Hi Quality Sound Pack Crash / Hang
When I try to use the Hi Quality sound pack on the latest unstable build under Linux, Doomsday either hangs or aborts (no error message, no protection fault). Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround please?
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Certinally, I know that Dday 1.8.6 will freeze when it tries to play the teleporter sound from the pack.
To confirm that it isn't just the main menu open sound specifically (as mentioned the teleporter sound, specifically, crashed 1.8.6 for me), try using the console warp command to bypass the main menu (type "warp 1" in the console). From there you can test if a bunch of other sounds; the pistol sound, the zombie awake sounds, weapon pickup sound from the nearby chainsaw, crash beta 6.9).
Also, check if the Doomsday.out file isn't displaying an error message; just because DDay isn't displaying an error message on the screen, doesn't mean it didn't print an error message to the console (DDay prints an error message to the console if a sound isn't in a format it recognizes for instance, though it shouldn't crash).
I'll be honest and say that I can't help solve the problem, only narrow down what it causing it (i.e a specific wav file might be damaged, in an unusual format etc etc).