Freezing Issue installed Fmodex64.dll file - Fix Needed

[YAMIEDIE-1837]

because blizzard hope all of D3 players not playing d3 anymore;so they can stop servers ;and we need to buy D2 and D4 ;and then they got more money

[Shivan-11800]

@Jamie-6648

and yet they have created an entire PTR to try and resolve it

makes no sense this statement lol

[DTMAce-1687]

I had posted an update here last night regarding the surveys I had up:

Trying to locate common factors in the freezing

Results! https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-T9FH5X2D9/ https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-6TRBKN2D9/ Of the game when playing Diablo 3. I have created a couple of surveys to try to find the potential common between you all, both those that don’t have the issue and those that do. Please take the time and fill out each of these short surveys when you have a minute: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V9GRWTK https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VDYYL7B I may have to restart these if I get e…

If anyone was interested in seeing those.

[Saqiw-2879]

2021.08.09 07:30:09.528374100	FMOD sound ready after 200 ms
2021.08.09 07:30:09.528472900	FMOD Error sound not ready in 200ms
2021.08.09 07:30:12.603570600	FMOD sound ready after 200 ms
2021.08.09 07:30:12.603661200	FMOD Error sound not ready in 200ms
2021.08.09 07:30:15.678771200	FMOD sound ready after 200 ms
2021.08.09 07:30:15.678860400	FMOD Error sound not ready in 200ms

wonder if blizzard care at all? dont think they do

[Strix-2106]

PTR Pop-Up | Focus on Freezing Issue | Has Ended

PTR Pop-Up Coming August 5 - Focus on Freezing Issue A PTR Pop-up is coming this Thursday, August 5. The focus for this PTR is to get into the details of what is causing lag spikes and/or game freezes for players. This has been a recurring issue for players, and we’re hoping to gather information with the intent to fix this inconvenience and improve game stability for all Diablo III players. To be transparent, reproducing this issue has provided our internal teams with unique challenges, and w…

[Pumpelche-2693]

Same here too, but my freezes break the comp, bluescreen or necessary hard shutdown. Franky, I can’t be arsed to turn into a specialist fixing this. I’ll just head back to ESO and wait for New World.

[SolarWind-21577]

we try all what knowed. we finish 147 with 2 sorc 2 weeks ago, but today we cant clear 145 with zmonk/zdh/zbarb (with uliana, without uliana)

[MrH-2528]

Having the same issue, every single time I press Mirror Images my game freezes for a second, and becomes very choppy when they’re out and casting spells. I tried the .dll from HoTs and it fixed the issue completely, but having no sound kinda sucks. I hope we can get a proper fix from Blizzard.

[Crinel-2585]

Would appear its coming on Tuesday Lets hope it works!

[MrH-2528]

Where did you see this?

[TheTias-1192]

They’re probably assuming it’ll be here on Tuesday because the Pop-Up PTR has ended, and the thread has unceremoneously been unpinned, indicating that they have a fix and are likely going to deploy it this week as the PTR ended back on 8/16.

With any luck those assumptions are correct. Windows users have been having to deal with a lot of issues with D3 over the last year and a half. I’m also hoping that this has a fix for the problem that affects both Windows and macOS wherein D3 will randomly suffer an issue where the inventory icons take ages to load if you are anywhere other than in town in the Act 2 zone. The workaround for that is to change texture resolution between High <–> Low and back again (so if you are on High as most players are these days, you set it to Low, click the Apply button, then set it back to High agan and click Apply again). This bug affects macOS more frequently than Windows, likely due to macOS’ more recent versions having barely functional OpenGL drivers as that is what D3 uses on that platform vs. DirectX 11 on Windows.

[SilverFox-1996]

@FilthieRich

Season 24 Patch 2.7.1a is now live. The update includes a fix to address stability/performance issues and a compliance update that does not affect the player experience. No balance updates or item changes have been applied at this time.

@DataStorm-2512

There are various strategies being deployed around to get less lag/freezes:

• Exit battle.net app
• Disable sound and put a different driver in.
• lower the # of sound channels if disabling sound is unwanted
• Affinity of the D3 process in taskmanager to CPU 0 + 1
• Disabling Area Damage in parties on all but 1 player
  and other solutions I might have missed.

Could you tell which of those became obsolete?

S24 patch 2.7.1a released. It appears that not all is fixed.

Freezing issue immediately before RG spawned. Lost connection once RG dead, loot dropped. 4player public game. Was playing zDH. Clean Win10Pro install, fully updated,new Battlenet app and new Diablo3.

