Why we can't have nice things...and how to fix it.

[Xamashi]

Just got the game, and after launching it i wes greeted with nice and politely stubborn black screen (it froze on it), only alt + ctrl + delete and terminating game's process gets it to go away (but it's hardly a fix if one want's to play).
So after checking them crash logs i found weird issue with sound (of all things) part of it goes like that "[SDL_MIX] open audio error WASAPI can't initialize audio client: CoInitialize has not been called.".
Uncle Google wise as he always is hinted me few tips, so fix for me was:
1. Press Win+R to open Run. Type SystemPropertiesAdvanced and press OK button.
2. Press the Environment Variables... button.
3. In User variables section, press the New... button.
4. In front of "Variable name" type SDL_AUDIODRIVER. In front of "Variable value" type directsound or winmm.
Then restart steam and it works. Also the one that worked was for me was "winmn".
Also note that for some reason this game won't run at all (regardless of this fix) from it's game folder (instantly closes itself).
Hope it helps someone... (or not, as it's way more enjoyable to just be able to play the game instantly when we wan't rather than looking for fixes for it).

[Astral Heroes]

Could you please send me that log so I can also look into this issue?

[Xamashi]

Okay, had to remove the fix for it to get freeze/crash to happen again but got new "clean" (no gameplay in it, just crash) log.
https://paste.ee/p/PMcHq

[Astral Heroes]

Originally posted by Rainbow Dash:

Okay, had to remove the fix for it to get freeze/crash to happen again but got new "clean" (no gameplay in it, just crash) log. :LizzyD3:
https://paste.ee/p/PMcHq

Thank you!

[Astral Heroes]

Originally posted by Rainbow Dash:

Okay, had to remove the fix for it to get freeze/crash to happen again but got new "clean" (no gameplay in it, just crash) log. :LizzyD3:
https://paste.ee/p/PMcHq

I've updated the game build to workaround this problem or at least continue without sound if failed. It is currently available as "beta" build - could you check if it works for you? Just right-click at Astral Towers in your Steam Library, choose Properties->Betas and select "beta - beta" in the list. The game will update to the fixed build. If it works for you I'll make this build default for everyone.
https://imgur.com/a/MaM8ZIt

[Xamashi]

Yup with beta it's working fine now, and with sound too. Thank you for fixing it, glad i could help.