No Audio

[NekoMercury7]

Is anybody else having difficulty getting the audio to work for this game? I have troubleshooted my sound drivers, and they are up to date. I was able to play the demo version from Five-BN website with sound, but the steam version has zero sounds.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by NekoMercury7:

Is anybody else having difficulty getting the audio to work for this game? I have troubleshooted my sound drivers, and they are up to date. I was able to play the demo version from Five-BN website with sound, but the steam version has zero sounds.

I don't know... just bought the game and it gave me a runtime error ( win 10 of course)
so i have to try to fix that problem first , then i can run the game and see if audio is available
Anyway i never had problems with their games under win 7 64 bits .


EDIT: it doesn't even start up now .... will try win 7 .... (maybe its a win 10 issue ( again)

Update: win 7 64 bits gave same problem .... so i guess the error is with the game , i have all other lost land games and they run without problems.

Previous games use faseEngine.dll but this game uses : fbnEngine.dll
i doubt the files were only renamed by the developers cause with this game i get a vcrun error on both win7 64 bit and win 10 64 bit.

So far no one else posted the same problems, i assume this ""error"won't be fixed soon.
Too bad, allways bought the games at release, after playing the demo...


Anyway i hope they will fix it, but ......

[NekoMercury7]

I doubt that Five-BN will fix the issue. Being that it took them over 8 months to release this game on Steam, I really don't think that they care about the steam versions.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by NekoMercury7:

I doubt that Five-BN will fix the issue. Being that it took them over 8 months to release this game on Steam, I really don't think that they care about the steam versions.

8 months ?
that's a lot..............

anyway, if they don't ... its okay with me ... saves me some Euro's

[LDGorders]

Same problem playing on Windows 7 64 bit. Opening graphics great but no audio. I was trying the demo before buying, and glad I did. Very disappointed though since I really liked the series. Doesn't sound like it's worth installing on my W10 drive but I might try that next.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by LDGorders:

Same problem playing on Windows 7 64 bit. Opening graphics great but no audio. I was trying the demo before buying, and glad I did. Very disappointed though since I really liked the series. Doesn't sound like it's worth installing on my W10 drive but I might try that next.

at least you can play it , be it without sound , but think of it as the first b/w movies that had no sound

It looks like they changed the ""engine"" the file has a different name ,the dll with all other games look the same, so maybe they changed the code , if that was the case it was a very bad move: never change a running system

Anyway still no reply . from any dev , not even a update

[Amberflare]

Unfortunately, I have the same problem - no sound under Win7 64bit.

This is really more than a pity and also annoying, because it makes no sense at all to play the game without music and without voice output. All other parts of this series have always worked without problems, just not this one. :(

I really hope that Five-BN reads the entries here at some point and fixes the problem, otherwise the only option is a product refund if the developers / publisher don't care.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by Amberflare:

Unfortunately, I have the same problem - no sound under Win7 64bit.

This is really more than a pity and also annoying, because it makes no sense at all to play the game without music and without voice output. All other parts of this series have always worked without problems, just not this one. :(

I really hope that Five-BN reads the entries here at some point and fixes the problem, otherwise the only option is a product refund if the developers / publisher don't care.

It is sad they don't reply and /or do not fix it

i always bought their games at release but........... no more until they fix the problem : the game nags about a vc something dll , says it needs to be installed/ reinstalled: i did just that but nothing

ah well ... no more games until they fix things.... some files look different , maybe they changed the ""engine"" cause the old games work a charm...

Anyway, don't fix or change that aint broken... the old ""engine"" worked.... and their latest games fails .... to run.

[Amberflare]

Today I wrote to the support at Five-BN directly on their website. Maybe I'm lucky and the team reads my message and can look at the problem and fix it. Would be really great if that would work, because I would really like to play this part of the series with audio.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by Amberflare:

Today I wrote to the support at Five-BN directly on their website. Maybe I'm lucky and the team reads my message and can look at the problem and fix it. Would be really great if that would work, because I would really like to play this part of the series with audio.

It would be nice if i can play their latest game i bought at release awhile ago, plus i would be able to buy more Lost land games at release.

[marianne~]

I just bought this game, have no sound and the mechanics are slow and jerky. I have a gaming rig and play AAA games, shooters, never have a problem with any other game. I tried changing cursors , but that didn't help.

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by marianne~:

I just bought this game, have no sound and the mechanics are slow and jerky. I have a gaming rig and play AAA games, shooters, never have a problem with any other game. I tried changing cursors , but that didn't help.

Well, i downloaded the game again ... hoping that the game would be fixed by the developers, steam kept ""telling"the game needed an update ... ( it did 4 times last week and nothing changed).

I downloaded it again this week and ... "knock on wood "" the game runs :D
the nagging text that it needed a weird dll to be installed was also gone, and i hear sounds when i click on the menu

Maybe the game will run, don't know for how long it will....

Maybe most of the error can be blamed on win 10, starting with win 95 all the way to win 10 ( skipping the usual bad windows:

windows ME, windows Vista ( this one always made me think of VISA and hasta la vista, baby ..)

