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DevUrandom,

this prolly is the same problem with OpenAL having wrong output device setting in /etc/openalrc.

Though, I still suggest a --nosound parameter.

!! :D

I found something (no idea where it was) that pointed me to /etc/openalrc .
I had some surround device as output device:

# Use ALSA (also valid: sdl, native)
(define devices '(alsa))

# Four speaker surround with ALSA
(define speaker-num 2)
(define alsa-out-device "surround51:1,0")

# For ...

After installing a different OpenAL version - with which WZ can't work and thus has no sound - it had no crash after loading the savegame and I could play on.

I think this issue is hard linked to the openal 0.0.8. Would be better to make it a dependency for a higher (hopefully fixed) version then ...

Warzone2100 Version
2.0.4 (built from source)

Operating System
Linux goten 2.6.16-gentoo-r3 #1 PREEMPT Fri Aug 18 18:14:43 CEST 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor GNU/Linux

Hardware Information
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1200mhz, NVidia Geforce 2 GTS, 384mb ram

Warzone2100 Configuration ...

Hi random device,

this topic here got me suspicious.. http://wz.rootzilla.de/forum/index.php?topic=53.0

..so I tried to manually install the latest OpenAL and recompile warzone 2.0.4.
Warzone had no sound then.. :) But the crash did NOT happen - I saved again and then installed the old OpenAL I ...

Warzone2100 Version
2.0.4 (own-compiled and your binary affected)

Operating System
Linux goten 2.6.16-gentoo-r3 #1 PREEMPT Fri Aug 18 18:14:43 CEST 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor GNU/Linux

Hardware Information
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1200mhz, NVidia Geforce2 GTS, 384mb ram

Warzone2100 ...