall your sound driver (click the image with a computer and a red cross) then while still in Device Manager, click the tab: "Action", then select "Scan for hardware changes"


Let the latest version of your sound driver be installed, and that's it. Why this fixes the problem I do not know, since Vista is supposed to warn you when your drivers screw up, but i guess since its only a minor mess-up, your OS won't detect it.

No rebooting required!!!

This works for XP to!! Worked for me :) Only problem is none of my soundcard programs detect the sound card anymore.

[drumthrasher109]

Well, I've tried every method posted in here, which there are very few, and nothing works. I just installed the latest 2.08 drivers from Realtek and they didn't help at all. I guess we are just screwed?

[smokealarm2004]

ive tried the stereo mixing multiple times and ive also tried almost everything on this forum and it doesn't work so FTRapture and chezmat dont advocate because its not a fix all.

[ad74]

The main rule of thumb when reinstalling drivers in any windows O$, is to uninstall the driver, reboot, and then go into safe mode and complete the install there. (Tap the f8 key while the computer is booting up). I had forgotten about this a few weeks back when i was trying to update realtek alc660 drivers on my laptop, which I was getting ready to put through a wall.

Also found this 9 page guide for troubleshooting and optimizing Bioshock that some people might find useful.....http://www.tweakguides.com/Bioshock_1.html

peace

[Evolution]

I'm running Windows Vista 32, and I was having terrible audio stuttering problems with both my on board Audio and USB headset.

I adjusted the UsePrecache to False under ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem, and tweaked the settings under FMODAudio.FMODAudioSubsystem. It still stutters/pops every now and again, however, it runs flawlessly 98% of the time for me.

These are the Settings I Have:

[ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]
UseEAX=False
Use3DSound=False
UseDefaultDriver=True
CompatibilityMode=False
UsePrecache=False


[FMODAudio.FMODAudioSubsystem]
MaxChannels=32
MaxStreams=8
StreamBufferSize=128

Both of these changes were mentioned in earlier posts but it was the combination of both that worked for me. I hope it helps someone.

[bobadger]

Chezmat1,

Thanks for the sound fix! Bought the game yesterday ($9.95 at CC!) and it loaded with no audio after the opening screen. Enabled "stereo mix" and it now works great!

[iUinside]

hey. ive got bioshock for the 360 and i know this is a pc discussion mostly but when i begin playing about 30 - 60 seconds after all the sound cuts out except for the pause menu. i really don't know what the issue is.

could someone please help me.

i wanna play bioshock :D

[MILINKOVIC]

I thought I might start this thread in hopes of getting everyone to consolidate all the information about sound issues in Bioshock here in this one thread.

Apparently threads with lots of posts will get addressed before lesser ones so it might help us to all get this sorted out sooner.

Everyone should post all the information they have about their sound problem here. Post a problem description, PC specs and maybe upload your DxDiag file somewhere and post a link here also.

I'll start by posting what I know about my sound problem.

Problem:
All the sound in the game is "snap crackle pop" static and seems to skip also.

Things I have tried:

Updating drivers
Uninstalling and re-installing my sound card
Uninstalling and re-installing Bioshock.
Turned off all the sound options in the game menu, and tweaked the ini file to turn off all sound, turn on sound comaptibility mode, and lower all sound settings such as "MaxChannels" etc.
Disabled onboard Sound in Bios.
Tried running the game in Compatibility mode.
Tried "disabling all sound enhancements" under the windows control panel sound settings.
Tried turning off all sound settings in the creative control panel such as EAX and CMSS, and tried changing the mode from Game to Entertainment.

Tried editing the ini file and changing the settings "AudioDevice=FMODAudio.FMODAudioSubsystem" to ";AudioDevice=FMODAudio.FMODAudioSubsystem" and adding the line AudioDevice=D3DDrv.D3DAudioDevice". This fixes the sound entirely in the menu and in the intro movie but then there is no sound in the load screens or during the game.

My DxDiag file:
http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/8685/DxDiag-txt.html

PC specs:
Vista64bit
AMD3700+ CPU
Xfi-Xtreme music sound card
1gb of ram
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb graphics card
ASUS A8N-SLI mobo
I'm using the retail version of BioShock


thks a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dukes22]

I'm begging both of you ^^ try my tips, this WILL HELP YOUR GAME, this is a very easy fix. (No thanks to 2k I must say.)

