Crashes due to sound errors

Hey, I'm pulling out my hair right now cause I can't find a way to fix this. I have deleted all sounds mods, both disabled and uninstalled, I checked SupCom file integ and its validated all files, and I uninstalled and installed faf.

This only started happening when I replaced my HDD's with SSD's, both the same brand, size and etc.

I've figured out what is causing the crash but I can't fix it. The past few were always something to do with sound, the last one after I got rid of all sound modifications were the games own music tracks.

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These are all the recent crash files. If you can figure out how to fix it, please let me know

@the1defier You have a sound bug which you can tell by the SND/XACT warnings. Simple fix steps are:

• Windows key > type: Control Panel > Open > Sound > Playback > select the Device you use:
• Configure > Stereo > finish configuration,
• Properties:
• Enhancements > Disable all enhancements,
• Advanced > no higher than 24 bit, 48000 Hz,
• Spatial Sound > Off,
• Restart or Shift+Shutdown (not just Shutdown) of PC

If your headphones come with any applet/program, then you may want to disable that & try using the headphones without it. Similarly, if they use a USB or Bluetooth dongle to connect to the PC, see if you can connect directly without the dongle.

See this thread for further troubleshooting: https://forum.faforever.com/topic/4084/solutions-for-snd-error-xact-invalid-arg-xact3dapply-failed

If all that fails to resolve the issue, then you may need to try installing a 3rd party device/driver like VoiceMeeter or VAC that can be used as a Stereo device for your system while re-routng the audio to the actual device you want to use.

@the1defier Also, for any future issue you have with the game, please go to client > top left menu > Show logs folder > logs > sort by Date Modified, then use the most recent game_21xxxxxx.log file (should be of the game that just froze/crashed) so those that can help (not me) have a complete file of data to look at.