Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems No attack hit sound on Patch 7

I'm noticing that unarmed strikes do not make a noise when hitting a target as of patch 7. The bug appears to start and stop randomly. I've only noticed it with unarmed attacks, but I'm seeing posts about it missing from all weapons as well (melee and ranged).

The bug will sometimes be present as soon as you start a new game. Other times, you'll start a new game being able to hear attack audio, but it will disappear by the end of the tutorial or start of Act 1.

Has anyone found a workaround for this?

It's not a game-breaking bug, but the audio feedback is a nice way of knowing your attack landed without having to necessarily be looking at the screen/reading the log. It's also a satisfying sound.

Here are two Reddit threads I've found on the topic:

www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1fclghv/audio_issues_after_last_patch/

www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1fgq68k/no_sound_effect_on_attack_landing_sound_since/

What I've tried:

- Verify game files
- Reinstall game
- Purge level cache
- Update GPU drivers

None of it works. And again, I'm noticing this on a new game, not an existing save from patch 6. Just wondering if anyone has found a workaround in the two weeks since those other posts were made.

I know that another iteration of this bug was previously introduced by patch 5, but the fix from then (deleting the old hotfix files) doesn't apply anymore

I posted a few days back as well unfortunately no fix that I've seen yet.

The sound FX came back randomly on game load (save was at the tieflings kids where you meet Wyll) and when it comes back it generally stays back as if it gets baked into the save file. My current save the sound is as it should be but if I create a new save the issue is there. Done reinstalls/verify (never any issues), different PC, nada works. Never had the issue until I decided to do a clean install for patch 7 since I hadn't since when the game released.

Thanks for sharing that info. Since I noticed it on a new game, I was willing to spend some time trying to troubleshoot it (but I was just wasting my time since nothing worked lol). I'll just play the game and hope the missing audio comes back. Cheers.

Having the same issue. I'll just keep playing and hope it fixes itself I suppose.