ANYONE WITH HD REALTEK ONBOARD AND VISTA NEEDS TO TRY THIS.

If you run HD realtek onboard, and vista, everyone here needs to try this. I too was getting sound issues, even crashes and stuttering everywhere. I couldn't stand to play bioshock, and I was getting ready to take it back to the store. I made just only THREE CHANGES and it fixed the entire game for me. I went to the bioshock.exe file, and altered it so I DID NOT run it in compatibility mode, or as an administrator, I DISABLED THESE FEATURES. These things were causing my game to crash at start up and when I go to change graphical settings in the game. Everyone thinks this fixes the music after the plane crash, well IT DOES! But it causes MANY MANY MANY MORE PROBLEMS TO SURFACE. Such as crackling sound, constant selective crashing and so forth. The thing I did to make sound visible after the plane crash was go to the realtek control panel, I ENABLED STEREO MIXING (This is what gives you SOUND AFTER THE PLANE CRASH!) And afterwards I went to the stereo mixing tab and clicked the button that says DVD FORMAT. The settings were changed from CD format to DVD FORMAT. This fixed the stuttering problem I was having. I can now happily run bioshock perfectly, with minimum problems. I get no crashing, smooth, clear sound, and best yet, I get great framerate in high on a great resolution. If anyone has realtek onboard and vista, THIS SHOULD FIX ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!!

Hey i had the same problem with the sound stopping after the intro going into the water scene.
If anyone has any questions about these tips, please ask me I will gladly help you, I understand your pain and suffering, I was very disappointed when I couldn't play this game, I guarantee you though, it's money well spent when you fix these issues!! I'm terribly sorry to everyone who has X-Fi gamer cards and anything else than realtek. I wish I could help you out, but I don't have a clue how to help because I have never ran these cards. Once again, I'm sorry. If you have an HP computer, try going to HP chat though! They are very helpful, and always help you out instantly no matter what the problem! (Unlike 2k, who can't get their head's out of there ass to help anyone)

So i wasn't sure what exactly i was suppose to do but i tried to follow your direction realtek board and stereo mixing but i seem to have neither on my vista run laptop. i tried the compatibility to the (service pack 2) i think it was and it fixed everything. i now had sound during the water scene and more past and everything seems to be running smoothly on low graphic setting, seemed to be very laggy on medium.

btw

i am running

intel core 2duo
2gigs of ram
and a Geforce 8600gs
with vista

not sure what happened since chezmat took off the compatibility, guess it works differently for everyone

[Ludvik]

Just dropping in a little something that seems to have fixed the error where the sound dissapears after the opening intro. This might have been posted earlier and I appologize if so, it's been a long time since I read through this entire topic. This is the Steam version of the game allthough this error is identical to the one I had when borrowing my friends copy of the game.

For me atleast it seems like there were 2 simple steps that fixed the sound issue.

1: Running the game in Windows XP SP2.
2:turning the "DX10 Detailed Surfaces" off.

After these two steps the game even worked fine with EAX effects "on", so you might want to try that aswell.

f nothing else I hope this will help a few others with these problems.

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 1/2/2009, 04:09:26
Machine name: CHOZO83-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) (Regional Setting: Norwegian (Bokmål))
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell XPS420
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1265MB used, 3068MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

-------------
Sound Devices
-------------
Description: Høyttalere (High Definition Audio-enhet)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7618&SUBSYS_10280215&REV_1002
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/2/2006 08:36:49, 235520 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Description: Digital utdataenhet (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio-enhet)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7618&SUBSYS_10280215&REV_1002
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/2/2006 08:36:49, 235520 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

[rawrawr]

SPECS:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell XPS420
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1062MB used, 5301MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode
Sound Driver Provider: Sigmatel

I only get sound when I'm hacking. I had the zero sound after crash bug but I fixed it when I updated the driver. It worked all last night. I went to my friend's house overnight and came back and there is no sound in the game unless I'm hacking a device. Any help please?

