Images like these:
Coupled with frequent noises like this:
The noise that I recorded is only at 80 dB whereas it can jump at random (as if this isn't random enough) to 120 dB. This is what I have read from various sources online as I do not actually own a decibel meter. No I do not have one on my phone.
My last session lasted an hour so that I could get an idea how often the screeching static noise would last and how frequently it would grace me with its presence, so in an unscientific manner, here is what I recorded:
7:07 minutes of no noise
0:43 seconds of noise
3:12 no noise
2:29 minutes of noise
0:26 no noise
3:38 minutes of noise
1:44 no noise
6:29 minutes of noise
1:13 no noise
5:21 minutes of noise
0:35 no noise
2:27 minutes of noise
0:02 no noise
0:03 seconds of noise
12:59 (unknown as the volume was turned off).
Týr knows why, but I've presently put five hours into this game even with the sound effects volume in-game turned down to practically nil and even then, the sound (120 dB) will still poke it's ugly head out of my speakers.
Last week (as 0f when I wrote this back in December) I contacted tech support at Deep Silver relating my problem to them to see if they knew what was going on. I was then prompted to run a diagnostic tool and email them the results so they could have a better idea as to the specs of my computer and what I was dealing with. I felt perfectly fine doing this as I did something very similar when I applied for the Elder Scrolls Online Beta request. Within 24 hours I received a straightforward reply which suggested that I update my drivers, which I hadn't realized that I hadn't updated in a while. So I followed the supplied links and was able to download three of the five drivers. The two sound card drivers I was not able to download/install as they are integrated drivers and even knowing the manufacturer and name, I could not locate the correct driver to download.
So I went back to the game with bright polished up video drivers hoping against hope that my problems were fixed. The game played fine for about eight minutes before the screeching wail of dying souls and banished ear drums returned to mock my computer and mine own ears. I played for maybe another 15 minutes before ultimately giving up.
I do not know if I will be going back to Dead Island: Riptide anytime soon as it is the only game that seems to have a problem with my apparently lackluster sound card. Even games that have come out more recently than April 2013 have operated fine without any sound issues. Maybe after I acquire my next computer (do not know what that will be) I will come back and see if my experience improves.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
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