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Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
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Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
Hi, i am running Penumbra overture and it worked fine before but i uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Now it shows im in an game then it just closes and i get no window or anything whatsoever.
ok now i get an error when running it directly from the exe


The procedure entry point alcGetString could not be located in the dynamic link library OpenAL32.dll

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(This post was last modified: 10-31-2011 09:58 AM by Gamemakingdude.)
10-31-2011 09:52 AM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
Make sure Penumbra is updated to v1.1 and that you have the latest OpenAL driver installed:

http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/default.aspx

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10-31-2011 09:42 PM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
I installed openal and i think it updated to 1.1. but the still doesnt work.

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11-01-2011 05:50 AM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
bump!

This also happens with Penumbra Black Plaque

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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
does it still show the same OpenAL error?

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11-01-2011 05:55 PM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
Nope fixed the Black plaque but not the Overture. And it still did the same for the overture.

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11-02-2011 01:33 AM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
what operating system and graphics card do you have?

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11-02-2011 04:06 PM
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Windows 7 64 bit and Nvidia GeForce GT540M with 2gb

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11-03-2011 03:42 PM
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RE: Penumbra Overture does not load - steam
make sure you have this installed:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-wi...river.html

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11-03-2011 04:11 PM
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