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FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-14-2011
I see other threads like this but when the person who started the thread figures out the problem he/she never posts it, its just "Oh thanks anyways guys but i fixed it now". So i made my own.
Got it from the potato sack pack and when i try to launch the game it gives me that error. I've tried the troubleshooting things, and some random a** patchs (that i later deleted figuring out that they didnt work).
So if anyone has a fix for this problem PLEASE post it here.
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - jens - 04-14-2011
Try downloading and installing OpenAl from http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/oalinst.zip. Make sure that you have working sound output on the computer, that is so that you normally have sound (listen to music etc).
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-14-2011
(04-14-2011, 09:18 PM)jens Wrote: Try downloading and installing OpenAl from http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/oalinst.zip. Make sure that you have working sound output on the computer, that is so that you normally have sound (listen to music etc).Yes i can listen to music and hear audio in other games. When i run the installation i press ok then a msg pops up saying installation complete like a nanosec later. Is that normal? Also still not working.
This is so annoying! I really wanted to play this game!
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-14-2011
Everytime i validate the files theres always 1. when i check the download it says 0/0 bytes downloaded. download is complete tho... :|
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-15-2011
When i click on the amnesia EXE through this one program (sorry forgot the name of it) it says the program contains no data. is this just from not being able to launch the game properly? (the game hasent got to load the actually game up so no data has been saved?)
Please help D: i would like to be able to play this before april 19th :c .
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-16-2011
bump
(they said message was to short so i wrote this)
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-16-2011
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System Information
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Report Time: 2011/4/16 1:49:39
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
BIOS: HPQOEM - 20090506 BIOS Date: 05/06/09 11:31:10 Ver: 5.39
Processor: ~2599MHz Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 6 GB
Default Audio Device Name: Main Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Audio Driver Filename: {0.0.0.00000000}.{50e53744-e037-4e5b-bf0c-54cf58054264}
Audio Driver File Version:
Audio Driver Product Version:
ALCapsViewer Version: 1.0.3.0
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OpenAL Components
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Name Path Version
OpenAL32.dll C:\Windows\system32\ 6.14.357.24
wrap_oal.dll C:\Windows\system32\ 2.2.0.5
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OpenAL Devices
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Name: Generic Software
Sample Offset: Yes
Linear Distance Model: Yes
Exponent Distance Model: Yes
Capture: Yes
Enumeration: Yes
EAX 2.0: Yes
EAX 3.0: No
EAX 4.0: No
EAX 5.0: No
X-RAM: No
Enumerate All: Yes
EFX 1.0: Yes
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - jens - 04-16-2011
Not sure, maybe try updating drivers for the sound card or if you have more than one sound card try switching which one is the preferred.
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-16-2011
(04-16-2011, 09:22 AM)jens Wrote: Not sure, maybe try updating drivers for the sound card or if you have more than one sound card try switching which one is the preferred.i've tried that *sigh* i give up, this is just too much stuff to go through to get 1 game to work, i will have better luck trying to recruit a team of magicka newbs so i can play the story with people :|
RE: FATAL ERROR: No sound devices available! Check your OpenAL installation! - mindtrixx - 04-22-2011
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got it to work, appearantly openal-soft fixed it
Thanks for (not) helping me >:c