Persistent audio problems after Whispering Hillock
Sometime after I embarked upon Ladies of the Wood and tracked The Whispering Hillock (I'd since read elsewhere that tracking this quest might cause the problem,) I started having audio problems, although I didn't realize it until I encountered the spirit in the tree. I never heard a single word of the spirit's dialog. Assuming it was an isolated bug, I kept playing, making the surprisingly-consequential choice despite not having any idea what was going on. Unfortunately, the bug has persisted. When I spoke to the Crones immediately afterward, I only heard about 5% of their dialog, although I heard all the insect buzzing effects. Then, during Ciri's section, other parts of the audio - sometimes dialog, often music, and frequently sound effects - cut out. I played about another hour or so into the game, and now, the audio loss is more subtle, but it appears to be persistent. I always hear Geralt's dialog - and thus, his end of conversations - but it seems everyone else's can be impacted. The searching I've done on this topic so far suggests a lot of people have encountered variations on this problem over the years, but I haven't seen any definite solutions for PS4 users. I'm hoping Projekt Red has a good amount of data on the problem already.
I'm on a PS4 (not PS4 Pro), playing the digital download of Wild Hunt: Complete Edition. I've tried reloading an earlier save (but one from after the problem started), and the problem was still present. Is there some verified way to prevent myself from experiencing this problem in the future? Or do I have to re-play the last several hours and make sure I don't track Whispering Hillock while in the whispering hillock?
Sometime after I embarked upon Ladies of the Wood and tracked The Whispering Hillock (I'd since read elsewhere that tracking this quest might cause the problem,) I started having audio problems, although I didn't realize it until I encountered the spirit in the tree. I never heard a single word of the spirit's dialog. Assuming it was an isolated bug, I kept playing, making the surprisingly-consequential choice despite not having any idea what was going on. Unfortunately, the bug has persisted. When I spoke to the Crones immediately afterward, I only heard about 5% of their dialog, although I heard all the insect buzzing effects. Then, during Ciri's section, other parts of the audio - sometimes dialog, often music, and frequently sound effects - cut out. I played about another hour or so into the game, and now, the audio loss is more subtle, but it appears to be persistent. I always hear Geralt's dialog - and thus, his end of conversations - but it seems everyone else's can be impacted. The searching I've done on this topic so far suggests a lot of people have encountered variations on this problem over the years, but I haven't seen any definite solutions for PS4 users. I'm hoping Projekt Red has a good amount of data on the problem already.
I'm on a PS4 (not PS4 Pro), playing the digital download of Wild Hunt: Complete Edition. I've tried reloading an earlier save (but one from after the problem started), and the problem was still present. Is there some verified way to prevent myself from experiencing this problem in the future? Or do I have to re-play the last several hours and make sure I don't track Whispering Hillock while in the whispering hillock?