Savage Vessels

[de_jean_7777]

When it comes to the void you have to pay attention to the nearby edge of the red-blue halo. As soon as the center of your ship crosses that line your are void fodder.

Ah, that was the problem. The halo was not that noticeable on my laptop screen, and I only paid attention to the black void edge.

[de_jean_7777]

One other thing, I've reached save point 3, got the achievement for it, yet I need to start again from level 4 instead of level 6. And sometimes starting the game under windows will give an error "no appropriate audio device available". Here's the log file.

[klausvdl]

One other thing, I've reached save point 3, got the achievement for it, yet I need to start again from level 4 instead of level 6.

The achievements are unlocked live when the conditions are met. But only when you finally quit the game the savegame file is written (including your current level) and after that synchronized with the Steam cloud. So it's possible that something happened after you unlocked that achievement; did you remember if the game terminated normally? Or perhaps the savegame has been out of sync next time?

And sometimes starting the game under windows will give an error "no appropriate audio device available". Here's the log file.

I'm using OpenAL for sound. I output that error only when OpenAL can't find usable audio devices. Perhaps I made a mistake somewhere but at the moment I know of no other computer (from many hundreds) where this error occurs. However I'll keep this in mind.

[de_jean_7777]

But only when you finally quit the game the savegame file is written (including your current level) and after that synchronized with the Steam cloud. So it's possible that something happened after you unlocked that achievement; did you remember if the game terminated normally? Or perhaps the savegame has been out of sync next time?

Maybe because I used ALT+F4 to close it.

[klausvdl]

Ok, this is a bit unusual but nevertheless the program should execute all the exit procs including writing the savegame file.

Hm, for now it's an exceptional case, sorry! But thanks for letting me know anyway!

[SilverWarior]

I'm using OpenAL for sound. I output that error only when OpenAL can't find usable audio devices. Perhaps I made a mistake somewhere but at the moment I know of no other computer (from many hundreds) where this error occurs. However I'll keep this in mind.

Looking at the log de_jean_7777 provided it seems rather odd that just after audiodevice was loaded it gets closed (8th log entry). Shouldn't audiodevice get closed only on application shutdown and not before?

[klausvdl]

That's ok. After line 7 (desired audiodevice loaded) the sound system tries to init itself. One of the first things it does is to add an exit proc in order to ensure it's own cleaning up on shutdown. Then the init fails although we can't see it here. The program terminates with an error message which is always printed in the last line (ERROR: no appropriate audiodevice available). And all the lines from #8 to #19 are part of shutting down already.

[de_jean_7777]

I've finished the game. Took me around 36 hours I think. Needs a bit more patience than I have and trying out the various items and weapons, and to not run into situations. Even though I wasn't good at it at first, it's addictive. Worth the money

[klausvdl]

Wow, I'm happy to hear that! And congrats!