Sound on Linux

[Eelviny]

Since this information is on the old site, it makes sense to move it over to the new one. Basically, this is just a quick thread regarding no sound in Ubuntu and related operating systems.

The workaround looks like this:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/path/to/StarMade/native/linux:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
java -jar StarMade-Starter.jar

This goes straight into the terminal, and adjusts an environment variable to route the sound to the right place. The second command is what launches the game. Adjust the "/path/to" accordingly.

I'm mostly just posting this for myself and my fellow Linux users, as I know that once the old site is gone I will forget this method entirely otherwise :P Hope it helps people.

 

[der_scheme]

Actually, the issue on the tracker just got updated today. Its status was changed to Resolved, meaning that it will probably be fixed in the next dev build/release.

 

[Eelviny]

Actually, the issue on the tracker just got updated today. Its status was changed to Resolved, meaning that it will probably be fixed in the next dev build/release.

Well, I'm sure it will be helpful for a short amount of time then. :P

 

[timmymorrison1]

5 months later nope not working.

 

[Commodore Decker]

I use a bash script to launch starmade on my linux box running Fedora 20, and sound works using this script. The OP's code's export has an error in it. The code below works great.

#!/bin/bash
# runs the starmade-starter executable
# but first exports the sound library

# export the library that is required for sound on linux
echo Exporting Sound Lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/StarMade/native/linux:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

# now start starmade
echo Starting StarMade
java -jar StarMade-Starter.jar