Really hope this was in included in hot fix. It's very discouraging to start up a game and be met with broken audio in the start menu. Never happened until 1.04. Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but Damn this post has plenty of views but little responses. It may seem minor but it does need looking into by devs. It also appears to have broken some in game audio as well.
I'm having this same issue. Interestingly, it did not start happening until the very end of the game. In fact during the last couple quests I started getting "corrupted save" warnings. I still managed to get through the ending but noticed weird audio suttering during the credits. Then when I exited back to the main screen - same thing - weird audio stuttering.
Also, it seems like the game is lot more laggy now. I even started a new playthrough and I was getting massive FPS drops in White Orchard.
Also, it seems like the game is lot more laggy now. I even started a new playthrough and I was getting massive FPS drops in White Orchard.
Once I downloaded 1.04 and noticed this issue I immediately stopped playing in fear of corruption. I deleted game, was a level 20. As long as this can be fixed I don't mind starting over, it's a great game. I really never had any other issues I mean some occasional frame dips and some npcs clipping in ground or floating but very rare. All my quest were fine, that's why when this happened I knew it could possibly bring a lot of other issues. Hopefully this hot fix either clears it up or I'll have to wait for larger update.
Relax
The majority of the my 100 hour playtime is after the 1.04 patch, and everything is fine and nothing is corrupted.
I was hoping that 1.05 would have maybe inadvertently fixed the main menu audio issue, but to no avail its still there. Hopefully it's fixed in the next larger update. Please look into this issue. When in main menu the music and what appears to be the crackling of the fire seem to have mixed causing intermittent audio distortion, imo. It could be something completely different, but that is what it sounds like to me, I have also noticed this issue slightly in cut scenes but clearly not as bad as main menu like it's a Carry over from main menu issue. This started with 1.04. I wear headphones so it's very noticeable.
A week ago, I decided to contact Mr. Marcin Momot on Twitter to enquire him about this particular issue, but he hasn't replied back. It might not be CD Projekt's intention, but it does feel like we're being ignored.