Game crashes

[Aistina]

I just purchases this game, but it crashes for me after "loading sounds". If I launch the game with the nosound option, it does not crash. I have installed the OpenAL drivers from the Creative website, and my drivers are up to date.

Log file:

Log opened on Thu Nov 26 00:46:33 2009
Commandline: d:\games\steam\steamapps\common\osmos\Osmos.exe
Preinitializing game: STEAM version 1.5.8 1104
Localization: using language "nl"
Localization: couldn't load Osmos-nl.loc
Localization: falling back to Osmos-en.loc
using sound
showing splash
not using cloud
Creating window...
Using windowed mode: 1614 x 922, 32 bpp
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0
Initializing game
Initializing renderer
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats\Backup\Osmos_Nov_26_2009_0008.sta
machine bigEndian-ness = 0, stats file bigEndian-ness = 0, flipping = 0
not using vsync
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 3 devices:
Device 1: Speakers (SB Audigy)(62) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Digital Audio Interface (SB Audigy)(62)
Device 3: Generic Software(256)
Using and opening 2: "Generic Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
ALFWInitOpenAL opened device "Generic Software"
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Received stats and achievements from Steam

Manually setting soundDevice "0" in the Config.cfg file did not solve the issue.

Any help?




Note, I also posted this at SPUF, but I have a feeling I'm more likely to get an answer here.

[Aistina]

Hmm, this is strange. When I attached a debugger to it after it crashed, and exited the debugger, the game continued to the menu as if nothing happened and ran fine!

Consecutive runs of the game still crashed.

[Meal Worms]

Hi Aistina,

Your Osmos.log lists three sound devices:

Device 1: Speakers (SB Audigy)(62) (DEFAULT)
Device 2: Digital Audio Interface (SB Audigy)(62)
Device 3: Generic Software(256)

Try selecting the software driver with soundDevice "2" (the device-list is zero based).

Other folks encountering a similar issue should look in their Osmos.log (in the Osmos directory of your Documents folder) and try manually selecting their machine's software device.

Dave

[Piglet]

Hi, I was getting the game crash issue and have solved it by disabling my sound blaster audigy in Windows Control Panel - Device Manager.

I am Running Windows 7 with onboard sound & Creative Audigy & USB Microsoft Lifechat headset. The Audigy has up to date drivers but will crash the game even with the headset and onboard disabled / unplugged.

Using the headset the game works fine.

[JonesL]

Ok i think i know what the problem is and how to fix

with most creative cards it has the sound and digital audio interface this can be sound in the sound entry under control panel, with both listed simply right click and click disable, with that disabled the game should run fine or at least works for me

end result should look like that this

[Piglet]

Ok i think i know what the problem is and how to fix

with most creative cards it has the sound and digital audio interface this can be sound in the sound entry under control panel, with both listed simply right click and click disable, with that disabled the game should run fine or at least works for me
.........

That works for me