2021.09.01 09:00:44.556023800	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:44.556317300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:44.556483600	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47618288, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:44.556668400	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:44.556826800	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:44.556981800	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47618288, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:44.557146100	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:44.557304700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:44.557458200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47618288, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:44.557617500	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:44.557770400	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:44.558019400	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47618288, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:44.558206300	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:44.558362500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:44.558515200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47618288, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:50.435579600	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:00:50.907209300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:00:52.237559200	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:00:52.237857700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:00:52.238023100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 45194392, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:00:59.073726200	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:00.463326900	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:00.463547200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:00.463711500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 45763784, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:00.763750400	I 14:01:00.763534 [BGS] |event=rich_presence_failure|key=id: 470903, id: 12541317 program: 17459 region: 1|missing_presence_unique_id=0 (src\low\service\presence\rich_presence.cpp:156)
2021.09.01 09:01:02.311476600	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:02.311753200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:02.311918900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 46795256, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:02.886657300	I 14:01:02.886049 [BGS] |event=rich_presence_failure|key=id: 470903, id: 5360987 program: 17459 region: 1|missing_presence_unique_id=0 (src\low\service\presence\rich_presence.cpp:156)
2021.09.01 09:01:05.055213300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:05.763914700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:05.764230700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:05.764396900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 45976496, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:08.316743300	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:08.317057400	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:08.317245500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 46241880, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:09.716966000	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:09.872255000	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:09.872480900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:09.872646900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49178016, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:10.449587300	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:10.449870200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:10.450033500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49046968, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:10.450225700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:10.450384600	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:10.450540000	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49046968, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.443742100	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444042700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444208700	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49697856, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444393900	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444581300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444744200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49697856, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.444909900	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445065500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445219000	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49697856, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445377800	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445530600	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445686500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49697856, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.445868400	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.446021900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.446174500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49697856, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.870761800	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871003000	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871167500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49435376, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871358500	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871517600	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871673300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49435376, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871840800	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:12.871994900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:12.872148300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49435376, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:14.353539400	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:14.353830600	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:14.353998200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47936760, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:15.708153700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:15.708463300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:15.708631300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 45208568, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:16.941532400	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:16.941844200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:16.942011100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 44631536, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:19.360160200	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:19.360465200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:19.360656100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 44017384, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:19.360856600	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:19.361016800	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:19.361312800	FMOD Memory - allocated: 44017384, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:23.396137600	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
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2021.09.01 09:01:33.792814600	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:36.865496100	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:36.865812500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:36.865977200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 44839584, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:36.866160900	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:36.866318700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:36.866473600	FMOD Memory - allocated: 44839584, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:47.462668900	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
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2021.09.01 09:01:49.020083300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:49.842923300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:50.775250400	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:01:50.775541700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:01:50.775742300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 46232096, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:01:52.033112900	[Telemetry] (TELE): Requested sending batch messages by multi-part http POST messages count 1
2021.09.01 09:01:56.262151900	Enabling loading screen for 4, 4
2021.09.01 09:01:56.262451200	Initializing client world X1_LR_Level_02...
2021.09.01 09:01:56.263613400	Enabling loading screen for 4, 4
2021.09.01 09:01:56.265981200	Disposing UI for World
2021.09.01 09:01:56.347161500	Disabling loading screen for 1, 4
2021.09.01 09:01:56.388632600	Disabling loading screen for 2, 4
2021.09.01 09:01:56.388905200	Disabling loading screen for 4, 0
2021.09.01 09:01:56.929864300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
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2021.09.01 09:02:02.016363200	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:02:10.459879500	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:10.460194600	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:10.460359900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 48601760, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:10.460537600	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:10.460696900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:10.460851900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 48601760, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:10.461095700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:10.461251200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:10.461405100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 48601760, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:11.612935700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:11.613219100	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:11.613407900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49010920, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:11.613595100	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:11.613756300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:11.613912400	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49010920, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:11.614099100	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:11.614255500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:11.614410100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49010920, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:14.757005400	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:14.757330300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:14.757497300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49316120, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:14.757677600	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:14.757846900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:14.758003400	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49316120, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:14.758191200	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:14.758347700	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:14.758501700	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49316120, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:26.659896200	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
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2021.09.01 09:02:31.459792500	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:02:38.549563900	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:38.549873400	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550061300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49325944, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550250900	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550410300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550567000	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49325944, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550747800	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:38.550904300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:38.551058100	FMOD Memory - allocated: 49325944, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511041000	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511291500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511473800	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47266080, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511673000	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511834200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:40.511990400	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47266080, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:40.512181900	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:02:40.512341300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:02:40.512498700	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47266080, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:02:43.894327200	>>> WitchBlade BnetGuild::RequestGuildNewsList_TryRequestNow guildId=1066 wasNewNewsAvailable=0 isUserInitiated=0 waitedMs=0
2021.09.01 09:02:43.894761200	SendGuildMessage hero:WitchBlade id:150 attribute { name: "Version" value { string_value: "2.7.1.77744" } } attribute { name: "CustomMessageId" value { int_value: 150 } } attribute { name: "CustomMessage" value { message_value: "\010\252\010\020\250\201\252\213\271\324\332\276\t" } } attribute { name: "CustomMessageDestination" value { uint_value: 1 } } attribute { name: "GuildShard" value { int_value: 6 } } count:12
2021.09.01 09:02:51.409178300	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:02:52.935185900	Disabling loading screen for 1, 0
2021.09.01 09:03:00.903720400	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:00.904054200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:00.904221700	FMOD Memory - allocated: 48362952, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.622379100	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.622697500	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.622863700	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623054700	FMOD Error during 'FMOD_Channel_SetPosition': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623214000	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623374300	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623541700	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623707400	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.623862200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624023800	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624177100	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624347500	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624509200	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624662900	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624815200	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.624975200	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.625128000	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.625279900	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47958504, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.627167200	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.627370400	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.627540000	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47933904, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.627712100	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.627868200	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628045000	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47933904, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628209500	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628364100	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628535600	FMOD Memory - allocated: 47933904, - max allocated: 64687360
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628708000	FMOD Error during 'sPlaySound::FMOD_System_PlaySound': Operation could not be performed because specified sound/DSP connection is not ready. 
2021.09.01 09:03:16.628861300	FMOD Memory - total: 178257920

