No audio when running game.exe

[ThePhoenixSol]

Hello, I noticed recently that when ever I playtest my game, i have no audio what so ever, and have spent 2 hours googling, with no one but me having this issue, so im making my own post.

Specifics:

• Sounds work in RPG Maker VX Ace, with the sound test. They dont work when double clicking the game.exe, or play testing it.
• Other members of my team can hear audio
• im running on windows 8.1

I have tried the following:

• F1, both audio boxes are checked
• Reinstall
• Verify the game cache
• Restart PC
• Its not muted in the volume mixer
• I have opened a new project with no edits, with the same issue
• I have looked at my scripts, nothing should cause this
• The Vlue script I use for options, the audio is maxed out, and default is max
• I have ran it in every compatibility mode possible
• I have put the audio files in the project file from the RTP

If you need any more info, you need only ask.

So my conclusion of the issue so far is that it isnt RPGMakerVXAce its self, but rather the game.exe, or possibly just something related to my PC somehow.

 

[Andar]

you can try copying the game.exe from a different project (it's the launcher and interpreter, it doesn't contain anything project-specific) to see if the exe is damaged.

Otherwise I would use dxdiag to check the sound driver of the directX  API, that's a bit different from the Windows sound driver...

 

[ThePhoenixSol]

I just tried both of those, and no luck.

My issue appears to be PC based, as i tried "to the moon", as well as an old version of my game that it worked on(made this version on a different PC) and it seems all RPG Maker game.exe's do not work.

I also tried the directX idea, and it said there was no issues at all.

 

[Andar]

then check in windows which sound card you set as primary.


In modern computers, the graphic card contains a sound element for the video output on HDMI, in addition to the regular sound card.


Most other games can detect the difference and autoselect the correct sound card, but RM uses the primary card, even if that is the HDMI output instead of your speakers.


If that happens the sound plays on HDMI but not on your speakers...

 

[ThePhoenixSol]

then check in windows which sound card you set as primary.

In modern computers, the graphic card contains a sound element for the video output on HDMI, in addition to the regular sound card.

Most other games can detect the difference and autoselect the correct sound card, but RM uses the primary card, even if that is the HDMI output instead of your speakers.

If that happens the sound plays on HDMI but not on your speakers...

how would i do that? and i dont have speakers, sadly...i use a razer kraken 7.1 surround sound headset if that helps any. And i also dont have any HDMI cables on my pc

 

[Andar]

It's in the system settings - the name is either multimedia or sound depending on which windows you have.


If you have several sound output devices (no matter if connected by cable or not), you can select them there.


The 7.1 could also be the cause, if you have selected the wrong speaker settings the sound might get redirected to the wrong speakers. Those settings are also somewhere in the system settings depending on windows version and sound driver

 

[ThePhoenixSol]

Its fixed. I ran Razer Synapse and it fixed it....guess i need to run that more often