Running the game on linux shows no audio, and it crashes sometime within the first minute or so, after the audio buffer gets full. I don't know where to start fixing this



13:12 $ ./start.sh
Running The Long Dark
+++ dirname ./tld.sh
++ cd .
++ pwd
+ work_dir='/home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game'
+ cd '/home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game'
+ bin_32=tld.x86
+ bin_64=tld.x86_64
+ lib_path32=lib32
+ lib_path64=lib64
++ uname -m
+ arch=x86_64
+ '[' x86_64 == x86_64 ']'
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:lib64
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:lib64
+ ./tld.x86_64
Set current directory to /home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game
Found path: /home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/tld.x86_64
Mono path[0] = '/home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/tld_Data/Managed'
Mono config path = '/home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/tld_Data/Mono/etc'
Preloaded 'ScreenSelector.so'
Preloaded 'libAkConvolutionReverb.so'
Preloaded 'libAkFlanger.so'
Preloaded 'libAkPitchShifter.so'
Preloaded 'libAkSoundEngine.so'
Preloaded 'libBink2x64.so'
Preloaded 'libBinkPluginLnx.so'
Preloaded 'libCSteamworks.so'
Preloaded 'libsteam_api.so'
Unable to preload the following plugins:
ScreenSelector.so
libAkConvolutionReverb.so
libAkFlanger.so
libAkPitchShifter.so
libAkSoundEngine.so
libBink2.so
libBinkPluginLnx.so
libCSteamworks.so
libsteam_api.so
Player data archive not found at `/home/lacrymology/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/tld_Data/data.unity3d`, using local filesystem
Logging to /home/lacrymology/.config/unity3d/Hinterland/TheLongDark/Player.log
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8323075
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8192003
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8192003
AK Error: Plug-in not registered: 8912899
AK Error: Audio command queue is full, blocking caller. Reduce number of calls to sound engine or boost command queue memory.

I have the same issue. I saw some mentioning, it's related to SDL but the game already bundles SDL with it. Removing it and using system one doesn't help.

Found this: https://hinterlandgames.atlassian.net/browse/TLDP-5146

I had a similar issue and found a recent video posting on youtube that may address the issue you're having: (forum is saying I can't post links, so here's the video id) v=KaVK12cTLaE

The resolution for my issue might address that issue as well given they both revolve around the same shared library (libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0), so I'll include it here.

System: Linux Mint 18.3 x86_64, Intel i5-4590, Nvidia GTX 960 (latest Nvidia drivers), RealTek onboard sound

Short version
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I had to create a symlink to the libSDL2 shared library the game was actually trying to load according to its log file because the file it was trying to load didn't exist:

$ cd ~/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/lib64/
$ ln -s libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0 libSDL2-2.0.so.0

Doing this got me to the main menu with sound working; before this, all I got was a black screen after the Loading screen.

Longer version
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Here's the specific error I was seeing in the log file "/home/username/.config/unity3d/Hinterland/TheLongDark/Player.log":

"Couldn't open /home/username/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/tld_Data/Plugins/x86_64/libAkSoundEngine.so, error: libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

If you check ~/game/lib64 (or lib32 depending on your arch.), you should find the file "libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0". This is the library the game needs to load (the youtube video shows how to pre-load this file to resolve the issue that person was having with the AkSoundEngine).

Notice, though, the game log doesn't reference "libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0" (the file installed) but instead it's looking for "libSDL2-2.0.so.0". This is common with shared libraries and usually involves the use of a symbolic link, but in this case the symlink is missing.

In my ~/game/lib64/, I created the symlink so that "libSDL2-2.0.so.0" points to "libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0", and now the game is loading:

$ cd ~/GOG Games/The Long Dark/game/lib64/
$ ln -s libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2.0 libSDL2-2.0.so.0

Hope this helps.

Yep, I gave up on this until SDL will be fixed. GOG support wasn't helpful either.