No Sound After First Cutscene

[D3lta]

Hello,

I just bought the game for PC today, installed it, got passed the "bioshock.exe is not working" error. Started the game, and I get yet another problem...

During the cutscene when the character is in the plane and talking about how he is special, everything works fine, but as soon as the BioShock logo appears, all the sound stops working, I got up to the lighthouse, jumped around, etc... and no sound. Not sure what is wrong. Could someone please help?

Here are my system specs, if needed:

Nvidia 8800GTX
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
4GB RAM
Windows Vista 32bit
Built in sound card, from the motherboard. I'm also playing in 5.1 surround sound.

Thank you,

Alex.

[D3lta]

Nevermind, I've fixed the problem with the customer support. Please lock.

[loveto4x417]

The Fix i have having the same issue with mine.

[Tech John]

If you are missing sound from gameplay try the following to fix it.

Right click on the game shortcut on the desktop and choose properties.
Then choose the "Compatibility" tab.
Check the box labeled "Run this program in compatibility mode for".
from the drop down menu please choose "Windows XP SP2".
Now apply the changes.
Right click on the shortcut for the game again and choose to run as admin.

If you do not have a shortcut on the desktop, navigate to the following and right click on the Bioshock.exe file.

Local Drive C:/Program Files/2K Games/Bioshock/Builds/Release

[Cristian]

If you are missing sound from gameplay try the following to fix it.

Right click on the game shortcut on the desktop and choose properties.
Then choose the "Compatibility" tab.
Check the box labeled "Run this program in compatibility mode for".
from the drop down menu please choose "Windows XP SP2".
Now apply the changes.
Right click on the shortcut for the game again and choose to run as admin.

If you do not have a shortcut on the desktop, navigate to the following and right click on the Bioshock.exe file.

Local Drive C:/Program Files/2K Games/Bioshock/Builds/Release

Has this ever worked?

[Tech John]

Has this ever worked?

Yes quiet a few times.

[chongpts]

Dear D3lta,
I am facing the same problem as you. My system also has a built in sound 'Realtek High Definition Audio'. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. May I ask how you managed to fix the problem? Thanks.

[Tech John]

Have you tried the previous suggestion posted by myself? If you have and teh problem still persists please post all your system specs.

[tarkadol]

Has this ever worked?

It sure does. Worked for me anyway.

[Dolvich]

I have the same problem. Running the steam version of Bioshock with Home Vista. E6750 and 8800GT, also with the onboard Realtek HD audio. Running in compatibility mode didn't fix anything for me. I updated the Realtek drivers and the sound started working but now the game won't start in full screen and whenever I try to change resolution it crashes. I've updated my video drivers and vista is fully updated as well. It ran fine on my old XP machine.

Is there a patch for this? A simple google search shows that this was an issue back in August.