sound effects?

[adolson]

Is there supposed to be any sound effects in this game? I'm playing on Linux, and I hear only music. If I turn the music volume down, I hear nothing.

[Erdem Sen]

Hello adolson,

yes there are sound effects in the game and they should be working without any problem.

I heard about this problem before, not only about Bard's Gold but also other games.

Please run the game file "runner" instead of running it from Steam and check if the SFX works. If it does work, you might wanna check the problem over google.

Something like this maybe would help : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173528

[adolson]

Thanks for the reply. I did some digging and found that if I delete the libopenal from the Steam runtime, the sound effects work. This also is the case with Super Star Path. Both games would give me music, but no effects. Wish there was a more elegant solution, as I suspect the next Steam update will replace the deleted lib.

[Erdem Sen]

Thanks for posting your solution. It might help other Linux users incase they have the same problem .

[Cíphęr廾awK]

Not sure if I should start a new thread on this, but I am having the same issue and the fixes above do not seem to fix the problem.

When initating the game from the game's install directory:
/home/xxx/.steam/steamapps/common/Bard's Gold

Sound effects == OK
MUSIC == OK

When initiating the game from the steam:

Sound Effects == FAIL
MUSIC == OK

I looked at the above link, and the solutions listed there were more specific to ARCH rather then Ubuntu 14.04

<< Environment >>

xxx@xxxx:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"

xxx@xxxx:~$ uname -a
Linux chimera 3.13.0-76-generic #120-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 15:59:10 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

xxx@xxxx:~$ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     46368  4 
snd_hda_codec_idt      55004  1 
snd_hda_intel          56531  6 
snd_hda_codec         193017  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm               102099  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_rawmidi            30144  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_page_alloc         18710  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq                61560  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              29482  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    69322  22 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore              12680  1 snd

xxx@xxxx:~$ aplay --list-devices
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: 92HD81B1C5 Analog [92HD81B1C5 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

xxx@xxxx:~$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218M [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6510 [1028:040b]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
	Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at 7000 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at e3000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6XXX [1028:040b]

Any help would be appreciated...

Will also try to run the game from a Syber Steam Machine P (running SteamOS) as well as another Linux based system I have to see if the issues replicate on those as well.

UPDATE 2017-02-25

- Mint 18: Sound effects do work for this machine/logitech controller fails
- Ubuntu 16.04: Sound effects fail
- Native SteamOS on Syber Steam Machine P: Sound effects fail, steam controller works

Overall a very hit/miss experience with controller configuration and getting the sound effects to work properly. Is there any chance the sound/controller instability will be sorted. I was thinking of actually reviewing this game, and while it is a decent game, because of these issues I may have to hit that thumbs down on it.

[Blaster♡Linux]

im having the same issue with ubuntu 16.04 lts, and i get effects sounds with the runner but not lauching it from the client nor bigpicture

[Blaster♡Linux]

This game uses wine?

[Blaster♡Linux]

this is what i get when I run the run.sh

sh run.sh

***************************************
* YoYo Games Linux Runner V1.3 *
***************************************
CommandLine: -game game.unx
ExeName= /home/blastermaster/media/.steam/steamapps/common/Bard's Gold/runner
MemoryManager allocated: 17955

***************************************
* YoYo Games Runner v99999.99998(99997)[r99996] *
***************************************
RunnerLoadGame: game.unx
RunnerLoadGame() - assets/game.unx
Checking if INIFile assets/options.ini Exists
assets/options.ini file contents: [Linux]
DisplayName="Bard's Gold"
NewDebugger=0

INI DisplayName=Bard's Gold
Reading File assets/game.unx
Loaded File assets/game.unx(10623464)
IFF wad found
Get Resolution
Get Header Information
InitGMLFunctions
HighScore..SavePrePend /home/blastermaster/.config/BardsGold/
Game..Math..Graphic..Action..File..Resource..Interaction..3D..Particle..Misc..DS..Sound..Physics..Gamepad..GAMEPAD: Initialising Ubuntu support
GAMEPAD: 4 axis values (last) at 0x8776280
GAMEPAD: 4 axis values (last) at 0x87765b0
GAMEPAD: 4 axis values (last) at 0x87768e0
GAMEPAD: 4 axis values (last) at 0x8776c10
Buffers..Networking..Shaders..Steam_Init
szCmd: /bin/sh -c '"/home/blastermaster/.steam/steam.sh" "steam://run/381900"' &
Steam - Restart required
InitPushFunctions...YoYo..Fini
Code_Load()
VARI_Load()
ID_STRG
Steam restarting via client
rm: cannot remove '/home/blastermaster/.steam/steam': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove '/home/blastermaster/.steam/bin': Is a directory
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
/bin/bash: /home/blastermaster/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


it says the segmentation fault but i keeps running without effects sounds, when I run the ,/runner it works with out the steamapi but it has both music and effects. I noticed that the runner application uses wine.

[Blaster♡Linux]

just run this and the sounds effects will work sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libopenal1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386

[derevotyan]

Originally posted by BlasterPR:

just run this and the sounds effects will work sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libopenal1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386

Thanks. Solved mine problem!

Strange that topic is not in techical section.

[adolson]

Originally posted by derevotyan:

Originally posted by BlasterPR:

just run this and the sounds effects will work sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libopenal1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386

Thanks. Solved mine problem!

Strange that topic is not in techical section.

I don't know if there was a section back when I posted this. I don't know why a mod didn't move it yet.

[Erdem Sen]

Thanks again for the solution. It is pinned and moved to technical section!

[derevotyan]

Originally posted by Gametery:

Thanks again for the solution. It is pinned and moved to technical section!

Maybe...
You should fix the game itself? Seems It demands 32bit libs for 64bit OS. You did something wrong. Is there a way that you compile binary in better way that does not requires linux users to sudo stuff (

Sorry for harsh words... but I am just hating to leave Steam Big Picture Mode.