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Kevin

29 Jan, 2023 @ 11:21am

Unable to "initialise" audio?

When launching the game I get a message saying "Vibe_Error_widow: Unable to initialise audio. Please make sure you have an audio device plugged in before starting" I've tried this with speakers, and two sets of headphones, resetting my computer and uninstalling and reinstalling the game. Any ideas?

Last edited by Kevin; 29 Jan, 2023 @ 11:55am

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Redacted

30 Jan, 2023 @ 9:01pm

I'm having the same issue. hopefully the smart people show up soon to fix

temper [developer] 31 Jan, 2023 @ 1:55am

Working on the fix for this. Hoping to get an update out soon!

Kevin

16 Feb, 2023 @ 3:47pm

So I tried this again since the hotfix and now my error message reads "OpenAL failed with error 0x2" any thoughts?

temper [developer] 16 Feb, 2023 @ 11:37pm

Working on a fix. I've not had much availability.Hoping to get a fix out next week

Seiryu_PGD has Blinded by Fear

5 Apr, 2023 @ 7:31am

The same error occurs. "VIBE error audio buffer failed"

I tried replacing openal32.dll with something another game uses and it fixed it.

Files used by the game (ERROR): openal32.dll Standard OpenAL Implementaion 6.14.357.24

(FINE): openal32.dll main implementaion library 1.21.1.0

temper [developer] 5 Apr, 2023 @ 2:55pm

Thanks for the info. There is an issue with the openAL redistributable that is effecting some users. Trying to gather more info over time so can diagnose the issue.

temper [developer] 5 Apr, 2023 @ 2:56pm

But that solution helps a lot. I think I might know a solution. I'll see what I can do tomorrow.

temper [developer] 19 Apr, 2023 @ 1:38am

As a temporary fix for "OpenAL failed with error 0x2" this means OpenAL is not installed on your system. (which it should have been when you install via steam but it's not and steam won't get back to me on this).

You can install OpenAL by going to their website and go here: https://www.openal.org/downloads/
And install the windows installer. You will no longer have this issue after this.

Really sorry about this issue. Trying to resolve.

Last edited by temper; 19 Apr, 2023 @ 1:38am

Kevin

23 Apr, 2023 @ 12:58pm

This worked, thanks!

temper [developer] 21 May, 2023 @ 3:56am

A better and definitive fix for this (which is fixed in recent installs) is to simply delete OpenAL32.lib and OpenAL32.dll from D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blinded by Fear

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