I think I’ve run across this problem before and it was solved but I don’t remember the method that was used. Other games than ones running on the Valve source engine seem to work ok.
Actually I have no sound in bzflag either.
But I do have sound in Xonotic for example, Alien Arena and there is also Uebergame which is run from within Steam but is not a Valve game. This makes me think that perhaps its a matter of missing system libraries and not a Steam issue but I don’t seem to have the expertise to determine what they are or what other possible causes may be.
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I can only speculate here (I don’t play these games generally). From a quick read of this bzflag.org wiki, I note that it uses SDL for audio support, so perhaps start by checking what SDL libraries/versions are installed…
rpm -qa | grep -i sdl
Also, consider casting your net wider for support by posting inhttps://forums.bzflag.org/ perhaps, as there may be users participating there who can help diagnose further.
Not sure if your problem is already solved, but I also have not always sound in games after installation. I have to add
SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa && /path/to/game/executable.sh
e.g
SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa && /home/user/Imperium Galactica II Alliances/start.sh'
to get sound working.
Thought you might find this interesting.
The problem is fixed but I don’t know why.
I looked at the terminal when running one of the games in which the sound didn’t work and it said the sound was initialized but there was none. Just a few minutes ago I ran a game windowed so I could get to the mixer and it showed that that application was using sound and the volume slider was at max. Again there was no sound but when I moved the slider the sound immediately popped on. Now the sound works in all the games it did not before even after reboot.