6.6 Frame drops possible sound bug (Mac)

ZephyrFV·3/24/2016, 5:29:06 PM·175 votes·10,586 views

Hey Riot guys, after patching 6.6 i've experienced massive frame drops in laning and teamfighting with weird sound issues (robotic-like voices) my MacBook Air late 2010 El Capitan is up to date and soooooooo many other Mac users have the exact same problems, so don't try to send me that Copy/Paste answer "Try to visit the FPS Troubleshoting or send a ticket, let me know if that helps" it's possible that it's a sound bug, but it can be anything, there are many additions in the last patch, like the new scoreboard (Tab) animations and even the new rift herald icon and timer, please notice us, it's sad that you make us feel like the only way for being noticed is spamming and start 1000 threads and that you ignore PBE Users that experienced this problem so bad and you still release the patch in the main server, Bilgewater crash/red texture/fps drops/sound issues story is repeating

(This is my NA Account, i'm a level 30 from LAN, but since it's even harder to get some attention there, i try here)

80 Comments

WhoreMuncher3/24/2016, 5:51:26 PM37 votes

Mac users please up vote this.

Zyphiridon3/25/2016, 4:32:08 PM16 votes

Mac Book Pro Retina user here.

I'm getting this too. I thought it was my sound card at first, but it appears to be a problem with the game itself.

General Halt3/25/2016, 8:35:30 PM10 votes

Same, my audio crackles and is robotic, and I have had to disable virtually all sound but like pings because it got annoying.

Entei863/24/2016, 8:48:22 PM9 votes

I can ignore the horrible sound, but the frame rate drop to 0 during team fights makes it unplayable. Please fix!

Dacaisen3/24/2016, 6:07:52 PM9 votes

I HAVE NAMED ABOVE PROBLEMS

theNEWeraBA3/26/2016, 6:38:10 AM9 votes

100% agree with everything that is said here. Have been playing this game for upwards of 3 years on the MAC client. Have had certain issues with patches that have been remedied. I fully believe that Riot will fix this problems within the week. Riot PLEASE view this message and get your Mac people on this. I do not want to buy a new PC just to play this game! My system matches all minimum and "recommended requirements" so it is a problem with the 6.6 patch. I would appreciate a remedy to this issue before I buy a $600 PC desktop. Thank you riot. Please consider these issues.

XxNumNomsxX3/25/2016, 10:45:46 PM8 votes

I tried repairing my client and the sound bug nor the fps issue was fixed. My Macbook pro is up to date in updates and everything. I thought it was just me, but I found someone else while attempting to play yesterday who also has a mac and has the same problems. The issue here is riot doesn't care about mac users the way they do pc. It gets old. This bug has been here for days and hasn't been fixed or even acknowledged. I would discontinue playing all together if I hadn't spent so much money on the game. It's sad, used to be a good game. Lately with the community and the problems with the game pretty much not running on my mac, i'm pretty done. I have taken my computer to 3 different companies, Geek Squad, Apple store, and a local computer guy, and they all said the same thing, it isn't my computer or my sound card, its the game itself. Please fix this.

Lulu Yrédine3/24/2016, 8:40:32 PM8 votes

Same here. Do something please, can't play with that horrible sound !

tepts4/7/2016, 12:13:18 AM7 votes

6.7 still no fix.

Apøcalypse3/25/2016, 9:31:28 PM7 votes

I have all of these problems as well.

Traptintime3/25/2016, 4:08:18 PM6 votes

Same here and for two of my friends playing on Mac when we played last night

FeelNFine3/26/2016, 10:11:13 AM6 votes

Same for me as well, game is unplayable this patch on Mac

Cønaza3/24/2016, 9:29:49 PM6 votes

I HAVE THIS TOO!

EpicNoodleTime3/25/2016, 2:17:31 AM6 votes

holy Alistar i cannot stand this Khazix . Riot better fix it soon

oak bellybutton3/25/2016, 3:25:36 AM5 votes

So fucking annoying it tilts me every game i hate it so much please fix this it's terrible all the audio is distorted in game... It's happened like once or twice before 6.6 but now it's 9/10 times it's everygame I hate this sound so much I hate this item 1308

Sol Patch3/25/2016, 2:01:24 AM4 votes

I am also having this issue!

Revanthor3/29/2016, 9:21:29 PM3 votes

Jeeeez almost reinstalled my mac because of dis. Shouldn't have doubted apple. Obviously rito's mistake again... fix pls...

aDAYforNIGHT3/31/2016, 7:26:42 PM3 votes

I am having the same issue. When a lot of action happens, like multiple champions abilities being cast simultaneously my frame rate can drop to 09. On average i am having the sound issue 3 times a game. I have been playing arams so maybe this increases the frequency. Disabling, then re-enabling the sound will fix the issue until it happens again. I don't know how to deal with the massive frame drop though. I noticed this after patch 6.6 I am using

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 Processor -2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Memory -4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3. Graphice -NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB

tavutzu953/29/2016, 2:19:26 PM3 votes

same on EUNE ! mac os x 10.10 and after 6.6 update fls drop in teamfights and audio si on delay!

