I just solved the issue on my Mac by downloading the linux patch file of the XRM mod and copying the file 00044.pck from there to the mov folder. At least for TC all voice audio seems to be there now.

A couple notes:

(1) This thread has been addressing audio issues specifically with X3AP. I don't think anyone has reported trouble with TC. Were you having audio issues with X3TC (and if so, in which GOG release)?

(2) I presume you're referring to the "Linux patch" that replaces Part 3 of the XRM mod with the compatible audio encoded for Linux and Mac users. Has there been a more recent update to the Linux audio patch?

Last I checked, XRM (v1.30d) didn't use 00044.pck at all (the installation instructions actually called for it to be removed entirely for both TC and AP installations), though it does replace 00144.dat and 00244.dat.

As I noted in the original post, installing XRM does indeed correct the issues for X3AP, but that doesn't help vanilla players without the 00044.pck audio index. If you've found a version of XRM's Linux patch with 00044.pck that'd be fantastic (assuming the XRM mappings are just tacked onto the end of the AP version of the index). It's not a proper GOG fix, but better than new players pulling the ~9g windows download for a 100k file ;)

Out of curiosity, is this still an issue?

That's an excellent question since this thread kinda died after getting the brush-off a couple of times—the conversation did run for over a year, after all—and unfortunately I don't have the answer. I was too busy to hack around in game files much this past year, so I never got around to further updates after last January's conversations.

I'd love to know the answer though. If nobody else chimes in with an update, I'll grab an updated copy and give it a roll when I can find the time.

I keep saying I'm going to get back to X3... it's just so hard to justify re-opening a game I've already logged thousands of hours in (and want to log thousands more) when I've already got too much work to do ;)

I was asking because sometime last year there were two updates that might have fixed the issue.

https://www.gog.com/forum/x_series/changelog/post2 (Linux, Jan 2017)
https://www.gog.com/forum/x_series/changelog/post3 (Mac, March 2017)

But then I read this post, made AFTER the fixes:

https://www.gog.com/forum/x_series/x3tc_and_ap_mac_audio_issues/post6

Alright, I finally found the time to check out the latest version—and it looks good!

!!! It would be great to get a verification from someone with a copy of the latest Linux package !!!

My test results are below for comparison.

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Tested Version: x3_terran_war_pack_en_3_4_17054.pkg

In-Game:
After just some quick testing, it looks like everything's working as it should in-game. In X3AP, Betty voice plays during the Options menu volume adjustment, and in game there is comms chatter from other ships and stations, as well as voiced item descriptions from trade menus.

Files:
The fix here comes from the return of addon/mov/00044.pck, which acts as the audio index for X3AP and was previously missing. addon/mov/00244.dat in the same directory contains the additional content for AP—the rest is indexed from the TC audio in mov/00144.dat.

I verified that the returned index (00044.pck) is the same one as is present in the Windows version of the game by matching the MD5 checksum against the one reported by steve_v:

Quickest way to verify these files on a Mac or Linux install is using find and md5 (or md5sum on Linux) from the game's installation directory—example:

Latest Release — 3_4_17054:

$ find . -name *44.* | grep -v /t/ | xargs md5 -r

190b5b7164b0d9e6f2a747d6672ca671 ./game/addon/mov/00044.pck <----- This was missing before
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e ./game/addon/mov/00144.dat
4555bf5a102f2aea8986382abec1e069 ./game/addon/mov/00244.dat
7abed0775ec16a9b13e44c9797514f41 ./game/mov/00044.pck
ea45d26fb5b2c4e3c81a170ba2ab4ca9 ./game/mov/00144.dat

Old Release — 2.1.0.5 (3.1):

$ find . -name *44.* | grep -v /t/ | xargs md5 -r

d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e ./addon/mov/00144.dat
4555bf5a102f2aea8986382abec1e069 ./addon/mov/00244.dat
7abed0775ec16a9b13e44c9797514f41 ./mov/00044.pck
ea45d26fb5b2c4e3c81a170ba2ab4ca9 ./mov/00144.dat

Thanks for the update. I'll update the post and call this one solved, finally :)

The extra scripted content for AP is in 00244.dat. The AP 00044.pck scripts audio from both the TC 00144.dat and the AP 00244.dat. That why in the the older broken releases you could copy the TC 00044.pck to get some of the system audio back but nothing AP-specific would play.

I suppose someone could play a few AP story missions or verify some AP-specific station/item descriptions, but that shouldn't be necessary if the checksums match—unless, of course, the 00244.dat was for some reason missing the scripted content, but I don't think there's any reason to believe it is.

@vaalc4r, if you give me your downloaded version/build number I'll add it to the topic post confirmation.

I don't know where to find the build number, but the installer that I downloaded is gog_x3_terran_war_pack_2.4.0.7.sh, and the gameinfo file in the game directory reads:

X3: Terran War Pack
2.4.0.7
3.3a

Thanks, vaalc4r, updated in topic post.

Ah, glad to hear it's been fixed at last.

I'm getting this too. Brand new clean install of setup_x3_terran_war_pack_3.4_(17049).exe - Windows. Installer did the whole "verify integrity" thing. (English)

I'm getting no speech for either AP or TC. Music and sound-effects are fine.

I've re-installed 3 times (including with absolutely no mods; completely vanilla) - no difference.

My /mov directory has:

00001.dat
00002.dat

00044.pck
00049.pck

00144.dat
00800.dat

00810.dat
through to:
00822.dat

00831.dat

Since you have Windows, you have a different problem than the one this topic was about. Make very sure you do not have any codec packs installed as that tends to be the main reason with sound problems for the X games on Windows. I solved my need for codecs by downloading and installing the free, well-renown VLC media player.

Now if I only could figure out why it refuses to run on Linux.... sigh!

Thanks for the thoughts, but I have no codec-packs at all installed. All media-playing is done via portable (no-install) media players, including VLC.

That said, I may not have all of the windows standard codecs installed... Which codecs does X3 use? I found the olde-world "DShow Viewer" tool - https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=113628 - and that's showing the attached are missing.

Sorry too tired now but with that information someone smarter than me is sure to be able to help you. A pity you did not post outside this thread.