[7.00 beta/6.20] The game is completely muted [Linux + Pulseaudio] - Workaround in OpenAL config.

[db48x]

Ok, slightly clickbait: I fired the game up on April 1st and discovered that the sound wasn’t working; I was obviously still using 6.20 that day.

I’ve played ~350 hours, so I know that sound definitely worked a few months ago. In the mean time I changed my sound setup slightly: my speakers are plugged into a different computer, and I use a pulseaudio tunnel so that both computers can play sound at the same time through the same speakers if needed (obviously I can really only use one computer or the other at a time, so there are rarely two different sound sources in practice.) Everything else on my computer can play sound and music just fine; the problem is only X4. The tunnel is the default sound sink, so everything that plays sound uses it automatically.

I reset X4’s sound settings, so it is is to the “System default” sound device, default volumes, etc. Still nothing.

I don’t think I need to send you a save game, because it’s not relevant; there’s no sound in the main menu. Instead I’ll include the output of running `pactl list`, which shows all the loaded pulseaudio modules, the available sources and sinks, details of all connected sound clients, and available sound cards. You’ll see that I am currently playing Still Alive from the Portal sound track, but that X4 is not in the list (even though it is currently running). Apparently X4 is not even trying to play sound.

I play in English, and have no mods installed at the moment. Back when the sound worked, I did have mods, so I doubt that’s related.

Thanks!

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Module #0
	Name: module-device-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #1
	Name: module-stream-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #2
	Name: module-card-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #3
	Name: module-augment-properties
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #4
	Name: module-switch-on-port-available
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "David Henningsson"
		module.description = "Switches ports and profiles when devices are plugged/unplugged"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #5
	Name: module-udev-detect
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #6
	Name: module-alsa-card
	Argument: device_id="0" name="pci-0000_0a_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_0a_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
	Usage counter: 0
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "ALSA Card"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #7
	Name: module-alsa-card
	Argument: device_id="1" name="pci-0000_0c_00.4" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_0c_00.4" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
	Usage counter: 0
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "ALSA Card"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #8
	Name: module-jackdbus-detect
	Argument: channels=2
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "David Henningsson"
		module.description = "Adds JACK sink/source ports when JACK is started"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #9
	Name: module-bluetooth-policy
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Frédéric Dalleau, Pali Rohár"
		module.description = "Policy module to make using bluetooth devices out-of-the-box easier"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #10
	Name: module-bluetooth-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
		module.description = "Detect available Bluetooth daemon and load the corresponding discovery module"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #11
	Name: module-bluez5-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
		module.description = "Detect available BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio devices and load BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio drivers"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #12
	Name: module-native-protocol-unix
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #13
	Name: module-gsettings
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Sylvain Baubeau"
		module.description = "GSettings Adapter"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #14
	Name: module-raop-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "mDNS/DNS-SD Service Discovery of RAOP devices"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #15
	Name: module-zeroconf-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "mDNS/DNS-SD Service Discovery"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #16
	Name: module-default-device-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #17
	Name: module-always-sink
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's a null one"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #18
	Name: module-intended-roles
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #19
	Name: module-suspend-on-idle
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #20
	Name: module-systemd-login
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #21
	Name: module-position-event-sounds
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #22
	Name: module-role-cork
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #23
	Name: module-filter-heuristics
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #24
	Name: module-filter-apply
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
		module.version = "16.1"

Module #25
	Name: module-tunnel-sink
	Argument: server=[192.168.2.133]:4713 sink=alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51 format=s16le channels=6 rate=44100 sink_properties=device.icon_name=audio-card-pci sink_name=tunnel.orod-na-thon.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51 channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Tunnel module for sinks"
		module.version = "16.1"

Sink #0
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.iec958-stereo
	Description: Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 7
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.iec958-stereo.monitor
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS 
	Properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALCS1200A Digital"
		alsa.id = "ALCS1200A Digital"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "1"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfcc00000 irq 171"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0c:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "iec958:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "iec958-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (IEC958)"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Ports:
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, availability unknown)
	Active Port: iec958-stereo-output
	Formats:
		pcm

Sink #1
	State: RUNNING
	Name: tunnel.orod-na-thon.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51
	Description: Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Surround 5.1 on db48x@orod-na-thon
	Driver: module-tunnel.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 6ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
	Owner Module: 25
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100%,   front-right: 65536 / 100%,   rear-left: 65536 / 100%,   rear-right: 65536 / 100%,   front-center: 65536 / 100%,   lfe: 65536 / 100%
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100%
	Monitor Source: tunnel.orod-na-thon.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51.monitor
	Latency: 77303 usec, configured 100000 usec
	Flags: NETWORK HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL LATENCY 
	Properties:
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Surround 5.1 on db48x@orod-na-thon"
		tunnel.remote.server = "[192.168.2.133]:4713"
		tunnel.remote.sink = "alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
		tunnel.remote_version = "35"
		tunnel.remote.user = "db48x"
		tunnel.remote.fqdn = "orod-na-thon"
		tunnel.remote.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Surround 5.1"
	Formats:
		pcm