[mrfloyd]

this is my sollution, not legal but......after 2 weeks of pain wtf!
my specs: Win XP Pro Sp2, c2d p8400, 4gb ddr2, mbo asus p5ql-e, nv 8800GT 512, bioshock ver 1.1
my problem: sound vanish after intro, when u start swimming cant hear anything, maybe too much salty water in ears :)

sollution:
downloaded no-dvd exe , crack, and sound is there! LOL

[snoozepops]

To fix BioShock sound problems in Xp.

(1) Go to Start\Control Panel\Sounds and Audio Devices\Voice tab.

(2) In the Voice recording dialog box click the Volume button.

(3) In the Recording Control window click Options\Properties.

(4) Under Show the following volume controls:, check Stereo Mix. Click OK.

(5) In the Recording Control window, uncheck Mute below the Stero Mix settings slider.Close the window.

(6) Close any other open windows.

(7) Turn off USE CREATIVE EAX AUDIO in the BioShock Audio settings.

(8) Restart the game.

[moe]

hi all im new to the forum and i bought bioshock a few weeks ago and arter reading the forum of you all about the sound problems,i have no sound after movie if i knew there was a problem ,iwould have left the dam thing on the shelf.
brill graffs though.
has the sound issue been fixed yet!.

help

[kiddela]

Like many I had no sound after intro. I tried all the common suggestions except I have no stereo mixing option. Somewhere during my google searching I came across a suggestion to plug in a microphone but as it seemed crazy I ignored. It. Tried everything and gave up.
A few weeks later I found an old mike in a draw and remembered the post. Plugged it into my front mike port, started up and.. Sound!!

Seems weird but I guess it forced some settings on the sound drivers, probably related to the stereo mixing.

May also explain why some customers are finding sound inexplicably starts or stops. They just havent spotted the link.

If you can find a cheap mike or probably anything with a jack plug try it and see.

Good luck,
Alan

Dell XPS 420, Vista Home Prem SP1, Nvidia 8600GTS.

[frencerew]

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[Black Reaper Of Darkness]

I have formatted and reinstalled my comp and now Bioshock's sound doesn't work again! I used my last solution, but i didn't work. I installed FMOD, OpenAL, HD Creative audio drivers, and even tried plugging a mike in. I was however in the sound options cause apparently having your sound mode on stero fixes the problem. It was already enabled so i decided to change a different setting. I enabled Creative EAX Audio. Now it works like a charm. But I think I'll buy Bioshock 2 for my 360.

[Spiticus]

I’ve done EVERYTHING you could possibly find to do to fix the sound. Stereo mixing, updated realtek drivers, updated directx, changed the options (EAX and reverb), changed compatibility to XP SP2, other stuff I can’t remember now….

Still nothing. On top of that, the game only occasionally loads fully. Other times it hangs on the black screen (I’ve also looked that up and tried everything I could find too).

Anyone know what the hell is going on here? Using Vista U 64-bit

[Demory89]

System Specs:

Dell XPS 710
CPU: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory (RAM): 4gb
Sigma Tel on board audio. All drivers up to date.
Video: Nvidia Geforce 8600 GTS.
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
----------------------------------------------------

My issue starts after the intro movie. All sound works up to that point. I've tried everything I know to do. Running in administrator. Updated every driver. Tried running in safe mode. Tried a few other off the wall things I found on different forums. No luck.

It seems like this issue has been going on for quite some time now... wonder if they will ever fix it. :(

I'm willing to try anything.

[Yabbering Yeti]

After SOOO long, and sooo many people trying to find fixes... Its about time to give up hope. Try the compiled list of solutions - if you still have no sound, heres a sure fix - its worth it, seeing it saves you so much time in trouble shooting.

Head on to e-bay and buy a cheap Creative sound card. Audigy 1 has some problems though, so better to go with audigy 2+

Fixed!

Now all your games will sound awesome and you can upgrade to a 5.1 speaker setup!

Peoples arguement is normally this - I dont have any $$!!!
Solution - sell a few store bought games you are sick of on said EBAY.

*To have sound in Bioshock you MUST an a sound card capable of handling OPENAL - if you dont have this, sound WILL NOT work!

