Post by MP on Aug 31, 2022 11:14:05 GMT
FYI to all, if you run the game on a system that has no audio output device (ie. no speakers nor headset) you may experience that the game frequently hangs, usually for about 10-15 seconds.
Connect an audio output and then relaunch the game. Alternatively, disabling all the audio in the in-game options seems to resolve it too. If this bug was the cause of your issues the hanging will now have disappeared.
I have only confirmed this to be a problem when using SFML as the audio option (use RSConfig.exe to change it). I have not tested whether it also affects MDX.
It affects SFML because that API does not handle the lack of an audio device, it just keeps searching for one and failing.
SFML is the default audio engine for RS:Still Alive, and MDX is the default for vanilla RS.
I've documented this problem on the RS:SA GitLab project: gitlab.com/RogueSurvivor-StillAlive/StillAlive/-/issues/53#note_1080206097
Connect an audio output and then relaunch the game. Alternatively, disabling all the audio in the in-game options seems to resolve it too. If this bug was the cause of your issues the hanging will now have disappeared.
I have only confirmed this to be a problem when using SFML as the audio option (use RSConfig.exe to change it). I have not tested whether it also affects MDX.
It affects SFML because that API does not handle the lack of an audio device, it just keeps searching for one and failing.
SFML is the default audio engine for RS:Still Alive, and MDX is the default for vanilla RS.
I've documented this problem on the RS:SA GitLab project: gitlab.com/RogueSurvivor-StillAlive/StillAlive/-/issues/53#note_1080206097