Crackling Sound while playing the game

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Hiya

I recently re-downloaded Sins of a Solar Empire because I felt the nerve to play it.  Everything went smoothly, including the updates, until I got around to actually starting up the game. Every time I would move the mouse over button icons or click on the sound of them normally would reverberate irregularly through my speakers. Glitchy music appears to be present as well. This problem never happened a month or so ago when I still had it on my computer.  I have no idea why this is happening or how to fix it.  Could it have something to do with any of the patches? Or maybe the sound hardware I have? 

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Shift+right click in Impulse, verify installation.

If that doesn't work, try to disable/reenable your sound hardware.

 

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Is your sound working properly for other applications?

Is it possible your PC isn't up to running the game (around or below the requirements)?

You can try restarting your computer and seeing if that fixes it; also you may have another program running that cause sins to mess up.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The game is verified and  i did disable/ reenable my sound hardware to no avail.  This is the only game of mine that does this, as i play world of warcraft and Starcraft II. Both of those games play fine. I tried restarting my computer and it still crackles.  

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Well anyone know how to fix this problem? i would like to play sins with some noise in the game instead of it being silent or crackling all the time.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Well if its not your sound drivers, have you checked your speakers? Even if it doesn't do it with anything else, also try some headphones (or different headphones). Also you might want to try just turning off the game music and sound effects individually to see if its just one or the other.

Edit: Oh if you are using any of the expansions, see if the original Sins has the issue as well. If not its a patch problem, if so it something weird with your computer.