"Couldn't initialize audio, audio is disabled" (macOS)

[PetWolverine]

I'm encountering an error message, "Couldn't initialize audio, audio is disabled" when launching the game. I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.4 on a mid-2011 iMac. I'm not using Steam.

I've found threads about similar issues on Linux, but the solutions don't seem applicable to macOS.

I just got the game a few days ago and have already played it for a couple dozen hours, all in eerie silence. I've tried both the stable and the experimental version, and just updated from 0.15.9 to 0.15.10 with the same result.

It's a great game, but it would be even better with sound!

[daniel34]

Please post a log file.

[PetWolverine]

Here's a log from just launching and then exiting the game, with the relevant section quoted below.

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   0.097 Warning Display.cpp:48: Installing audio failed retrying...
   0.602 Warning Display.cpp:48: Installing audio failed retrying...
   1.106 Warning Display.cpp:48: Installing audio failed retrying...
   1.611 Warning Display.cpp:48: Installing audio failed retrying...
   2.113 Warning Display.cpp:48: Installing audio failed

[PetWolverine]

Here's a fresh log from 0.15.17. I was going to upload it for a bug report about the crash, but it appears that several others have already reported it. The errors regarding audio have changed a little, though.

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   0.068 Could not open audio device: There is no OpenAL error

   0.068 No audio driver can be used. (error code: 1)

   0.068 Warning Display.cpp:49: Installing audio failed retrying...
   0.570 Could not open audio device: There is no OpenAL error

   0.570 No audio driver can be used. (error code: 1)

   0.570 Warning Display.cpp:49: Installing audio failed retrying...
   1.075 Could not open audio device: There is no OpenAL error

   1.075 No audio driver can be used. (error code: 1)

   1.075 Warning Display.cpp:49: Installing audio failed retrying...
   1.577 Could not open audio device: There is no OpenAL error

   1.577 No audio driver can be used. (error code: 1)

   1.577 Warning Display.cpp:49: Installing audio failed retrying...
   2.079 Could not open audio device: There is no OpenAL error

   2.079 No audio driver can be used. (error code: 1)

   2.079 Warning Display.cpp:49: Installing audio failed