Sounds like trouble...

[ThatBrazilianGuy]

Good day / night!

 

I've been experimenting this loud and annoying buzz that appears to trigger mainly around lights / lamps on occasion. The volume increases / decreases, depending on how close the character is to the source, or even weirder: it may increase / decrease / completely go away if I change the direction the character is facing. The later makes me believe this was not an intended immersion-enhancing effect for electric stuff in the game, so I would like to know if anyone else is experiencing / has experienced this issue and if there is any work arounds for this. My load order will give you the mods I'm using (unmarked mods were merged into the bashed patch via wrye flash nv):

[X] FalloutNV.esm

[X] DeadMoney.esm

[X] HonestHearts.esm

[X] OldWorldBlues.esm

[X] LonesomeRoad.esm

[X] GunRunnersArsenal.esm

[X] ClassicPack.esm

[X] MercenaryPack.esm

[X] TribalPack.esm

[X] CaravanPack.esm

[X] NVCE Main.esm

[X] Caliber.esm

[X] FOOK - New Vegas.esm

[X] FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esm

[X] Frequency.esm

[X] More Perks.esm

[X] More Perks for Companions.esm

[X] More Traits.esm

[X] More Challenges.esm

[X] NSkies - Vanilla Edition.esm

[X] NSkies URWLified.esm

[X] Project Nevada - Core.esm

[X] Project Nevada - Equipment.esm

[X] ELECTRO-CITY - CompletedWorkorders.esm

[X] ELECTRO-CITY - Highways and Byways.esm

[X] aHUD.esm

[X] iHUD.esm

[X] MikotoBeauty.esm

[X] New Vegas Error Corrections BugFixes - DLC + GRA.esm

[X] New Vegas Error Corrections - DLC + GRA.esp

[X] DarNifiedUINV.esp

[X] Centered 3rd Person Camera - Unraised.esp

[X] The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

[X] FOOK - New Vegas.esp

[X] FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esp

[ ] FOOK GRA Ammo Hotfix.esp

[X] PMT - Slower Reloading No Visible Perk.esp

[X] PMT - Gravity Kills.esp

[X] XFO - 1aa - Accuracy Revamp - mild.esp

[X] XFO - 4a - Perks - Paths.esp

[X] XFO - 4ba - Perks - Perk Every Level.esp

[X] XFO - 5b - Skills - SP Formula Rebalance.esp

[X] XFO - 6aa - Epic Skills - Effects Over 100 (NVSE req).esp

[X] XFO - 8a - Cripple & Body Part Revamp.esp

[X] XFO - 8c - Karma Rebalance.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Honest Hearts.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp

[X] More Perks Update.esp

[X] More Perks for Companions Update.esp

[X] More Traits Update.esp

[X] Frequency - Dead Money Patch.esp

[X] Frequency - Honest Hearts Patch.esp

[X] Frequency - Old World Blues Patch.esp

[X] Frequency - Project Nevada Patch.esp

[X] NVCE DLC01.esp

[X] NVCE DLC02.esp

[ ] NVCE DLC03.esp

[ ] NVCE DLC04.esp

[X] Light Step ED-E.esp

[X] NVWillow.esp

[X] UnlimitedCompanions.esp

[X] dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp

[ ] dD-Smaller Wounds.esp

[ ] dD-Reduced Dismember Force.esp

[X] dD-Reduced Ragdoll Force.esp

[ ] dD-Smaller Spatters Default.esp

[ ] dD-Smaller Spatters Realistic.esp

[X] WeaponModsExpanded.esp

[X] WMX-FOOKNV CP.esp

[X] Project Nevada - WMX.esp

[ ] Frequency - PN+WMX Patch.esp

[X] WMX-ModernWeapons.esp

[X] WMX-DeadMoney.esp

[X] WMX-HonestHearts.esp

[X] WMX-OldWorldBlues.esp

[X] WMX-LonesomeRoad.esp

[ ] WMX-FOOKNV-DLCs CP.esp

[X] EVE FNV.esp

[X] Project Nevada - EVE.esp

[ ] WMX-EVE.esp

[ ] Frequency - EVE patch.esp

[X] Meltdown Medley.esp

[X] Nevada Skies.esp

[X] NSkies URWLifiedOWB.esp

[X] NSkies URWLifiedHH.esp

[ ] NSkies URWLifiedDM.esp

[X] ELECTRO-CITY - Darker Nights.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Dead Money.esp

