Sound Driver crashes after using in game voice chat.
Arma 3 and Project Argo are not recognizing the new / rebooted sound driver after a crash / change of the audio source. This is requiring you to restart the game.
Menu option to select audio device (feature request) would help a lot and would give access to more possibilities.
Example:
Video: https://youtu.be/gcJveNsixlw
Crash (0:24): https://youtu.be/gcJveNsixlw?t=23s
Driver reboots (0:27): https://youtu.be/gcJveNsixlw?t=27s
Sound Driver: HyperX 7.1 Audio: Micosoft 10.0.14393
Project Argo: 0.74
Sound crashes occurred ~7 times in 8h active playtime.
RPT (from the video): http://pastebin.com/MikDykbi
Hello
Would you be so kind and provide more info according to this link? : https://feedback.bistudio.com/w/ft_argo_howto/general/
I just tried it few times and those headphones are working fine. Will keep an eye for this issue but I still need more info - for example the dxdiag
Sorry for leaving out dxdiag in my first post.
This time i was able to reproduce it within 20min (Event Time 18:36:42).
Virtual Audio lines were not in use.
It seems that not only the sound driver, but all USB Devices were forced to reset (at least 3 USB controller involved)
Possible that a to large "audio package" is causing an Error within the USB controller? According to USBLogView the USB HUB the Headset is attached to, is the first one to reset.
Will investigate using the on board usb ports for headset.
Project Argo Version: 0.74.139907
New RPT:
Seems to be linked to https://feedback.bistudio.com/T122017
Merging is not possible, stuck in loading:
I've merged those issues. Currently investigating, but im unable to reproduce this using the HyperX headset for now.
Found some additional information:
It seems to effect multiple players at once:
During the same round another player reported to become "deaf" at the same time as i did.
Also its hard to reproduce on purpose: it usually just happens when you are communicating with other players at some point...
Sadly I have no clue about your sound engine, but maybe these errors are related?
These errors appear at least once before the sound crashes (but it might be just me, as those erros are almost always there)
(as in the previously attached RPT):
18:29:54 Sound: Error: File: a3\sounds_f\characters\crawl\metalplate_crawl_4.wss not found !!!
18:29:54 Sound: Error: Multi-stream: Load failed, stream a3\sounds_f\characters\crawl\metalplate_crawl_4.wss not found !!!
The problem still occurs on a regular basis, VOIP is unusable.
Would it be possible to add a "Audio reset" key command for the Engine, that is similar to the "FLUSH" command, that is used to reset the Graphik driver? An option in the Audio settings tab maybe ("Select Audio Device")?
Arma 3 / Argo does not recognize the audio driver, after plugin in and out, it would resolve many audio issues.
Should I make a feature request for that in the Arma 3 section?
Hello. Thanks for additional info.
I´m still not able to reproduce it but the investigation continues. Also we will discuss your request.
This time not only the sound, but the hole game crashed when i used VOIP.
Though I would assume the reset of all I/O inputs was the cause of the crash, so the dumps probably dont contain any value able data
I did some research, checked all drivers+controllers for updates, followed this guide:
https://www.sysnative.com/forums/hardware-tutorials/3906-usb-driver-reset-usb-ports-power-state-reset.html
(i did only step 1 and 2 of the guide)
and it seems uninstalling any faded devices / deactivating them did the job.
I played multiple games using VOIP without problems.
I would not consider the issues as resolved, but it seems that following that guide prevents the driver crash.