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FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)
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#1
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

after installing the patch 1.02, upon opening the game, it crashes with "Failed! Check your OpenAL installation."

I downloaded and installed the latest OpenAL binary from the official site, but that hasn't fixed it.
02-14-2008, 01:03 AM
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#2
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

Try updating your sound card drivers and see if that helps.
02-14-2008, 06:12 AM
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#3
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

downloaded and installed the latest drivers (Realtek AC'97), installation confirmed in Device Manager. Game is still no go.
02-14-2008, 07:30 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

Did the game work before installing the patch?

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02-14-2008, 09:27 AM
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#5
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

err, sorta. see, i played around with the audio settings before patching, but it caused some crashing upon starting. so, not being able to go back in and undo the setting changes, i uninstalled, then reinstalled, but patched before running it after reinstalling.
02-14-2008, 01:58 PM
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#6
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

Go to My Documents/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/ and delete the settings.cfg file to restore the default settings on next launch.
02-14-2008, 02:04 PM
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#7
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

lol, i figured that out after I uninstalled the the game.
02-15-2008, 01:50 PM
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#8
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

did the game work when using the default settings?
02-15-2008, 04:41 PM
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#9
Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

hard to answer. After uninstalling, I immediately reinstalled (but didn't delete the Penumbra folder in the My Documents folder, thinking the config file would be deleted or overwritten in the reinstall) then installed the 1.02 patch. i never had a chance to get to the settings page, since the program wouldn't open.
02-16-2008, 01:48 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 1 Month ago RE: FATAL ERROR (OpenAL)

Uninstalling the game does not delete the settings file so you would still have to do
"Go to My Documents/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/ and delete the settings.cfg file to restore the default settings on next launch."
02-16-2008, 09:43 AM
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