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Hello, ever since patch 7 with a full clean install there is missing sound effects in the game not playing. Effects like sheathe/unsheathe, weapon hit impact sounds, really noticable using bow on a dummy target the arrow impact is completely silent, also the child Tieflings in the grove hitting the dummy having no sounds (though can't remember if they ever did). I've done a full clean wipe/install and even installed BG3 on a differen't PC thats never had the game on and the missing sound FX issue is still present. I tried changing sound bitrates and not running any spatial options or any fancy surrond options.

I've been playing since launch and this issue only started when I deicided to do a full clean install for patch 7. In the past people have reported and fixed the issue by deleting hotfix pak files but with a clean patch 7 install such pak files dont exist inside the data folder. After doing clean installs and trying a differen't machine I'm pretty sure it's an issue with patch 7 or a older bug thats come up since I did a fresh install and older files arn't there anymore which might of kept it working.

I've stopped playing for now as it killing my enjoyment, tried everything I can think of to fix it but I'm pretty sure this is a game bug issue. I seen a couple of people with the same issue on reddit but no fix is available other then the old workarounds that cannot be done anymore.

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Just adding two posts from December from patch 5 with people having the same issue, they fixed it by deleting the old hotfix pak files, which are no longer present in a clean patch 7 install:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGat...fx_audio_is_gone_after_the_latest_patch/

https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_3/no_attack_or_spell_sounds_since_patch_5

Theres a couple more that describe the exact issue that I'm having with the same old fix that no longer works. Done clean installs, tried differen't PC from fresh and the issue is on them. Even my main PC is optical out to DAC audio (so no software interfering). To test do a full clean patch 7 install (no left over installation), really easy to test just create a Barbarian from clean install and sheahe/unsheahe with the Great axe or small axes and other than hearing the armor shuffle the sheahe metal sound wont play along with hit affects from weapons.

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I'm having the same issue. it seems to be something to do with the levelcache, if I delete it the sounds come back but they disappear again once the cache is loaded, it's really frustrating because I can't tell if it's just a few of us that have this issue or everyone and people just aren't noticing.

Last edited by Maddoxoxox; 27/09/24 10:59 AM.

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