well meant to post an update i tried recently after the latest update and it appears to have been fixed the videos seem to run normally. i have not been able to reproduce the old issue as of yet.

OK same issue new twist I still have this after the new hot fix, but it only happens if I launch it through steam. all is good any other way. as long as this is the case I will use the workarounds.

yeah my config file doesn't change what so ever all of it reads as above. don't get what up with that.

oh sorry I don't have the config files change at all my sound just completely cuts out. i don't understand why. i think my issue is more related to another sound problem.

I just started having this issue as well. i have reinstalled the game and it fixes for a short while then returns.

i have the same issue. i have tried re installing fresh and it works for one play cession, then suddenly it stops working. it gives an error that sound fails to initialize, then persists regardless of what i set it to.

new issue progress. i have found out what is going on. and its neither an issue with the launcher or steam. it windows 10. apparently what happened is the launcher is installing to the APP DATA directory in windows 10. not that much of a problem once you can access this hidden part of windows.but here is the thing, steam cannot access or find this area either which is why my client will not acknowledge its existence. its not here cause windows 10 hid the directory.

OK then firs it's first of all I'm not blind there is no drop down you keep mentioning.
Steam should have a right-click menu and allow "Open with beta launcher". This should use it. well guess what there isn't one.

well i have now completely wiped it out manually deleting it after uninstall, and that seems to have cleared it. it works now. dont know why that happened but it seems likely the world file was indeed corrupted and for some reason ended up archived so it kept reinstalling with it.

i have done both things you describe and yet the issue still persists.

i didn't have more than one shipyard, however in my case when I reloaded from a fresh universe directly after the first occurrence the issue completely dissipated.. as if nothing was wrong.