[Yabbering Yeti]

demory89:

The sounds you are hearing at the start are different - they are simply sounds added on top of the pre-recorded intro. Like watching a DVD on your PC. Everyone who has audio working at all on their PC can hear it. The actually games sound engine, FMOD, is a very different beast.

[pinky1812]

After a lot of experimentation, I've come up with an imperfect workaround for my Bioshock sound issues (no sound after intro movie). My system uses Realtek HD audio, so your experience may vary.

First of all, download the latest Realtek audio drivers from Realtek's website, rather than your computer manufacturer's site, to make sure you have the true latest version. Install the latest drivers.

Go into Bioshock, see if you have sound in the game. If no sound, exit Bioshock and uninstall the drivers (and check the box to DELETE the driver files).

Go back into Bioshock and load a saved game (you should have absolutely no sound at this point). Not sure why, but this seems to be an important step to the workaround (seems like Bioshock needs to think there are no drivers to clear some settings of some kind).

Reboot, and let Windows install its default drivers. Usually, this will start the sound working again.

If sound still isn't working, exit from Bioshock, uninstall the Windows drivers, go back in with drivers uninstalled, exit again, and re-install the Realtek drivers (requires reboot).

Sometimes I've had to do this process once or twice to get sound working again. The fix seems happen once the drivers are CHANGED regardless of which drivers are actually being used. Thus, some people who have the latest drivers have a fix and others don't... it doesn't seem that the latest drivers in and of themselves contain a fix.

Also, even with this workaround, the sound will occasionally stop working again (often as a result of a Bioshock crash) and can be fixed by repeating the steps above.

A few other time-saving tips: you can set the -nointro flag on the Bioshock command line when you start to launch the game faster (which you'll be doing a lot, although it also seems to make the game less stable), and you can test whether you have sound by clicking on the Options button on the main menu (should hear a clear bell / chime sound rather than a click if sound is working).

Other things I've tried: setting run as administrator (doesn't seem to make a difference), running under Win 2K and Win XP compability modes (doesn't seem to make a difference, but doesn't crash quite as often), installing FMOD and OpenAL (no help).

[MBStein]

Yesterday, I patched Bioshock to version 1.1. Before that, I had perfect sound. Now, I've got about none after the menu (only the machine-hacking gives sound) and the EAX-setting is off, and I cannot change that!
Yesterday before installing the patch, I accidently clicked on 'discard' in the sound option menu, but everything worked fine after that. So it isn't that...
BTW, my headset is 'stereo', and I've got it set on that ingame (as a matter of fact, I've tried all possible settings).

I've looked for each and every possible driver update, but there are none :/

My system:
Windows Vista Home Premium
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
HDA-headset of Sennheiser
AMD Phenom x4 (9,6 GB total)
4 GB intern
DirectX 10
Onboard sound card

Edit: WTFFFFF? I GOT NO SOUND INGAME DUE TO THE FACT 2K DECIDES TO GREY OUT EAX-UNABLE HARDWARE? ****ING HELL!

- The "Use Creative EAX Audio" option is now greyed out when EAX-capable hardware is not present

Edit #2: Just reinstalled it WITHOUT patch 1.1 - only going to reinstall patch 1.1 when there is a REAL solution - because I've tried about every possibility I have - including attempting to run it as an XP-program - which just got me black screens!

[Jatz21]

I'm begging both of you ^^ try my tips, this WILL HELP YOUR GAME, this is a very easy fix. (No thanks to 2k I must say.)

ANYONE WITH HD REALTEK ONBOARD AND VISTA NEEDS TO TRY THIS.

If you run HD realtek onboard, and vista, everyone here needs to try this. I too was getting sound issues, even crashes and stuttering everywhere. I couldn't stand to play bioshock, and I was getting ready to take it back to the store. I made just only THREE CHANGES and it fixed the entire game for me. I went to the bioshock.exe file, and altered it so I DID NOT run it in compatibility mode, or as an administrator, I DISABLED THESE FEATURES. These things were causing my game to crash at start up and when I go to change graphical settings in the game. Everyone thinks this fixes the music after the plane crash, well IT DOES! But it causes MANY MANY MANY MORE PROBLEMS TO SURFACE. Such as crackling sound, constant selective crashing and so forth. The thing I did to make sound visible after the plane crash was go to the realtek control panel, I ENABLED STEREO MIXING (This is what gives you SOUND AFTER THE PLANE CRASH!) And afterwards I went to the stereo mixing tab and clicked the button that says DVD FORMAT. The settings were changed from CD format to DVD FORMAT. This fixed the stuttering problem I was having. I can now happily run bioshock perfectly, with minimum problems. I get no crashing, smooth, clear sound, and best yet, I get great framerate in high on a great resolution. If anyone has realtek onboard and vista, THIS SHOULD FIX ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!!

