[SOLVED] No Voice/Music audio in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim SE Linux

[WhoaMadFrolic]

1.) Go to your library
2.) Right click The Elder Scross V: Skyrim SE
3.) Click "Properties"
4.) Under "Launch Options, put the following:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xaudio2_7=n,b" %command%; WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xaudio2_6=n,b" %command%"

5.) press escape to close the modal
6.) launch the game

- I'm using Pop!_OS (Ubuntu/Debian) and putting this here for posterity.

Notes: I also ran the advice detailed in this thread, but that wasn't working. So I dug a bit more and found the source of these steps here[github.com]. I think voice is 7, music is 6, but I'm not 100%. If the steps outlined above don't work, then you might have to do part or all of the directions listed in the first link (because I'm still sorta new to this and I'm not 100% sure on how it all worked).

Good luck/have fun!

[Misuune]

I might just use this when I'll switch from the menace that is Windows to some Linux distro that I'll find suitable.

[WhoaMadFrolic]

Originally posted by Ralof:

I might just use this when I'll switch from the menace that is Windows to some Linux distro that I'll find suitable.

Take the dive man. It's a lot easier than it seems. I'll admit it's a bit daunting but after using linux for the first time I loathe going on any of my windows machines. I get really stressed out whenever I have to use windows now lol

Linux is just so much easier and the damn computer does what i want it to do rather than what microsoft thinks I want it to do

[Misuune]

Originally posted by WhoaMadFrolic:

Originally posted by Ralof:

I might just use this when I'll switch from the menace that is Windows to some Linux distro that I'll find suitable.

Take the dive man. It's a lot easier than it seems. I'll admit it's a bit daunting but after using linux for the first time I loathe going on any of my windows machines. I get really stressed out whenever I have to use windows now lol

Linux is just so much easier and the damn computer does what i want it to do rather than what microsoft thinks I want it to do

I would make the move but I'm bit too lazy for that and also my computer bit of a storage for tons of crap that I can't just dump all easily on cloud or on a USB stick.

And also there's the topic of me just liking Windows 10's UI, and even if I could recreate it somewhat within Linux, it ain't gonna be the same.

Other than that I'd hop on the Linux train right away, especially when a company like Valve is actively trying to push gaming on Linux with stuff like Proton, Steam Deck and what not. Just gonna have to get used to it all and drop Windows for good. Except until I need to use it for some reasons.

[carles.llacer]

Originally posted by Ralof:

Originally posted by WhoaMadFrolic:

Take the dive man. It's a lot easier than it seems. I'll admit it's a bit daunting but after using linux for the first time I loathe going on any of my windows machines. I get really stressed out whenever I have to use windows now lol

Linux is just so much easier and the damn computer does what i want it to do rather than what microsoft thinks I want it to do

I would make the move but I'm bit too lazy for that and also my computer bit of a storage for tons of crap that I can't just dump all easily on cloud or on a USB stick.

And also there's the topic of me just liking Windows 10's UI, and even if I could recreate it somewhat within Linux, it ain't gonna be the same.

Other than that I'd hop on the Linux train right away, especially when a company like Valve is actively trying to push gaming on Linux with stuff like Proton, Steam Deck and what not. Just gonna have to get used to it all and drop Windows for good. Except until I need to use it for some reasons.

Just so you know you can make a disk partition so that you have linux along with Windows. If you do this (it's called dual-boot) you will get a screen every time you turn your pc on where you can choose which OS you want to boot (one of them is selected by default after a few moments if you don't make a choice).

That way you don't need to put all your stuff on USBs, and you can wean yourself off Windows while knowing that you can always go back.

There's also something called Wubi (I think?) that installs Linux within Windows, but I haven't tried it and I don't know what the performance might be, specially when gaming.