Those launching Call of Duty: Vanguard for the first time on PC might encounter a sound bug where the game has no audio. The odd thing about this glitch is that the audio will return when players Alt+Tab to the desktop but stop working again when players bring the game back into focus. Fortunately, there’s a fix for this audio issue, though it might not be ideal for some users.
How to fix no audio sound bug in Call of Duty: Vanguard
For those that find they have no sound in Call of Duty: Vanguard, except when they Alt+Tab to the desktop, there’s a quick and easy fix. For us, this bug occurred when the game relaunched after we went through the initial settings. Unfortunately, restarting the game, Battle.net, and the PC did nothing to alleviate it.
However, all players have to do to get audio back if they encounter this bug in Vanguard is to change the Display Mode from Fullscreen to Fullscreen Borderless. After applying the new setting, the sound should immediately return, and the game should function as expected.
We’re unsure as to why the Vanguard audio issue occurs. We tried changing the sound settings in the control panel to lock the game to a particular output, but the bug continued. If we had to guess, we’d say it’s some sort of driver issue. Fortunately, playing in Borderless Fullscreen seems to do the trick, and we’ve had no further problems with audio.
As far as launch issues go, this one is pretty mild, especially compared to what’s happened with previous Call of Duty titles. Typically, there are errors galore on launch night, so we’re happy to take this minor, fixable bug. It’s likely that it’ll be patched in the next driver release from AMD and NVIDIA, so those who prefer playing in Exclusive Fullscreen should be able to go back to that setting reasonably soon.
Now that players can actually enjoy Call of Duty: Vanguard, they can see which characters are available and the upcoming updates and DLC.
