Game Developer Troubleshoots Headphone Buzzing Issue Specific to Their Custom Game Engine
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Summary
A game developer describes experiencing headphone buzzing only when running their own isometric game built with Rust and wgpu-rs, while other games like Fortnite and Overwatch work fine. The developer has high-end hardware including a 3090 RTX card and USB audio through a MODI 2 DAC. The article explores potential causes for this specific audio interference issue related to their custom game engine.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledWhenever I started my game, my headphones were buzzing. I could play Fortnite, Overwatch or any other game and that doesn't cause my headphones to buzz. It's only my game.
Why can I play Overwatch and Fortnite fine, while my isometric game makes my headset buzz?
I am working on an isometric game inspired from Gnomoria, RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, etc. It uses my own simple engine (with rust and wgpu-rs).
I had a fairly decent CPU, a 3090RTX card, 32GB RAM and USB audio through a MODI 2 DAC.
And it's really annoying, as you might imagine.
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