[Zendiablo-1939]

Having used the dll fix and not having sound, I switched to the “affinity” fix which prevents freezing and I still have sound.
open game.
hit your windows key
right click on your task bar and select task manager
click on details tab
find the diablo III 64 exe file…right click on it to get context menu
select affinity
you can now reduce the number of processor cores d3 will use
if you have 6 cores normally unselect all the pick two next to each other example: 2 and 3.
click okay close task manager and return to game… no freezing and no loss of sound…
I believe the idea behind this is that when diablo 3 was first designed… multicore proecessors where not a thing and having multicores in some systems causes duplications in data which leads to comp freezes. anyway…better than the dll fix and it works for most ppl

[DTMAce-1687]

Yeah, the affinity works for this issue for some people. When in doubt, you can even lower it to just one core and it should still run fine. But I would use no more than 2. Diablo III was originally coded for 32 bit code and optimized for single/dual/quad core CPUs. They added 64bit support later on to better support memory, but I don’t think optimization for CPUs beyond 4 cores was changed much, if at all. I have a feeling that a lot of the people having issues are running on CPUs with more than 4 actual cores. (not counting hyperthreaded or virtual cores here).

[METALHEAD-1425]

I can confirm that the .dll fix does not work in high level GRs, nor did it help my FPS in any way.
Setting affinity to 3 physical cores has been helping me for years and does seem to stabilize FPS in high GRs, but once you get to 50+ mobs, the server/client relationship starts to stutter, then crash the client to desktop.
Yesterdays server maintenance did not help with server lag, fps stability or crashes.
I’m not entirely sure what they did, but I do know the issues are still here.

[SilverFox-1996]

D3 froze again then disconnect. I came across a suggestion from TheTias to close Battle.net app upon launching D3. If open, Diablo 3 files could become corrupted if app downloading updates in the background.

@TheTias-1192

The first thing I’d do is try a scan and repair . Outside of the game client actually missing data that’s expected due to accidental omission during the compile sequence when building that version of the game data, the most frequent cause of this is clicking the Play button before the game has fully patched or installed.

That bolded part in the last paragraph is the number one cause of corrupt or missing game files. The problem is that the CASC file system that Blizzard currently uses for its games, while far more robust in terms of ability to add in new features than the old stalwart MPQ, is also very prone to having its files corrupted if you attempt to play during a game data download. For this reason, it is strongly advised that the player do two things:

1. Set the [Battle.net ](http://Battle.net) desktop app to always close when launching a game. You can set this by going into Settings > General, and selecting Exit [Battle.net ](http://Battle.net) completely from the pulldown menu in the When I launch a game section.

2. Never, ever click Play until all patches and game data are fully downloaded. Just because a game says you can play doesn’t mean you should play. Remember, CASC suffers corruption if a game is running during a download of its own files. For this reason, you should never play while patching or installing. Scan and Repair usually fixes the problem.