From 0c76b200cc68c59772df930acd34a58bd6272c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Skoland <davidskoland@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 13:10:27 +0100
Subject: Catch rejected play() promises from browser autoplay policy

Browsers reject .play() with a DOMException when the user hasn't
interacted with the document yet. Add .catch(() => {}) to all 9
play() call sites to suppress the uncaught promise rejection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts     | 2 +-
 webAO/viewport/utils/initTestimonyUpdater.ts | 2 +-
 webAO/viewport/viewport.ts                   | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'webAO/viewport')

diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
index 6cf665c..ec791c5 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export const handle_ic_speaking = async (playerChatMsg: ChatMsg) => {
     )}/${shout}.opus`;
     const exists = await fileExists(perCharPath);
     client.viewport.shoutaudio.src = exists ? perCharPath : client.resources[shout].sfx;
-    client.viewport.shoutaudio.play();
+    client.viewport.shoutaudio.play().catch(() => {});
     client.viewport.setShoutTimer(client.resources[shout].duration);
   } else {
     client.viewport.setShoutTimer(0);
diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/initTestimonyUpdater.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/initTestimonyUpdater.ts
index c1e4d93..a545c97 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/initTestimonyUpdater.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/initTestimonyUpdater.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const initTestimonyUpdater = () => {
   }
 
   client.viewport.testimonyAudio.src = client.resources[testimony].sfx;
-  client.viewport.testimonyAudio.play();
+  client.viewport.testimonyAudio.play().catch(() => {});
 
   const testimonyOverlay = <HTMLImageElement>(
     document.getElementById("client_testimony")
diff --git a/webAO/viewport/viewport.ts b/webAO/viewport/viewport.ts
index c03d750..a7363a9 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/viewport.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/viewport.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const viewport = (): Viewport => {
     sfxAudio.pause();
     sfxAudio.loop = looping;
     sfxAudio.src = sfxname;
-    sfxAudio.play();
+    sfxAudio.play().catch(() => {});
   };
   /**
    * Updates the testimony overaly
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ const viewport = (): Viewport => {
     const charEmote = chatmsg.sprite.toLowerCase();
 
     if (chatmsg.content.charAt(textnow.length) !== " ") {
-      blipChannels[currentBlipChannel].play();
+      blipChannels[currentBlipChannel].play().catch(() => {});
       currentBlipChannel++;
       currentBlipChannel %= blipChannels.length;
     }
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ const viewport = (): Viewport => {
           eviBox.style.opacity = "1";
 
           testimonyAudio.src = `${AO_HOST}sounds/general/sfx-evidenceshoop.opus`;
-          testimonyAudio.play();
+          testimonyAudio.play().catch(() => {});
 
           if (chatmsg.side === "def") {
             // Only def show evidence on right
-- 
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