Developmental Branch - No Audio [Workaround/Fix]

Encountering the bug



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I switched over to the developmental branch to try out the new realistic sound feature which I thought was SO COOL. Unfortunatley upon loading a recent save I realized there was no audio. Then I went into my settings and the audio page and noticed the sliders for audio and music were both at 0. I had set both bars to max value and exited the menu back to in-game. Alas the audio still didn't work. Curious I looked back in the audio settings and noticed the sliders were at 0 again. (This was the uh-oh moment).



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The solution



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(MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE SPACE ENGINEERS FIRST, MAKE SURE IT IS NOT RUNNING CHECK THE TASK MANAGER ASWELL AND KILL IT IF IT IS).



You need to access your default Playback Device advanced options and set your device's default format to a more common standard...



To do this... (WINDOWS INSTRUCTIONS, COULD BE SIMILAIR TO OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS)



1. Right click on the icon in your taskbar that is the speaker.



2. Select "Playback Devices" from the drop down (Or shell context hurr) menu.



2. Right click your default device (marked by a green arrow or says 'default device' beneath it).



4. Select "Properties" from the drop down menu.



5. Select the "Advanced" tab.



6. Now under the "Default Format" field you'll see a drop box. MY default format WAS set to the highest available quality for the device...



24-bit, 192000 Hz...



Sometimes this can cause issues. So I CHANGED IT TO...



24-bit, 48000 Hz...



(A more common, less demanding, lower quality type format for lower end PCs or PCs lacking a good audio device).



BUT FOR YOU. If you want to try the same format as me that MIGHT be best to try INITIALLY and if that doesn't work START FROM THE LOWEST QUALITIES (Lower Hz) and try running the game with them and see if it works. The lower quality formats are GENERALLY more easily or more commonly supported.



(NOTE: YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TURN THE AUDIO BACK ON IN-GAME WHEN YOU LOAD IT UP AGAIN AFTER CHANGING YOUR AUDIO DEVICE'S DEFAULT FORMAT).



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Personal statement



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I hope this helps you and/but please say thank you to the developers of this game and acknowledge what they have accomplished by showing more gratefulness for the developer's achievements and their hardwork.



As a script kitty and java drinker myself I understand how hard it can be and I was somewhat dissapointed by a lot of attitudes in this forum. (Well it seems to be a systematic problem on steam). But anyways. I hope this solution solved your problem and thank you for reading through even to this.



And to you developers! Amazing work as always, never forget there are those whom are quiet and appreciative of your work that only so occasionally come to the discussion board in moments such as this. Love what you all have made and I'm sure and issue like this will be resolved without much more fuss, perhaps there is a typo amongst the many, many lines of code? :p