all the Sound FX are mute since Build 397 or earlier

Added new lines to the original bug report. The new lines are in yellow color. 4/7/2016 6:23AM

4/4/2016 10:11 PM
Title: all the Sound FX are mute since Build 397 or earlier
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? yes
Details:
I do not hear any Sound FX at all including the footstep.
I can hear only music.
I have the same issue both on Win 7 and on Win 10.
I noticed the issue already on Build 397.
Each time I enter Ardoris, the Sound FX stop playing.
The Sound Fx start working normally when I exit Ardoris.
Steps to Reproduce:
1) start the game with my laptop
2) enter Ardoris
User Specs:
OS:
both
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit
and
Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E530c-3366
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3120M CPU @ 2.50GHz (4) System RAM: 7770
GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 GPU RAM: 912
SotA.EarlyAccess.Win.64.398.Date.04.04.16
Area: Ardoris

 

We're unable to reproduce this locally, as we're able to hear SFX clearly as of 398... Can you verify your volume settings to make sure the SFX volume slider is turned up as well as that the Footsteps toggle is turned on in the audio menu? Aside from footsteps (which are often their own anomalous entity), can you provide an example of something else you're not hearing SFX for in order for us to use it as a testing baseline? Thank you for reporting!

 

Reproduced with the video.
All the volume settings have been set properly all the time on my laptop both on Win7 and on Win10, but there is still no Sound FX playing, but there is only Music playing during the gameplay. You can hear that there is no Sound FX playing at all between 1:38 and 3:15 in the video. There is no spell casting Sound FX, no footstep Sound FX, no falling down Sound FX, no bow Sound FX, no creature killed Sound FX and no environmental Sound FX playing.
You can see at 0:06, at 2:18 and at 3:02 in the video that the SFX volume slider and the Footstep toggle are set properly to play the Sound FX on my laptop. The Sound FX were still playing normally in the pre-R28 Build SotA.EarlyAccess.QA.Win.64.338.Date.03.28.16 but since Build 397 the Sound FX quitted playing on my laptop.

 

Also intermittent sound, seems more zone related to me ie in Adoris I get no sfx but ingmae music works.

 

My Avatar used to stay in Ardoris since Build 397. The Sound FX start working normally when I exit Ardoris. The Sound FX are working normally in the overland map, in Perennial Trail and in Soltown. Each time I enter Ardoris, the Sound FX stop playing.

 

Aha! This finally solves it! Should have figured. Ardoris having bugged SFX is a known issue that we expect to resolve in the near future. The issue is from the scene having too many audio sources present. We're on top of it. Sorry for the confusion! Goes to show, it's all in the details.