How do I completely uninstall and reinstall OpenAL?

[Kaiji]

I just got this game and figured out that I had no sound because I installed the Stalker Anomaly OpenAL mod.

The problem is that replacing the dll with the one from the mod didn't completely fix the problem because NPCs aren't talking despite their lips moving.

I switched back to the original .dll file that came with X4 and I tried resetting OpenAL to default settings using the config tool as well as deleting the .ini file in users/appdata.

All I hear is a very low buzz.

I'm hoping someone can tell me a way to just completely remove OpenAL and reinstall it, similar to doing a clean install of Nvidia's drivers using Display Driver Uninstaller.

My only other option is to reinstall Windows and I'm extremely reluctant to do that. I have 90 mins left on my refund grace period for this game but I really want to keep it. Hope someone can help.

[eMYNOCK]

You will hate me for this, but you topic title is the question you have to type into google.

Among the first 3 entries should be a link to openAL and a guide aboit how to uninstall and repair it.

[Kaiji]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

You will hate me for this, but you topic title is the question you have to type into google.

Among the first 3 entries should be a link to openAL and a guide aboit how to uninstall and repair it.

I mean uninstalling and reinstalling drivers is very basic stuff as described in those links, and I forgot to mention that I had actually uninstalled OpenAL and reinstalled the version from their website, but it hasn't solved the problem.

There must be some other global config file than the one I deleted in users/appdata/roaming that's preventing a full reset of the settings.

Totally confused over this, and really annoyed that I installed that dumb mod. Very hesitant to refund, and I won't be reinstalling Windows so I hope someone can help me with this.

EDIT: This thread on Reddit has a couple of people saying that deleting that .ini file fixed it for them. No clue why it won't work for me.

https://www.reddit.com/r/X4Foundations/comments/rq0gdp/sound_bug/

EDIT: Verfied integrity of game files to make sure it's using the original .dll. Still no sound.

[eMYNOCK]

open the games root folder and delete the openal32.dll than verify file integrety.

this will ensure that the original file will be downloaded because the entire file is missing.

thats the only help i can offer, i have not the slightest idea what this stalter thing does... only that it causes sound issues like yours.

[Kaiji]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

open the games root folder and delete the openal32.dll than verify file integrety.

this will ensure that the original file will be downloaded because the entire file is missing.

thats the only help i can offer, i have not the slightest idea what this stalter thing does... only that it causes sound issues like yours.

Yeah I mentioned that I did that in an edit. I appreciate the help.

Just a thought... Is it possible for games to set their own parameters for OpenAL, overriding any global settings? That would eradicate this problem for anyone who made the same mistake I did. I'm assuming it's possible since not all OpenAL games are affected.

Failing that, would it be simple to implement DirectSound or an alternate engine as a user option? (Out of my depth with this stuff, so just throwing ideas around).

Many thanks.

[eMYNOCK]

Honestly, i have no idea.

All i know is that stalker generates problem across the board and that deinstalling it completely, restoring all original files and never touching it again seemingly fixes the problems it introduced in the first place.