[X] MikotoBeauty.esp

[ ] Frequency - EVE & WMX Patch.esp

[X] NVEC FOOK Patch - DLC + GRA.esp

[ ] WMX-MW-GRA.esp

[X] WMX-GunRunnersArsenal.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Gun Runners' Arsenal.esp

[X] Project Nevada - Lonesome Road.esp

[ ] dD-Reduced Dismember Force - EVE.esp

[ ] dD-Smaller Wounds - EVE.esp

[X] FookAshGooFix.esp

[ ] UnlimitedCompanions SCRIPT FIX.esp

[X] NSkies URWLified 31 MCM.esp

[X] Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

The noise issue isn't game breaking... but is indeed mood shattering. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance and have a great day!

[Jeoshua]

Sounds like it's a "3d" sound file which is being used as a 3d positional sound.

 

The nomenclature is misleading. A 3d sound file contains multiple channels and sounds like it's coming from a certain location. Whereas the 3d positional sounds which the game records are supposed to use are actually mono sounds which are dynamically given position by the game engine.

 

A 3d sound should be used for something like gunfire when the player is firing it. A Mono sound should be used for something which occurs out in the gameworld. Otherwise turning one's head will cause the sound to disappear, like you mention.

 

It's also possible that your audio settings in control panel are set to 5.1 surround and you're actually only using a 2-speaker system.

[ThatBrazilianGuy]

Yup, I use 2 Speakers, though my audio configuration is set to "Stereo", full range speakers (right and left frontals). I will try updating my audio drivers as they seemingly date from 2010 (not sure on the current driver versions; never updated any of mine and I acquired this PC on April, 2011, which was built on order). I tried tweaking it to 5.1 and 7.1 in the audio settings just to see if anything changes, though without any success. I'll try the drivers update... maybe download an improved sound fx mod as well to see if there's any repercussion on the sound thing. If none of these work... well... *twists volume button to no sounds and lives unhappily ever after*

 

Thanks a lot for your input, mate. Have a great day!

 

 

 

On a side note: think there's anything I can do to improve/fix the audio by tweaking any of these audio settings in the .ini file?

 

[Audio]

fASFadeInTime=2.0

fASFadeOutTime=10.0

fRegionLoopFadeInTime=5.0

fRegionLoopFadeOutTime=5.0

fAudioDebugDelay=0.0

bEnableAudio=1

bEnableAudioCache=1

bMultiThreadAudio=0

bEnableEnviroEffectsOnPC=0

; cache sizes in kilobytes

iAudioCacheSize=2048

iMaxSizeForCachedSound=256

bUseAudioDebugInformation=1

fAudioDebugDelay=0.0000

fDefaultMasterVolume=1.0000

fDefaultFootVolume=0.5000

fDefaultMusicVolume=0.6000

fDefaultRadioVolume=0.5000

fDefaultEffectsVolume=1.0000

fDefaultVoiceVolume=0.6000

iMaxImpactSoundCount=32

fMaxFootstepDistance=1100.0000

fPlayerFootVolume=0.6500

iCollisionSoundTimeDelta=150

iRadioUpdateInterval=250

fDialogMinDistance=600.00

fDialogMaxDistance=2000.00

fMainMenuMusicVolume=0.6

fDBVoiceAttenuationIn2D=2.0

fCollisionSoundHeavyThreshold=60.0

fDialogueFadeDecibels=6.0

fDialogueFadeSecondsIn=2.0

fDialogueFadeSecondsOut=1.0

fDialogueHeadPitchExaggeration=2.0

fDialogueHeadRollExaggeration=2.0

fDialogueHeadYawExaggeration=2.0

fHardLandingDamageThreshold=500.0

fWoodMediumMassMin=7.0

fWoodLargeMassMin=15.0

fStoneMediumMassMin=5.0

fStoneLargeMassMin=30.0

fEarthMediumMassMin=5.0

fEarthLargeMassMin=30.0

fSkinMediumMassMin=5.0

fSkinLargeMassMin=30.0

fMetalMediumMassMin=8.0

fMetalLargeMassMin=25.0

fRadioDialogMute=0.50

fFilterDistortionGain=-7.5

fFilterPEQGain=-15.0

fFilterdBAttenuation=11.5

bEnableTextToSpeech=0

fTextToSpeechVolume=0.35

fDialogReverbAttenuation=0.15

[ThatBrazilianGuy]

Seems like toggling Triple Buffering fixed most of it...