"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

[tak3r]

it's... a bit of time later but I've been encountering this issue also on my m4 mac running Tahoe 26 using a Mac Studio external display with audio set to the mac studio. Changing the audio output to mac speakers causes an outright crash

It happens intermittently and it has happened with mods and without mods for at least a few months, though I think only with an external display connected. Once it happens once though, it happens every time even after restarting factorio, I need to restart mac OS to get sound back up

Running 2.0.76