If anyone has any questions about these tips, please ask me I will gladly help you, I understand your pain and suffering, I was very disappointed when I couldn't play this game, I guarantee you though, it's money well spent when you fix these issues!! I'm terribly sorry to everyone who has X-Fi gamer cards and anything else than realtek. I wish I could help you out, but I don't have a clue how to help because I have never ran these cards. Once again, I'm sorry. If you have an HP computer, try going to HP chat though! They are very helpful, and always help you out instantly no matter what the problem! (Unlike 2k, who can't get their head's out of there ass to help anyone)

This is exactly what you need to do just follow the ^^^ instructions and there should be no problems, this is exactly what i did and after enabling stereo mixing i have had no problems with this game. If you still have problems just email 2K games and they should give an answer within 3-4 days.

[nMalthe]

I have just bought this game for my brand new pc. And wtf? The freaking sound does not work!
I then seek and find this forum. I really can't get my sound fixed. I run with Realtek audiosystem. Should I or shouldn't I install Creative EAX on my machine?

My spec's is:
4GB DDR2
AMD Phenom(tm) 8550 Triple-Core Processor 2,2 GHz
Realtek High Definition Audio driver, the card is a 5.1 and can handle OpenAL.

and so on .. It is not a problem with the machine, cause it can handle the most.

[nighthawk543]

To solve sound issues First get a new sound card doesnt matter what it is. Turn on stereo mixing (look it up). Uninstall bioshock. Start the game through dx9. Not dx10 ever. this should solve sound problems along with graphical ones.

[2kcrazy]

Thanks for the info

[ztmike]

Has anyone got the sound working for Windows 7??

I get sound up until the plane crashes and then nothing..I tried running the game in XP SP2 compatibility mode, but it ran at first..but then I tried changing my resolution to fit my screen and now when I try to open the game I get nothing but like a blank black screen?

I tried doing what this video said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOvDXxKDQFk

But I don't have "Stereo Mix" for an option? Using onboard Audio..not sure what program its using though for audio..is there a way to find this out?

Here's what comes up for me using W7 64bit
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/1406/bioshocksound.jpg

[Wihnex]

Hi all,
I have been trying to solve the no sound issue for days, and i finally solved it today!:)
My specs are the following:

Windows 7 (64-bit) Professional Build 7600
ASUS P6T SE motherboard with onboard Realtek sound
Intel Corei7 920
6 GB DDR3 memory
ASUS ENGTX275 896 MB RAM
Western Digital 750GB hard drive

What you have to do is to enable stereo mixing BEFORE installing Bioshock, not after. Don't know why, but it works:D So if you uninstall BioShock, enable stereo mixing and re-install BioShock again the sound should come back.

Hope this helps!

[Whitey_347]

Hi all,
I have been trying to solve the no sound issue for days, and i finally solved it today!:)
My specs are the following:

Windows 7 (64-bit) Professional Build 7600
ASUS P6T SE motherboard with onboard Realtek sound
Intel Corei7 920
6 GB DDR3 memory
ASUS ENGTX275 896 MB RAM
Western Digital 750GB hard drive

What you have to do is to enable stereo mixing BEFORE installing Bioshock, not after. Don't know why, but it works:D So if you uninstall BioShock, enable stereo mixing and re-install BioShock again the sound should come back.

Hope this helps!

I dont think thats the problem, im running Windows 7 RC 64-bit and had stereo mixing off before i installed Bioshock then had no audio, i read all of the threads and saw what i needed to do and then fixed it, no reinstall needed

[ztmike]

Why the hell don't I have "stereo mixing" ?

