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AdamR
6 years ago
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Unable to initialise Windows Audio. XAudio2Create(), 0x80040154

First time I've launched the game, I get an error popping up: Unable to initialise Windows Audio. XAudio2Create(), 0x80040154 I'm going to take a guess that this revolves around a compatibility...
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    AdamR
    6 years ago

    Thanks to FruitF@ce leading me down the right path at my thread on the Steam game hub discussions I've resolved this.

    Looking further I downloaded the June 2010 DX9 runtime.

    1. Download directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
    2. Run it, then when prompted, choose somewhere to extract this. -- I'd suggest "C:\Users\[you]\Downloads\DX9Redist" or similar. (It has a lot of files and no root folder.)
    3. Once extraction is completed find "DXSETUP.exe in the path you chose and run that.
    4. Proceed with this installation.
    5. You can delete the folder you created for extraction once the installation has completed. -- Its quite big.

    This dependency really should have been enforced for Steam installations. Having a game published on Steam I know this is very much an option.

    @Developers to resolve this for everyone else via Steamworks:

    1. Visit the App Admin section for your game in SteamWorks
    2. Installation tab then Redistributables.
    3. Under the Windows heading then DirectX heading, tick the June 2010 option.
    4. Publish this change via the Publish tab. -- You can do a lite publish for this.

    This issue has likely not been a problem for many others if they've already got a different game installed that also had the June 2010 DirectX redistributable as an installation dependency. -- This was not the case for me.

AdamR's avatar
AdamR
6 years ago

Thanks to FruitF@ce leading me down the right path at my thread on the Steam game hub discussions I've resolved this.

Looking further I downloaded the June 2010 DX9 runtime.

  1. Download directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
  2. Run it, then when prompted, choose somewhere to extract this. -- I'd suggest "C:\Users\[you]\Downloads\DX9Redist" or similar. (It has a lot of files and no root folder.)
  3. Once extraction is completed find "DXSETUP.exe in the path you chose and run that.
  4. Proceed with this installation.
  5. You can delete the folder you created for extraction once the installation has completed. -- Its quite big.

This dependency really should have been enforced for Steam installations. Having a game published on Steam I know this is very much an option.

@Developers to resolve this for everyone else via Steamworks:

  1. Visit the App Admin section for your game in SteamWorks
  2. Installation tab then Redistributables.
  3. Under the Windows heading then DirectX heading, tick the June 2010 option.
  4. Publish this change via the Publish tab. -- You can do a lite publish for this.

This issue has likely not been a problem for many others if they've already got a different game installed that also had the June 2010 DirectX redistributable as an installation dependency. -- This was not the case for me.

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