I downloaded a mod to reduce the occasional overly loud chink in armour, making of potions etc..
it worked for a while but now the loud sounds are back, the mod is active in data files befre i start the game.
diagnosis?
What is the name of the mod? It always helps to provide details, you know.
Also, are you using the MCP? It has this fix for the armor sounds:
Loud armor / shield fix
This fixes the issue where occasionally hits on armor or shields were very loud compared to the volume you set in the options. Caused by an calculation overflow going from very low to maximum volume.
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