Anyone going to even bother to help me here?

[Whitey_347]

Why the hell don't I have "stereo mixing" ?

Anyone going to even bother to help me here?

this is only for Realtek audio problems, if you have a realtek audio card then do this:

go to start(Windows Orb) > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audion Device s> Recording tab > then right click on the white box that lists out the devices and make sure show diabled devices is checked. then it should show up (i think atleast, thats what i had to do), Reply back with your results

[ztmike]

this is only for Realtek audio problems, if you have a realtek audio card then do this:

go to start(Windows Orb) > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audion Device s> Recording tab > then right click on the white box that lists out the devices and make sure show diabled devices is checked. then it should show up (i think atleast, thats what i had to do), Reply back with your results

Thanks for replying..but I already posted about trying that a couple posts up..How do I find out what audio program I have? It doesn't say any name?

As far as this only being for RealTek audio problems..why isn't the thread labeled as such?

[Whitey_347]

Thanks for replying..but I already posted about trying that a couple posts up..How do I find out what audio program I have? It doesn't say any name?

As far as this only being for RealTek audio problems..why isn't the thread labeled as such?

to find out what you have go to start < computer < System properties < Device Manager < and look towards the bottom and you will see Sound, Video and game controllers, under that tab you should see your sound hardware

[ztmike]

to find out what you have go to start < computer < System properties < Device Manager < and look towards the bottom and you will see Sound, Video and game controllers, under that tab you should see your sound hardware

I thought that's how you do it..to find out in Device Manager..but it doesn't list a name in that for the one that is actually producing the sound..

Here's a snapshot I took
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7027/devicemanagery.jpg

I tried disabling the High Def. Audio one but I loose sound..Disabling the Nvidia one doesn't do anything..I think when I installed Windows 7 it installed that High Def. one over the Nvidia one.

Any ideas on what to do?

Edit: Everything else works (for sound) on my computer..just this damn game (Bioshock) looses sound after the plane crash. I find it pretty damn awful/sad that these developers don't warn people of this MAJOR PROBLEM. Or put out a fix.

[Whitey_347]

I thought that's how you do it..to find out in Device Manager..but it doesn't list a name in that for the one that is actually producing the sound..

Here's a snapshot I took
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7027/devicemanagery.jpg

I tried disabling the High Def. Audio one but I loose sound..Disabling the Nvidia one doesn't do anything..I think when I installed Windows 7 it installed that High Def. one over the Nvidia one.

Any ideas on what to do?

Edit: Everything else works (for sound) on my computer..just this damn game (Bioshock) looses sound after the plane crash. I find it pretty damn awful/sad that these developers don't warn people of this MAJOR PROBLEM. Or put out a fix.

You are using Windows 7 which is a beta product, the sound drivers you have currently are the windows default drivers (im assuming) and you do not have the hardware drivers installed, besides, Bioshock developers are not the ones at fault, what you need to do is try to find out what the audio card brand is, download the authentic drivers (Vista Drivers will work) and install them, (i had to do the same thing when i downloaded 7) be sure to have the correct drivers (32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system version). if you find the hardware specs & post them i will help you out and find them for you if you need me to.

also just a quick question, are you using the motherboard audio or are you running off an add-on card?

also the fix with stereo mixer or whatever is for realtek cards, this thread is for all audio problems

[ztmike]

Actually I'm using Windows 7 RTM copy..but okay.

I figured out the problem awhile back..

I downloaded RealTek HD Audio from: http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-High-Definition-Audio-Codec-Windows-Vista-Windows-7/3000-2120_4-10788600.html

And disabled my other sound program and fiddled around with my stereo plugs in the back of the computer till RealTek saw it and then followed the first direction how-to in the Youtube video (which was enabling "Sound Mix" I believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOvDXxKDQFk

[gobberpooper]

Okay so I googled it up because no sound just ruins the entire game. I saw on some website that plugging something into the microphone jack works. I plugged in the headphones and the sound works perfectly.

[Mr.Anderson]

2K Games are you not going to find a solution for this issue? because i think that 1 of 3 has this problem!

And is there any good fix for this?

