yesterday i tried to change my hitsound, and did nothing but exchange one wav file for another

when i launched the game the hitsound wouldnt work and i thought it was a problem with the new file so i put the old one back and it still wouldnt work

along with the hitsound not working, various sounds in the game stopped working as well (such as minigun spinup/fire, rockets firing, sounds of sniper shots, and random other shit), but they still work occasionally, and none of them are broken 100% of the time besides the hitsound

afaik i changed 0 settings besides the hitsound wav file itself and ive tried verifying my game cache but beyond that i dont know what to do