checking further i found some other application providing this:
C:\Minetest\bin\OpenAL32.dll
the file size is 107 kB and it has a copyright with creative and nvidia.
the path variable for cmd.exe currently seems not having that included
but maybe for locating such components via java & lwjgl...
Checking the game directories for "OpenAL*.*" pops up with a 32 and 64 bit version - consistent in file size across all present installs.
Inspecting properties on that files does not unveil any vendor to me. A check with a hex editor (HxD) unveils pretty the same "nothing".
Size is about 381 and...
Thats the log created from wa web run - it has a different OpenAL (and i quite probably dont have a Creative sound device but a Realtek one; quoting a few component library errors as well):
02:36:09.294 [Thread-18] INFO org.terasology.game.TerasologyEngine - Initializing Terasology...
some additional information i might have missed in the posting above:
OS: Windows Vista
graphics: some older ATI mobile adapter for laptops
affected item: download-game
i tried the online browser embedded version and it ran for me without much fuzz until it did no longer respond to the mouse...
i was trying the latest release and the somewhat older unstable build.
here is what i've found in the log file:
18:35:24.021 [main] INFO org.terasology.game.TerasologyEngine - Initializing Terasology...
18:35:24.081 [main] INFO org.terasology.game.TerasologyEngine - [buildNumber=677...