Sound is missing

[vbezhenar]

When I installed this game, it worked fine. The last thing I did is played, then I turned PC off. Next day I turned it on and now sound is completely missing, so I literally changed nothing. That's the only game (or app) where that happened. I'm playing WoW, Factorio, sound works there, sound works in Google Chrome and Discord. I downloaded audio drivers from Asus website and reinstalled them, it did not help either. Also I reinstalled Nvidia drivers, because game indicates that it uses DX 9 which is kind of strange. I tried to tinker with audio settings in Windows, disabled all unused sound devices, disabled all effects but nothing helped.

My motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B250F GAMING; audio seems from Realtek (built-in).
My OS: Windows 10 with latest updates.
I'm using DRM-free version, installed at C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64. I also tried 32-bit version.

Here's output_log.txt:

Initialize engine version: 5.6.5f1 (2cac56bf7bb6)
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
Direct3D:
    Version:  Direct3D 9.0c [nvldumdx.dll 26.21.14.3039]
    Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
    Vendor:   NVIDIA
    VRAM:     6052 MB (via DXGI)
    Caps:     Shader=30 DepthRT=1 NativeDepth=1 NativeShadow=1 DF16=0 INTZ=1 NULL=1 RESZ=0 SlowINTZ=0 ATOC=1 BC4=1 BC5=1
FMOD failed to initialize the output device, attempting to initialize the null output.

(Filename:  Line: 1121)

Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll into Unity Child Domain
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Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\NAudio.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\NAudio.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\NVorbis.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\NVorbis.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\TextMeshPro-1.0.55.56.0b11.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\TextMeshPro-1.0.55.56.0b11.dll into Unity Child Domain
- Completed reload, in  0.244 seconds
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\System.Core.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\System.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\System.Xml.dll (this message is harmless)
WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Hidden/VR/BlitCopyFromTexArray' - Pass '' has no vertex shader
WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Hidden/VR/BlitCopyFromTexArray' - Setting to default shader.
<RI> Initializing input.

XInput1_3.dll not found. Trying XInput9_1_0.dll instead...
<RI> Input initialized.

desktop: 1920x1080 60Hz; virtual: 1920x1080 at 0,0
<RI> Initialized touch support.

UnloadTime: 0.800730 ms
RimWorld 1.0.2231 rev1155

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/DebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 51)

Platform assembly: C:\Users\Vladimir\Programs\RimWorld2231Win64\RimWorld2231Win64_Data\Managed\System.Xml.Linq.dll (this message is harmless)
Setting up 2 worker threads for Enlighten.
  Thread -> id: 2cc0 -> priority: 1
  Thread -> id: cf0 -> priority: 1

[Canute]

Hi,
i think it is the same like
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=46887.0
Because of the same error msg. "FMOD failed to initialize the output device".

[vbezhenar]

Hi,
i think it is the same like
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=46887.0
Because of the same error msg. "FMOD failed to initialize the output device".

Unfortunately I don't have any of that nahimic stuff installed. But I searched for a similar software and decided to delete Asus Sonic Studio, Asus Sonic Radar and Creative Sound Driver. Well, sound works now!

[jvanalst]

I had the same problem. Everything worked fine for ages. Then lo and behold suddenly no sound. I uninstalled Asus Sonic Studio and suddenly it worked again.