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OpenAl will not load

rbkill51@yahoo.comrbkill51@yahoo.com Member Posts: 9
in Technical Support
I recently purchased a new pc. I have been trying to download games using Beamdog Client. It almost loads but then says Open Al will not load. How can I fix this issue?

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  • TarotRedhandTarotRedhand Member Posts: 1,481
    Download it yourself from here (OpenAL website). You should only need the zipped installer.

    TR
  • rbkill51@yahoo.comrbkill51@yahoo.com Member Posts: 9
    Too ezee good sir and I thank you.
  • Prince_RaymondPrince_Raymond Member Posts: 445
    edited August 2023
    I seem to be having the opposite issue with OpenAL. I had to have Windows 10 reloaded on my machine and verified all my game installations through the BDC. It attempted to download and install OpenAL, but the installation failed. However, I can load both the Development and Retail branches of NWN:EE and all their respective DLC just fine. Do I still need OpenAL to play NWN:EE, or is it no longer essential?

    Off-topic: Requesting change of email address currently displayed on my profile of this forum to a different one. Please and thank you.
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,761
    You should be able to edit the associated email address when you go to your profile edit page:

    https://forums.beamdog.com/profile/edit/

    As for OpenAL, if it works, then it means it's still installed. Yes, it's required for the games to work.
  • Allanon81Allanon81 Member Posts: 355
    Isn’t OpenAL-Soft an updated version? https://www.openal-soft.org/
  • TarotRedhandTarotRedhand Member Posts: 1,481
    See this wikipedia page that deals with a number of variants of OpenAL.

    TR
  • Prince_RaymondPrince_Raymond Member Posts: 445
    edited August 2023
    JuliusBorisov wrote: »
    You should be able to edit the associated email address when you go to your profile edit page:

    https://forums.beamdog.com/profile/edit/

    As for OpenAL, if it works, then it means it's still installed. Yes, it's required for the games to work.

    Just thought I should drop a line here and say for the past week, I was unable to confirm my new email address because I had not received the confirmation email after clicking the link. Just clicked the link again 20 minutes ago, and the confirmation email finally made it to my inbox. I was able to confirm my new email address, and all is well. My thanks to all those involved in the resolution of this issue.

    The OpenAL issue was probably from a previous installation, and the BDC just had to re-download the missing files. Thanks again.
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