https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44956
Bug ID: 44956 Summary: Skyrim: (regression) NPC dialogue does not play any audio Product: Wine Version: 3.5 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: andrew.mrolko@gmail.com Distribution: ---
Created attachment 61063 --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=61063 wine steam.exe &>log.txt
In The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, NPC dialogue audio does not play when NPCs are talking. The NPCs do not remain static, they interact with the player and their mouths move, there is just no audio. I enabled subtitles when an NPC was talking to me, and I did see them for a brief period of time.
For those familiar with the game, the opening sequence goes like this: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/615805-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/faqs/6991...
When I enabled subtitles, I could see that the text was appearing way way way faster than it normally would in game. For instance, when Ralof would normally be doing his opening lines of:
Ralof: "Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."
I saw the subtitles corresponding to: Ralof: Hey, what village are you from, horse thief? Lokir: Why do you care? Ralof: A Nord's last thoughts should be of home. Lokir: Rorikstead. I'm...I'm from Rorikstead.
This is a regression as of Wine 3.5, as this functionality worked like a charm in previous releases of Wine. I suspect that this is related to Bug #38668 since the merge of Wine-Staging and Wine-Dev, but I don't want to speculate. I should note that Skyrim (the vanilla title) hasn't exhibited this issue in my experience.
Attached is the log file from running the following command in a brand new, fresh installation of Solus: drew@drew-desktop ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam $ wine steam.exe &>log.txt drew@drew-desktop ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam $ wine --version wine-3.5
Hardware: AMD R9 280X Driver: Open Source