No Sound after Bethesda Logo : V

» Mon May 21, 2012 7:38 am

So, I heard the drums that come with the Bethesda Logo upon starting the game, but there's no sound at all after that, volume or not, there's no sound.

Using Realtek, but I've upgraded drivers, reinstalled drivers, reinstalled Skyrim, and tried all of the other fixes applicable. Vista 64bit

» Mon May 21, 2012 2:24 am

Have you checked the sound settings in windows? Maybe you're set it 7.1? Or maybe its the audio quality. Try setting it to 4100 or 4400 hz. Let me know.

» Mon May 21, 2012 1:27 am

This is the same problem i am having, same OS as well. i have loaded skyrim twice now and tried everything via steam but no luck. done the fixes for the sound which others suggested, but that doesnt work either. i even let the game run for a while without sound but i cannot progress in game further then getting to town. cant get out of carriage etc. Please Please Please need some help... really want to play

» Mon May 21, 2012 3:20 pm

yep having the same issues here. how do you go about changing the setting from 4100 to 4400 Hz or whatever? Im pretty terrible at this

» Mon May 21, 2012 5:47 am

Should be in the settings somewhere if you right click on your audio icon on the taskbar. Can't check exactly where, on iPhone in a hotel

» Mon May 21, 2012 2:02 pm

I've done all of the various suggested changes on the forums. Changing it to Stereo, 44.1khz audio, yada yada... No go.

It's not that the sound is insanely quiet, or that it's static, I hear the opening logo just fine without any alterations, but anything past that is completely missing.

» Mon May 21, 2012 2:05 pm

same boat as kiefatar. but i think its more then just the sound because the game itself will not progress after a point

» Mon May 21, 2012 5:39 am

Yea, I'm having the same issue as King Kurgan.

Even with subtitles turned on, a few triggers don't seem to be working. The nord guy who's talking to you says nothing (as far as subtitles) and there are no prompts whatsoever. Got to the end of the cart ride and just stayed there, nothing happening.

1. This sort of stuff should not be affected by sound quality, so I'm assuming something else is wrong.
2. I know they had a pre-release launch that was defective by design, is it possible that the patch via steam wasn't applied correctly? I reinstalled skyrim after full launch last night though, so I'm not sure if that's part of the problem or not.

» Mon May 21, 2012 11:49 am

Exact same problem... I happen to be a programmer myself and I cannot get this fixed. I play my games on an Alienware M17 laptop with RealTek audio driver, I have also tried all the disabling all other sound devices and such.

I am just going to partition my mac and play it on my mac for now, but it'd be nice to have this game with the rest of them.

I am also using Vista 64 bit, and also cannot get past the carriage ride

» Mon May 21, 2012 5:22 am

bump

» Mon May 21, 2012 1:09 pm

I have the same problem kiefatar. I can't play!!

» Mon May 21, 2012 3:36 pm

just want to check with others. when you open the game and get to the first screen (ie, playm options, data files etc). when you click on data files there is only one file option (Skyrim.esm). is this constant? just doing a check list of possibilities

» Mon May 21, 2012 5:11 am

Bump again... anyone know any solutions? (I highly doubt it).

» Mon May 21, 2012 12:24 pm

Same here.

Vista 64 home
Realtek sound

Only skyrim.esm in data files. I dont know if that is normal.

» Mon May 21, 2012 6:12 am

in my skyrim.ini i found this

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

anyone else find that in there? im just looking for clues...

» Mon May 21, 2012 2:32 am

Same exact problem on my wife's computer. Vista 64, Realtek etc... I hear the sound at the Bethesda logo then NO sound after that. Game is unplayable... Pretty unacceptable that we can't play a game we paid $60 for and there's no response from anyone.

» Mon May 21, 2012 4:48 am

Mine's the same way. 64-bit Vista, I get the drums with the Bethesda logo and then it's totally mute for everything else. I've checked drivers, mixer volume, and everything else suggested in this thread. None of it fixed the issue, and I have no audio problems with any other game I play.

» Mon May 21, 2012 2:59 am

Same here.

Realtek, Vista 64bit

No fix available atm after extensive searching.

» Mon May 21, 2012 8:24 am

Apparently users can't edit their own posts here. Interesting.

Anyway, I wanted to clarify that I too have Realtek integrated audio. Seems to be a common trend in the topic.

» Mon May 21, 2012 4:05 pm

64-bit Vista, Realtek HD Audio as well. Nothing I've done has worked. No sound after the logo. The cart stops, and nothing happens.

» Mon May 21, 2012 6:03 am

Same exact issue. No sound under audio formats. When the cart stops all I can do is hit "E" to get the prompt that my hands are bound.

» Mon May 21, 2012 1:48 pm

in my skyrim.ini i found this

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

anyone else find that in there? im just looking for clues...

I can confirm I have this is my skyrim.ini as well but I have found no "Warnings.txt"

» Mon May 21, 2012 1:05 am

I also have the generalwarnings text, no sound, a 64 bit vista system and Realtek HD sound.

» Mon May 21, 2012 3:06 pm

Vista 64bit seems to be the common denominator here. I'm in the same boat. Technical support could not offer me any useful advice and even after describing my problem they asked me about my video drivers when I expressed that it was clearly an audio error. I've sent them my dxdiag as I hope a few of the other users with this problem have. I'm hoping a patch comes soon for us Vista 64biters.

P.S. I've received no response from support thus far after sending the dxdiag. :brokencomputer:

» Mon May 21, 2012 7:59 am

same issue here : /