F/O stops being audible after a while in X-Plane 12.4.0

[dcolson]

Had my first flight on X-plane 12.4, and initially during preflight I had to pause and go attend to something else, came back an hour later and the F/O no longer had any audio. The system worked fine and I could step through the checklist, but could not hear him. Audio settings all checked and volumes were correct.

I restated the sim, and then continued my preflight. About an hour into the flight, just as I started the descent checklist, again, no audio (only for F/O). I finished the flight without his support sadly. Hoping there is a dumb fix I am missing?

Edited 7 hours ago by dcolson

[Pils]

Are you using a bluetooth headset or similar? Something that goes to “sleep” after a time? Once the F/O’s audio device is “lost” it won’t come back without a restart of the flight session.

[dcolson]

Yes, I'm using a wireless headset, though it never went to sleep during the flight, as I was actively flying and hearing audio from the game otherwise the whole time

[Pils]

Even a momentary disconnect according to Windows (presumably) is enough. Maybe try wired (default) audio to see if that's the issue?