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    X1m0X's Avatar Junior Member
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    FarCry 4 Very slow initial Loading times and No sound when using Dolby Digital Live

    Hi all,

    Just reporting a couple technical issues which I'll also post in the tech forum when its open, please note my game unlocked at 16 pm CET on 17th and I tried to sort the below since then.

    1) When starting the game in UBI, the first loading progress bar, the one with a sort of coloured snow in background starts fast then about 3/4 of the way it stops and starts to progress slowly, when at the end it sits there for minimum 2/3 minutes then it finally boots for a total of a good 4/5 min just to get in menu (Also tried disabling Crossfire, no luck.); once loaded and in menu all is fast and smooth.

    2) I use SoundBlaster Recon 3d external soundcard and headset set (connected optically to pc) and if I leave the sound on pc in Dolby Digital live (5.1 Surround) there is no sound in game (at boot and menu sound works), To avoid this I am forced to play in 16bts 4800Khz, every other game I ever played allows me to use DD, not using it lowers sound quality a lot.

    Thanks,

    Z.


    Below my specs:

    i7 4820k at 3.70 GhZ not OC

    16 GB High speed G-Skill Sniper Ram not OC

    Main Drive: OCZ Vertex 4 SSD
    Secondary Drive: Samsung 840 Series SSD

    2x ATI R9 280x in Crossfire not OC

    Running at 2560x1440 100 hz

    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Originally Posted by ZeeBeeDee Go to original post
    Hi all,

    Just reporting a couple technical issues which I'll also post in the tech forum when its open, please note my game unlocked at 16 pm CET on 17th and I tried to sort the below since then.

    1) When starting the game in UBI, the first loading progress bar, the one with a sort of coloured snow in background starts fast then about 3/4 of the way it stops and starts to progress slowly, when at the end it sits there for minimum 2/3 minutes then it finally boots for a total of a good 4/5 min just to get in menu (Also tried disabling Crossfire, no luck.); once loaded and in menu all is fast and smooth.

    2) I use SoundBlaster Recon 3d external soundcard and headset set (connected optically to pc) and if I leave the sound on pc in Dolby Digital live (5.1 Surround) there is no sound in game (at boot and menu sound works), To avoid this I am forced to play in 16bts 4800Khz, every other game I ever played allows me to use DD, not using it lowers sound quality a lot.

    Thanks,

    Z.


    Below my specs:

    i7 4820k at 3.70 GhZ not OC

    16 GB High speed G-Skill Sniper Ram not OC

    Main Drive: OCZ Vertex 4 SSD
    Secondary Drive: Samsung 840 Series SSD

    2x ATI R9 280x in Crossfire not OC

    Running at 2560x1440 100 hz

    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Same issue, 2nd ubisoft release to do this.

    Don't expect this to get fixed at all.

    Watch Dogs has had the same issue since May http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...blem-no-sound/

    And the devs are too busy releasing DLC for that boring game to fix game breaking issues like this.
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    Same here!

    Please fix this....

    Another A+++ Game without 5.1.....!

    But you didn't fix Watchdogs 5.1 issues so I'm not holding out much luck here

    Will FarCry 5 be CGA only & in mono?

    /rant
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    Must have had the same devs who worked on Watch Dogs work on Far Cry 4. They're creating a track record.
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    xMiiSTY's Avatar Community Manager
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    Please contact our Support.

    http://support.ubi.com
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