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BAE was always a pretty useful software, but it evolved even further, when Leif and the team implemented 24bit output support for Kernel Streaming (I remember not being able to use Creative Katana with KS for the output, now I can). 🙂
I REALLY like this program, and I’m using it since Windows XP times, all through Vista and Windows 7 and 8.1, too. Now on Windows 10, as ’11’ is a bit of a letdown for me. 🙂
There’s almost no other such user-friendly virtual sound card as BAE with such good handling of overly loud sound in games or videos.
Ohh. That explains a lot. 🙂
Indeed, the issue is gone after turning off UTF-8 in system locale settings. I can access the settings now, and the app functions normally.
Ohh, I also noticed that breakaway.ini file has garbled Polish characters in the sound devices names (as ‘głośnik’ instead of ‘speakers’, or ‘słuchawki’ instead of ‘headphones’), so I’ve tried to edit it by changing that (and also renaming the devices in Audio Properties, as the locale change doesn’t ‘English-ify’ the ‘speakers’ term by itself), but to no avail. Then I’ve tried to change the sound card used in BAE by editing the file (to redirect from Creative Katana USB to Xonar DX), but also, no avail.
Now there’s no .ini file, so I’ll check @cripple9’s solution. Because, of course, I have UTF-8 option ON at the moment (it was OFF on Polish locale). 🙂I’d love a solution with sound devices re-enumeration and setting to the previously used sound card in BAE settings, when locale is changed. 🙂
I encountered this exact bug with Windows 10 ESU as well, after latest update (March 2026, I think). The exact exception in the exact timestamp.
It manifested itself not with crashing at startup (although it does that, too, as I see in System Informer, but ultimately, UI shows up), but with inability to setup the audio devices.It might have something to do with OS language locale (maybe decimal character change?), as I could invoke the BAE audio setup, when I was on Polish locale. But when I switched to English_US, BAE audio setup wizard is no more for me. 🙂
Is there a parameter for breakaway.exe to fully enumerate the audio devices and clear ‘old’ BAE audio devices list?
