[BUG] A Steam game has no audio, multiple fixes used

[raijuhato]

Description

Hi,

I've been trying to run Airship: Kingdoms Adrift (Steam version) but when it runs there's no audio at all. In-game master volume at 100, built-in speakers at 100, no other speaker plugged in. Two other Steam games launched with the same bottle have audio (Plateup & Castle Crashers).

I was able to play the game with audio months ago, but encountered crash issues. Now, I've reinstalled the game, and its more stable but the audio is gone.

Whisky version: 2.3.4 (42)
Whisky bottles are installed in an external SSD which I've used to play games since mid-2024.
Mac: M1 Macbook Pro using macOS Sequoia 15.1.1

I've tried the usual remedies. Verify game files, changed bottle config to different windows versions (8, 8.1, 10, 11). Steam refuses to launch on 8 & 8.1. Msync works best with the game while having no enhanced sync is worse (it doesn't load).

I've used winetricks:

1. dsound
2. faudio
3. xaudio

and configured dsound and xaudio to "native then built in"

I've also changed the sample rates a few times using Audio MIDI Setup.

From my experience so far (using differently configured bottles), I've played at least three games that lacked sound when launched (all Steam): (1) Plateup (2) Castle Crashers (3) Airship: Kingdoms Adrift. (1) & (2)'s audio were eventually fixed.

Later I'm going to reinstall on a different bottle, and if that doesn't work, I'm going to use an earlier version of whisky.

Is there anything else I can try? Thanks.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create Whisky bottle configured to be Windows 10, all default settings with Msync turned on.
2. Install Steam on bottle
3. Launch Steam and install Airship: Kingdoms Adrift (a demo is available)
4. Launch Airship: Kingdoms Adrift

Expected behaviour

I expected the game Airship: Kingdoms Adrift (Steam version) to produce audio.

Logs

Whisky Version: 2.3.4
Date: 2025-01-17T01:43:07Z
macOS Version: 15.1.1

Bottle Name: Windows 8
Bottle URL: /Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/FFE0EE09-6015-41E0-B284-4C0102AC6DF0

WhiskyWine Version: 2.5.0
Windows Version: win10
Enhanced Sync: msync

Metal HUD: false
Metal Trace: false

Arguments: -k

Environment:
{
    "GST_DEBUG" = 1;
    WINEDEBUG = "fixme-all";
    WINEPREFIX = "/Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/FFE0EE09-6015-41E0-B284-4C0102AC6DF0";
}

Whisky Version: 2.3.4
Date: 2025-01-17T01:45:11Z
macOS Version: 15.1.1

Bottle Name: Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
Bottle URL: /Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/B9497E97-44ED-4E3B-9FC9-D4F9F7967AA2

WhiskyWine Version: 2.5.0
Windows Version: win10
Enhanced Sync: none

Metal HUD: false
Metal Trace: false

DXVK: true
DXVK Async: true
DXVK HUD: off

Arguments: reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion -v CurrentBuild

Environment:
{
    "DXVK_ASYNC" = 1;
    "GST_DEBUG" = 1;
    WINEDEBUG = "fixme-all";
    WINEDLLOVERRIDES = "dxgi,d3d9,d3d10core,d3d11=n,b";
    WINEPREFIX = "/Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/B9497E97-44ED-4E3B-9FC9-D4F9F7967AA2";
}


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
    CurrentBuild    REG_SZ    19043


Whisky Version: 2.3.4
Date: 2025-01-17T01:45:13Z
macOS Version: 15.1.1

Bottle Name: Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
Bottle URL: /Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/B9497E97-44ED-4E3B-9FC9-D4F9F7967AA2

WhiskyWine Version: 2.5.0
Windows Version: win10
Enhanced Sync: none

Metal HUD: false
Metal Trace: false

DXVK: true
DXVK Async: true
DXVK HUD: off

Arguments: reg add HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop -v LogPixels -t REG_DWORD -d 0 -f

Environment:
{
    "DXVK_ASYNC" = 1;
    "GST_DEBUG" = 1;
    WINEDEBUG = "fixme-all";
    WINEDLLOVERRIDES = "dxgi,d3d9,d3d10core,d3d11=n,b";
    WINEPREFIX = "/Volumes/UPOAR Comms/Personal/Programs/Whisky Bottles/B9497E97-44ED-4E3B-9FC9-D4F9F7967AA2";
}

reg: The operation completed successfully

What version of Whisky are you using?

2.3.2

What version of macOS are you using?

Sonoma (macOS 14)

Issue Language

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