Game runs, has music / audio/ sound effects. everything works
don''t know about "lag"" or ""latency"" or whatever they call it.
Sometimes certain programs take full control of the audio , meaning one sound at a time, with xp and win 7 we could run a game, a you tube video and even winamp playing sounds.... all played ""chaotically"" at the same time.

Usually games mute the audio/music when send to the background, maybe that is default windows behavior, or maybe programmed to do so by the game.

If you have a Realtek audio(deems onboard audio uses it) , you usually have a "mixer"" this option can allow you ( software/game) permitting to play different sounds at the same time .

Anyway, things can be very simple with windows or get very complicated.

[marianne~]

Originally posted by sp3lfanaaT:

Originally posted by marianne~:

I just bought this game, have no sound and the mechanics are slow and jerky. I have a gaming rig and play AAA games, shooters, never have a problem with any other game. I tried changing cursors , but that didn't help.

Well, i downloaded the game again ... hoping that the game would be fixed by the developers, steam kept ""telling"the game needed an update ... ( it did 4 times last week and nothing changed).

I downloaded it again this week and ... "knock on wood "" the game runs :D
the nagging text that it needed a weird dll to be installed was also gone, and i hear sounds when i click on the menu :lunar2020thinkingtiger:

Maybe the game will run, don't know for how long it will....

Maybe most of the error can be blamed on win 10, starting with win 95 all the way to win 10 ( skipping the usual bad windows:

windows ME, windows Vista ( this one always made me think of VISA and hasta la vista, baby ..)

Anyway the game runs, has music / audio/ sound effects. everything works
don''t know about "lag"" or ""latency"" or whatever they call it.
Sometimes certain programs take full control of the audio , meaning one sound at a time, with xp and win 7 we could run a game, a you tube video and even winamp playing sounds.... all played ""chaotically"" at the same time.

Usually games mute the audio/music when send to the background, maybe that is default windows behavior, or maybe programmed to do so by the game.

If you have a Realtek audio(deems onboard audio uses it) , you usually have a "mixer"" this option can allow you ( software/game) permitting to play different sounds at the same time .

Anyway, things can be very simple with windows or get very complicated.

Thank you for your help; I appreciate it. I've had to use the mixer for Red Dead Redemption. I did un-install the game will try it again.,,,Thanks again

[sp3lfanaaT]

Originally posted by marianne~:

Originally posted by sp3lfanaaT:

Well, i downloaded the game again ... hoping that the game would be fixed by the developers, steam kept ""telling"the game needed an update ... ( it did 4 times last week and nothing changed).

I downloaded it again this week and ... "knock on wood "" the game runs :D
the nagging text that it needed a weird dll to be installed was also gone, and i hear sounds when i click on the menu

Maybe the game will run, don't know for how long it will....

Maybe most of the error can be blamed on win 10, starting with win 95 all the way to win 10 ( skipping the usual bad windows:

windows ME, windows Vista ( this one always made me think of VISA and hasta la vista, baby ..)

Anyway the game runs, has music / audio/ sound effects. everything works
don''t know about "lag"" or ""latency"" or whatever they call it.
Sometimes certain programs take full control of the audio , meaning one sound at a time, with xp and win 7 we could run a game, a you tube video and even winamp playing sounds.... all played ""chaotically"" at the same time.

Usually games mute the audio/music when send to the background, maybe that is default windows behavior, or maybe programmed to do so by the game.

If you have a Realtek audio(deems onboard audio uses it) , you usually have a "mixer"" this option can allow you ( software/game) permitting to play different sounds at the same time .

Anyway, things can be very simple with windows or get very complicated.

Thank you for your help; I appreciate it. I've had to use the mixer for Red Dead Redemption. I did un-install the game will try it again.,,,Thanks again :PinkContent:

your welcome ....

(ps: i had same problem on win 10, win xp and 7 had no problems, seems win 10 messed up , probably after one of its too many updates, that is why win 10 is so bad...
and we cant hide or block or skip updates like on xp and 7, M$ is now in control ... not us the user

ow... almost forgot: win 10 restore points dont work as well as under xp and 7 ...
i have w10 pro but win 10 is still awfull ...........

[marianne~]

Originally posted by sp3lfanaaT:

Originally posted by marianne~:

Thank you for your help; I appreciate it. I've had to use the mixer for Red Dead Redemption. I did un-install the game will try it again.,,,Thanks again

your welcome ....

(ps: i had same problem on win 10, win xp and 7 had no problems, seems win 10 messed up , probably after one of its too many updates, that is why win 10 is so bad...
and we cant hide or block or skip updates like on xp and 7, M$ is now in control ... not us the user :lunar2019coolpig:

ow... almost forgot: win 10 restore points dont work as well as under xp and 7 ...
i have w10 pro but win 10 is still awfull ...........

I'm using 8.1...

[Amberflare]

Then you are really lucky, sp3lfanaaT, that it has finally worked for you. :)

Unfortunately, there is still no improvement in sight for me. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times since the last post, including today, but still no sound.

And unfortunately I haven't received an answer to my request to Five-BN yet. I don't know if there will be an answer at all.