Y'AAAARRRRRR!
Former 'day one' player here. I initially got the game with a free two week trial of the game pass thingmebob but decided to 'walk the plank' and finally grab the game after seeing all the new content that's been added over the last year.
Game was already updated... (err, thanks... windows store???) so I loaded up and everything seemed fine.
Got to the splash screens, had the famililar music playing in the background of the bar while it connected to servers. This is where it all goes wrong.
The very moment it switches to 'zoom in' if you will to my character screen the audio completely cuts out and just turns to almost a static sound. Constant crackling. Entering the game itself doesn't solve the issue. I tested hitting my sword against some objects and could hear a change in pitch of the indiscernable crackling, so 'audio' is playing but it's completely borked.
Running a brand new Steelseries Arctis 5 RGB headset, audio is absolutely fine in everything else. Been playing The Division 2, DCS and War Thunder for a couple weeks with absolutely no issues.
I had a tinker with the audio settings in game, nothing seemed to have an affect.
After finally getting the game 'proper' I would be grateful if someone could give me a hand (or a hook) here. Really eager to jump back into the open seas.
System spec:
Intel i7 5820k
16Gb Corsair Vengence DDR4 (2400Mhz)
Nvidia GTX970 4Gb
Win 10 Pro
Cheers o7.