Audio periodically cuts out in game

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Type (Required):

Audio

Issue Description (Required):

Hi. I’ve had consistent audio issues in Darktide for the last couple months. Periodically within the game (and not on the Mourningstar) sound will cut out entirely for Darktide - complete silence for a couple seconds. The game will run as normal and other sounds will also work as normal (like Discord chat with friends).

I’ve tried various sound settings and verifying local files. So far, nothing has solved this issue.

Audio device: Hifiman Blue Mini + Hifiman Deva headphones.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

No, I don’t use mods

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

Steam (PC)

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This is a known issue and is related to a commonly reported drop in performance, though I understand your issue is primarily sound-related.

For this, I recommend switching to the experimental build per the instructions here:

Keep us posted!

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Can confirm this issue happens on the experimental build as well :disguised_face:

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Adding this to the unfixed bugs section of the Book of Grudges.

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Lots of people have been affected by this since the last major update judging by the reports on here, Reddit and the Steam forums.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkTide/comments/1d42eao/hotfix_39_1311_patch_notes/l6bbdij/

I didn’t run into this issue until just a few days ago. Just randomly cuts out mid mission for a few seconds.

My audio is just fine outside the game. Only the game’s affected.

I have been playing the game since the beta tests and this is the first time that i have run into an audio related issue with the game.

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I am also having this issue for some months now, tried many things like updating audio drivers, switching output device, running several diagnostic tools, verifying game files etc. but without success

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