[MorphineJH]

First off, I originally purchased the game when I was running Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had no troubles at that time getting it to work on the ATI HDMI of my 4850.

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Pro. x64 and that's when the trouble started. I can get sound to work, but not with DX10 support unfortunately. Here's how I did it, in the order they appear:

1)Installed Bioshock and updated it to v1.1

2)Installed DirectX End-User Runtime (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3)

3)Installed Realtek HDMI ATI driver from website(High Definition Audio Codecs) (http://www.realtek.com/downloads/)

4)Started Bioshock and set the screen resolution to 800x600 (This is a safe setting for compatibility reasons), then exited Bioshock.

5)Set Bioshock to Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode and added " -dx9" as an argument to the executable.

Now I can play Bioshock with in game sound, but not with the DX10 flair. The resolution could be increased at this point, but if it is taken too high the game will start at a blank screen so be careful.

*note: if you do get the blank screen disable the compatibility mode and remove the "-dx9" switch, go back into Bioshock and set the resolution lower, then enable comptibility mode again and add the switch back.

[Mr.Anderson]

And did that fix the sound problem?

[smudgerone]

Sound works fine in OS but fails in Bioshock after video intro etc. Tried various compatability types (2000,xp2 xp3 etc) - no joy. any ideas?

full dxdiag info here.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NDTM5K0I

[smudgerone]

this is only for Realtek audio problems, if you have a realtek audio card then do this:

go to start(Windows Orb) > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audion Device s> Recording tab > then right click on the white box that lists out the devices and make sure show diabled devices is checked. then it should show up (i think atleast, thats what i had to do), Reply back with your results

I'm just trying this workaround now. I had to reboot AFTER selecting "show disabled devices" for the mixer to appear. It's now enabled and i'll report back if it has made any difference.

rgds
Smudge

update: OMG it works! well for now anyway with the -dx9 switch on the executable.

[gobberpooper]

Once again, just plug something into the microphone jack and it will work. It doesn't have to be a microphone

[MorphineJH]

And did that fix the sound problem?

Yes, I do have sound now, in all the menus and while playing. I just don't get to use the Direct X 10 graphics because of the "-dx9" switch I have to use. Furthemore, my earlier solution is only for an ATI Graphics card using the HDMI audio.

It's not the "end all" of solutions, but it does get HDMI sound in Windows 7 x64.

[Mr.Anderson]

What do you mean?

[joemaniaci]

How interesting, I played bioshock originally on windows xp, no problem, vista, no problem. Figured I would play it again, but after selling my copy I bought it using D2D and am now on windows 7, no sound whatsoever in game. I have sound in the menu, and even the intro when youre on the plane. So much for playing bioshock all night as it appears a lot of you are just dealing with it, will try that microphone thing though.

[joemaniaci]

Wow, I dont freaking believe it but it worked, kinda. It wasn't my "mic" port that needed something to be plugged in, it was my "line-in" port on the back of my mobo.

So thank you to gobberpooper, try your mic-in and if that doesnt work, try every other audio connector until you find one that works. I'm certain though that this won't work for everyone however.

My mobo is a ASUS M4A79 Deluxe with 8.1 audio so there are 6 audio connectors on the mobo.

I mean, seriously, what the hell made you think, "maybe just plugging in some random crap in my computer audio ports will fix it!", I mean seriously?

[gobberpooper]

Wow, I dont freaking believe it but it worked, kinda. It wasn't my "mic" port that needed something to be plugged in, it was my "line-in" port on the back of my mobo.

So thank you to gobberpooper, try your mic-in and if that doesnt work, try every other audio connector until you find one that works. I'm certain though that this won't work for everyone however.

My mobo is a ASUS M4A79 Deluxe with 8.1 audio so there are 6 audio connectors on the mobo.

I mean, seriously, what the hell made you think, "maybe just plugging in some random crap in my computer audio ports will fix it!", I mean seriously?

Haahahaha see? I was voice-chatting with a friend on gmail and I left it in and it worked perfectly. And I googled it up and other people found the same thing.

TO GET SOUND, UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS(from the site not through device manager) AND PLUG SOMETHING INTO A LINE-IN OR MIC JACK. TEST DIFFERENT JACKS, ON THE FRONT AND BACK.