[Webclient] Weird sound problem

ID:2080603
 
May 6 2016, 9:41 pm
BYOND Version:510.1341
Operating System:Linux
Web Browser:Chrome 50.0.2661.94
Applies to:Webclient
Status: Unverified
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Descriptive Problem Summary:

When attempting to join a webclient game (this does not happen when I try to join a locally-hosted game) I get the following error:

undefined:1 Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Unable to decode audio data


This error seems to break a lot of our client-end javascript code for some reason. The result is the default game behavior is interrupted and the player is unable to proceed as per usual (their screen is black).
May 6 2016, 9:43 pm
Dang. I'll have to throw in a try/catch there. Wish it said which file failed.
May 6 2016, 10:00 pm
Unfortunately there is no more info I can provide.
May 6 2016, 11:10 pm
Hey wait, you said this breaks your JS code? That would imply that it's playing a sound locally. Does any of your JS play sounds?
May 8 2016, 7:17 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Not directly, no. There are some byond.fn.topic() calls that tell the server to play sounds for the player, however.
May 8 2016, 8:06 pm
Which sounds do those play? That might be useful info.

I'd appreciate it if you could get me updated source as well. I'm pretty sure I lost the link to the last source and didn't get to it in time, but you've probably made more updates since then anyway.
May 8 2016, 11:54 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
Which sounds do those play? That might be useful info.

I don't think this is a very relevant question, because the interface code bugs out when the game loads. The only sound that plays when the game loads is this:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10657252/ Avensvale_Loop.rar

Which is a .ogg file. Our sound files are 100% .ogg files. I'm not sure if this has any kind of correlation.

I'd appreciate it if you could get me updated source as well. I'm pretty sure I lost the link to the last source and didn't get to it in time, but you've probably made more updates since then anyway.

Yeah, I'll PM you a link soon!
May 16 2016, 1:30 pm
I haven't had this issue happen in your latest source, or in fact any. (Also, the intro-skip feature you told me about does not work.) I'll need a test case I can reproduce before I can continue.

I'd also like to clarify something: "this does not happen when I try to join a locally-hosted game". What does that mean exactly? Do you mean it doesn't happen in DS (which is rather obvious, considering this is a JavaScript error), or that something about the way you hosted this for the webclient is different from a regular test?
May 17 2016, 5:41 pm
I'd also like to clarify something: "this does not happen when I try to join a locally-hosted game". What does that mean exactly?

I meant to say, it does not happen if the server is hosted on the machine being used to also test/play the game, as opposed to joining an external server hosting the game.

I haven't had this issue happen in your latest source, or in fact any.

Yeah, oddly enough - same. We did recently upgrade to the latest byond version [510.1344], so that may have fixed the issue. Or maybe one of our files was somehow corrupt in DM's resource-building routine. Either way, I can't reproduce the issue anymore. Feel free to close it.
May 17 2016, 7:54 pm
Lummox JR changed status to 'Unverified'
May 17 2016, 7:55 pm
I'll mark it Unverified for now and leave it there. If it comes up again we can revisit it.