Lightning Balls4/8/2016, 9:29:31 AM2 votes

Having this problem too, pretty game breaking. Team fights break out and the sound bugs and clutters and my fps drops to nothing. First time this has happened and it happens consistently every game. :( [zombie-brand-mindblown]

Gudetamia3/25/2016, 10:24:55 PM2 votes

My in-game audio turned right off and my frame rate dropped like crazy, but my screen said I was fine? I thought maybe it was just me... I guess not!

Metalac0074/19/2016, 10:57:58 PM1 votes

Same problems here...

T2TiMES4/20/2016, 3:01:00 AM1 votes

HOLY COW! I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!!!

RIC Rechtsklick4/23/2016, 11:11:14 AM1 votes

one month and two patches by now.. nothing happened

Teeto Sanchez7/27/2016, 11:35:28 PM1 votes

I'm having the same problem running an MSI GTX 970 on a mac quad core... Thought it was just some random glitch.

Shidatsu12/18/2016, 1:38:24 AM1 votes

I'm on Windows and I'm having the same sound and lag issue. Any fix?

LumpyPillow3/30/2016, 2:23:41 PM1 votes

I too am here to commiserate with you my mac brethren. I never post on rito forums but this problem is so extremely annoying it makes the game unplayable. Ive gone from at least 4-5 games a day to 4-5 games total since this last patch. The sound bug makes this game unplayable especially when it is coupled with a huge drop in FPS for all teamfights if not most of the entire game. Really hope riot responds to this I'm also going to make an r/leagueoflegends post to hopefully gain so traction there because you never know. Good luck of there guys!

Th3ri0n3/31/2016, 3:45:42 AM1 votes

Same problem here, hope RITO see this post.

Blueishknite3/31/2016, 5:03:39 AM1 votes

I just play league in silence with audio disabled.

sam smd3/31/2016, 7:48:13 AM1 votes

Same issue as everyone else. Please fix asap

YuGiHo3/31/2016, 8:04:27 AM1 votes

I may hav had the same problem as a mac user but in this patch my left click player move got dis disabled so im also trying to find a fix on that.

Strannik3/31/2016, 2:25:13 PM1 votes

I got the same problem. Please help!!!

im not jungle3/31/2016, 3:35:56 PM1 votes

Fix it please ;(

Chubby Princess3/31/2016, 4:32:05 PM1 votes

DISABLE SOUND EFFECTS IN GAME TO TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM. I have sent a ticket to Riot.

CIPHER SYSTEM3/31/2016, 7:49:33 PM1 votes

Thx RIOT about no news... Same problems here!

jontebenno4/1/2016, 11:13:13 AM1 votes

Same issues here, it happens every time loading screen starts, on a mac book pro and iMac. item 3070 Amumu item 3070

JooWe4/2/2016, 12:29:22 AM1 votes

Same thing here

ZephyrFV4/2/2016, 10:43:14 PM1 votes

No problem guys :D Riot is aware of this right? Hah hahah RIGHT?

I'm waiting for the hotfix, i just want to play ranked, playing without sound is hard and boring... Do we have to wait until the release of 6.7?

badgrammers4/3/2016, 6:15:31 PM1 votes

Same problem! Whatever the issue is it's all tied directly to the audio issue. The reason team fights become unplayable is because it's basically an audio overload. I've also noticed that some character's audio in particular seems really hard to process and create lag by themselves when using certain abilities. Disabling audio fixes the problem... but playing without sound is so freaking hard. "Sorry I didn't hear you ping because I'm on a mac"

EasyNify4/6/2016, 9:46:01 AM1 votes

Yeah, I'm on a MacBook Air (Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4). Both these problems occur to me, the sound crackles and sounds robotic as someone said here and every now and then I get massive frame-drops.

Dynazty4/7/2016, 12:47:34 AM1 votes

Not having sound is fine and all but how are you suppose to play when the frames are dropping more than Drake and Future drop songs?

aDAYforNIGHT4/16/2016, 6:09:23 AM1 votes

I think i may have found the problem, or perhaps another bug. I was in a game, then I tab'd out to see if all other applications were closed. When I did this i noticed the champ select screen was still playing the champ select music and it was very loud. When I tab'd back into the game i couldn't hear the music, it was only when i tab'd out. i have the same problem sound crash and fps drops. But when on PBE I had no problems at all. RIOT PLS HEAR US mac users. This bug seriously effects playability. I hope my post helped. For now i will turn off sfx and music in the main client preferences (not the in game preferences.) I hope this post helps

Gilvi4/16/2016, 6:26:42 PM1 votes

I have this EXACT problem!!!!!!! I got a macbook air which used to run LoL perfectly even in the late teamfights. But due to this bug the sound sometimes get buggy and my FPS drops to 5~ fps aswell in tfs.

XxGbC0gPRz4/16/2016, 8:26:00 PM1 votes

Mmm

unfeasable4/17/2016, 7:28:42 PM1 votes

GUYS! I HAVE FIXED THIS ISSUE. You have to go into settings when you are in your game. DISABLE ALL SOUND. Turn all of your sound off in the settings and hit the disable all sound button. I'm sorry if you like sound when playing but this is the only fix to the FPS problem until Riot fixes it.

mochipigg4/17/2016, 9:22:04 PM1 votes

same issue fps drop and sounds lagging issue