Source #0
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.iec958-stereo.monitor
	Description: Monitor of Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 7
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.iec958-stereo
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		device.description = "Monitor of Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)"
		device.class = "monitor"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfcc00000 irq 171"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0c:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "1"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Formats:
		pcm

Source #1
	State: IDLE
	Name: tunnel.orod-na-thon.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51.monitor
	Description: Monitor Source of Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Surround 5.1 on db48x@orod-na-thon
	Driver: module-tunnel.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 6ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
	Owner Module: 25
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   rear-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   rear-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-center: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   lfe: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor of Sink: tunnel.orod-na-thon.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-surround-51
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 100000 usec
	Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		device.description = "Monitor Source of Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Surround 5.1 on db48x@orod-na-thon"
		device.class = "monitor"
		device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
	Formats:
		pcm

Sink Input #5
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Client: 16
	Sink: 1
	Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\""  format.rate = "44100"  format.channels = "2"  format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
	Corked: no
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Buffer Latency: 2000000 usec
	Sink Latency: 77244 usec
	Resample method: copy
	Properties:
		media.title = "Still Alive"
		media.artist = "Ellen McLain"
		media.comment = ""
		media.date = "2007"
		media.format = "MPEG-1/2 Audio"
		application.name = "paplay"
		media.name = "portal_still_alive.mp3"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.process.id = "1632157"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "pacat"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"
		module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:paplay"

Client #0
	Driver: module-systemd-login.c
	Owner Module: 20
	Properties:
		application.name = "Login Session 5"
		systemd-login.session = "5"

Client #1
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "Steam"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.id = "org.valvesoftware.steam"
		application.icon_name = "steam"
		application.version = "1.0.0"
		application.process.id = "140027"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "steam"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"

Client #2
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "GNOME Volume Control Media Keys"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.id = "org.gnome.VolumeControl"
		application.icon_name = "multimedia-volume-control"
		application.version = ""
		application.process.id = "41716"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "gsd-media-keys"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"

Client #3
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "GNOME Shell Volume Control"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.id = "org.gnome.VolumeControl"
		application.icon_name = "multimedia-volume-control"
		application.version = "44.10"
		application.process.id = "41426"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "gnome-shell"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"

Client #9
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "Steam Voice Settings"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.process.id = "140027"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "steam"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"
		application.icon_name = "steam"

Client #16
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "paplay"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		media.title = "Still Alive"
		media.artist = "Ellen McLain"
		media.comment = ""
		media.date = "2007"
		media.format = "MPEG-1/2 Audio"
		media.name = "portal_still_alive.mp3"
		application.process.id = "1632157"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "pacat"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"

Client #17
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "pactl"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "35"
		application.process.id = "1632282"
		application.process.user = "db48x"
		application.process.host = "erebor"
		application.process.binary = "pactl"
		application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
		window.x11.display = ":1"
		application.process.machine_id = "8dc9c828d4a14cdbaa9fbc7cff181b8d"

Card #0
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_0a_00.1
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 6
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfc080000 irq 169"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0a:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0a:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "10de"
		device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
		device.product.id = "0fb0"
		device.product.name = "GM200 High Definition Audio"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "GM200 High Definition Audio"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: off
	Ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #1
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_0c_00.4
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 7
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfcc00000 irq 171"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0c:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: no)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: no)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1200, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1200, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 1300, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: no)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 38268, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5565, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:iec958-stereo
	Ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8500, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-linein: Line In (type: Line, priority: 8100, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo

[linolafett]

Did you toggle on accident the "mute game" shortcut (ctrl+v - iirc)?
Try to see what it is mapped to in your controls menu and try toggling it. It might be just that.

[db48x]

Well, that’s easy to test. It’s going to be pretty funny if that’s all it was…

[db48x]

Nope, that didn't work. It’s “toggle sound” (took me a while to find it) and bound to shift-v. When it hit the the game says “Sound disabled”, which is no good. Hitting it again reenables the sound but still nothing comes out of the speakers. pactl still doesn’t show the game as a sound client, though it does show steam, the Gnome volume controls, etc, etc.

[bufi]

If you are use Linux so probably you have problem in system (after update pulse audio i bet).
So, game beta7.0 linux version works normal with audio. I have no issues on Fedora and sound throught bluetooth.
ps. check a thread with Linux support, someone had simillar issue.

[db48x]

I do use Linux. No, I clearly do _not_ have a problem “in system”, since everything can play audio except X4. So the problem is only X4.

However, you are right. I should have looked closer at the Linux support thread. It’s much too long to actually read, but it turns out that we can search it. That turns up a post blaming the version of OpenAL that X4 ships with. Editing OpenAL’s config file (`~/.alsoftrc`) fixed it. For future reference, here is the file I used:

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[general]
drivers = pulse,

This simply configures it to try playing via Pulseaudio, falling back to other options if that fails. Apparently newer versions of the library just do this automatically.