exotic-emerald

Supreme Commander (GOG) sound does not work.

Hello. So I have Supreme Commander on GOG and Steam. On Linux Mint 21.2, the sound works fine on Steam, but via Heroic (GOG) it does not work. I have tried installing GameScope, tried Steam Runtime, Proton Experimental. So far no dice. Strange that only the sound will not work. I figure it has to be something really small so if anyone has any ideas, please suggest. I am still scouring the internet.

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adverse-sapphire•2y ago

Please provide a game log.

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

#:pushpin: Read Me First | Frequently Asked Questions

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

I cannot find a game log for this, It is not anywhere in the game directory, however, if you know how to setup a debug log, I am open to suggestions

adverse-sapphire•2y ago

See the Readme post that RawToast referenced.

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

1158031056-lastPlay....

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

log attached

adverse-sapphire•2y ago

Try usine Wine-GE instead of Proton. It looks like you might not have drivers for Flatpak set up properly, though? Or maybe you just need to disable Gamemode? I'm not very familiar with how Heroic works in Flatpak.

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

I think game mod is only for anti-cheat, but I'm not 100% on that

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

removed Flatpak version, install DEB version tried Wine-GE still no sound

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Log?

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

1158031056-lastPlay....

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

You don't have an nvidia gpu, so I think you need to turn off use dedicated graphics

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

Tried, did not help with sound

1158031056-lastPlay....

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Seems like one guy got it to work by downloading directx https://forums.stardock.com/333009/solved-supreme-commander-sound-audio-problem I'm not sure which one you'd need from winetricks

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

Thats not what this option does.. dedicated graphics is if you have multiple GPUs. not nvidia hardware

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Why does it say nvidia prime in the logs?

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

that being said dxvk is smart enough to figure out which gpu iirc thats just the option name when you click "dedicated gpu" its related to nvidia prime, but its not the only configuration out of curiosity, is the game just muted or not outputting to the right audio device? (check your sound settings in the os)

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Good to know

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

Game is not muted, shows outputting in Sound Settings --> Applications I tried this in WineTricks. Did not work

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

What exactly did you install?

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

d3dx9, d3dxp_43, d9vk, dxvk tried also using PAUVControl, Turned off profile from HDA ATI HDMI, leaving only sound card as Output Device. nothing fixed. Sound works everywhere else, except this game I would like to mention that while this is obviously not critical, I am really more surprised that this works in Steam but not Heroic. The files are basically the same, and both can use Proton, so I have to assume its some strange config issue or bug somewhere

adverse-sapphire•2y ago

I wonder: is it sound throughout the game, or in a video sequence? In the latter it could be a missing GStreamer codec.

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

Its the entire game, I tried getting into levels no sound from intro, no sound from videos, no sound from mission briefings, no sound from gameplay

adverse-sapphire•2y ago

Weird.

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

saw this on lutris' installer

This uses wine version lutris-5.7-11-x86_64 to overcome an issue with no sound
  in later versions of wine. Winetricks is used to install xact which prevents crashes
  when using wine versions under version 6. dxvk is also disabled, which improves
  stability (there may be frequent crashes with dxvk enabled). esync must also be
  disabled.

This uses wine version lutris-5.7-11-x86_64 to overcome an issue with no sound
  in later versions of wine. Winetricks is used to install xact which prevents crashes
  when using wine versions under version 6. dxvk is also disabled, which improves
  stability (there may be frequent crashes with dxvk enabled). esync must also be
  disabled.

seems like a regression in newer wine that breaks audio granted, wine 5.7 is ooooooooooooooold

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

lol, Heroic OLDEST wine options is 7-27 They don't even have an option for 6 or 5

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

you can try a 7 series wine and see if its working also you can install your own versions and use those, heroic will see them maybe you can try an earlier proton version too, seems that the steam version might just work with an old enough proton version

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

The Steam version works with new proton versions, including Proton Experimental, with sound

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

https://www.protondb.com/app/9350

How well does Supreme Commander work on Linux and the Steam Deck?

Game information for Proton, Linux, Steam Deck, and SteamOS

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

nod, hence why i suggested proton

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

I will try earlier versions of Proton and Wine in the 7 series first

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

i only have this game on cd and i have no idea where it is ahah otherwise i'd try

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

Thanks, I am more committed to fixing this at this point as an emotional investment Earlier versions of Wine and Proton did not fix it, going back to the 7 series. Still seeing if there is a way to download and try 5.7 found and downloaded proton 5.8, game failed to launch, now totally borked, wont start, ughh, I now have to figure this out deleting everything (all changes I have made and tried) and reinstalling at least gets me back to square 1

unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Deleting the prefix directory would accomplish the same thing

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

swaping prefixes all the time will lead to breakage if you dont clear the prefix folder generally you dont have to reinstall the game.. the prefix is where all the customizations wine versions etc are set the two should be separate (this is what heroic would do by default)

exotic-emeraldOP•2y ago

What I wouldnt give for a modern remaster of this game, and before anyone says it, I do NOT mean Planetary Annihilation. Supreme Commander had better story. Anyway, back to troubleshooting

foreign-sapphire•2y ago

granted i've worked with folks that worked on both

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