Sound stopped working

[MancubusBruiser1988]

For some reason the music and sound has stopped working on every wad on my pc. I have tried multiple things such as placing different files in the main Doom directory and messing round between gz an zdoom but nothing works... I have had my pc crashing a few times lately. I also had not changed anything doom related. Any ideas??

[HavoX]

MancubusBruiser1988 said:

I have had my pc crashing a few times lately.

First things first...

What are your system specs? Do you have the latest drivers for your PC installed?

[MancubusBruiser1988]

No I don't, but it's never been a problem before. my pc is second hand and been in poor quility the whole time I have had it. It's always ran wads fine though.

[MancubusBruiser1988]

Ok so updated everything. Still not working. It does however show when loading in that box that opens after clicking on the wad something about" sound init failed" written in pink...

[Edward850]

Make sure you've actually extracted the archives properly, that includes the openal and/or fmodex dlls. Also absolutely make sure you're not sticking zdoom or gzdoom in the same folder, as their dlls cannot be safely mixed.

[Maes]

Too many unknown variables here, like which versions of ZDoom/GZDoom you are using, whether you get sound problems in other apps/Windows itself as well, what OS and hardware you're using etc. Just saying "sound in my Doom stopped working" doesn't really help.

The very least try getting a fresh copy of the latest ZDoom/GZDoom and install each of them in its own folder, without getting any other crap "mixed in". Also, use a launcher to avoid copying IWADs and PWADs around when you have multiple ports.