it's fixed in 1.2.4 for me

It seems to work now on firefox 3.6.3.
still broken on chromium 5.0.342.9 (43360) on linux.

in fact it's not really SUN's fault. it's that the oss emulation layer within alsa does not support mixing. So when you use it, it b/locks the sound device, and nothing else can use. shame on alsa ;-)

[source] http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-state-of-sound-in-linux.html

any answer from the dev on this ?

it would be nice if it is fixed.

it seems planetmule uses javasound and openal (my guess)
javasound use oss while openal use alsa.
so once /dev/dsp is blocked by javasound, no sound could me made with openal through alsa.

use either openal or javasound but do NOT mix the 2 please
!
it's the fault of sun still using oss while alsa is the default for years !

i use gnome and the jre from sun. it's not that matter. it's the sound system. fedora 11 use pulseaudio ?

what's "native java" for you ?

[oss]

ok. i sum it up

if i run mule.sh only at the login screen without any other apps using sound then the login screen plays sound. but later in the game (game tab) i got no sound !) and  i can't play any sound with any other apps: the sound device is blocked by the login screen using it so no apps could use it not even the game tab in planetmule !

if i play sound with some other apps (using alsa), the login screen is quiet, but i have sound later in the game (in the tab game) !

so this is really an issue of using 2 output sound system at the same time. at the login screen oss, and then alsa!!!

i have tried to configure openal with ./alsoftrc but it changed nothing. the documentation is hard to find on google for that

not every one is using IE.  so please could fix this ?

[either it's a bug in openal or it's a serious misconfiguration of openal in planetmule. because it seems to use 2 different output system (oss and alsa) at the same tiime]

i have just realised i have the mirrored problem of you. i.e. i have no sound in the login screen (and in the lobby) but i have sound in the game tab !!

i have found that i have the same behavior in 1.2.0 and 1.2.1. in fact, it's if i have another application using sound when i launch mule.sh, it gives no sound. as soon as i quit that other application i have sound in the login screen. also it uses 100% cpu usage until i quit the other app using sound.

either it's a bug in openal or it's a serious misconfiguration of openal in planetmule. because it seems to use 2 different output system (oss and alsa) at the same tiime

this will explain how you can have sound in the login screen and not in tab game whereas i have no sound in the login screen but some in the tab game.

try closing any software using sound when you launch mule. and report what happen, please ?

you could try this. but i doubt it will change anything

if you're using arts, it's that you're still using kde 3 ? which output do you use for arts ? oss or alsa ? if oss try alsa

Also try using directly alsa (or oss ,) by skipping the use of arts. it will work better. i remember i began to hate arts for its crashes and uninstalled it to use only alsa. (this could be configured in kde config panel sound). also arts is quite "old"

no problem here: with archlinux, alsa-lib 1.0.22 and kernel 2.6.32-4

at least specify your distro, the sound system you're using and the version of it.

[Edit]

i was playing a training game around 3 A.I.s

and i noticed one of them was able once to settle 3 mules on 3 lands and still be able to go to the pub to get around $150 with the timer bar half filled. I think there is a problem here. you can hardly settle 2 mules.

I had set "Do not show computer movement" and i think it is the problem here

Edit
may be it had plenty of food and time then. and i am wrong

on chromium 4.0.249.43 (34537) and firefox 3.5 the username and password field are almost hidden under the register button. on the website. it's hard to login. you need to find the godd way to click in the username and password field to fill them.

yes. i agree

i just that i haven't yet  won a game 

on linux, i copy and then paste my password with the middle button in the password field. but the login button is still greyed out after that. i had to type a fake character at the eyboard (and then delete it) so that the login button is available

also if the password could be saved encrypted on disk so that planetmule autofill the password field automatically (or find whatever solution), it would help not to have to retype it every time ...

well, i am ready to learn the game and accept some "cutthroat behavior". but this "problem" is just denying others to do anything. without consequences.

i am not saying it's cheating. i am saying it is an abuse of the rules.

and it's the richer player that can do this. because you can't buy something if you don't have the money, do you ?
it's the richer player that deny poorer to buy anything without even bying at last.