CD Music?

Buddy Lee · #1 March 15th, 2003, 03:23 AM

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Originally posted by burttd:
You're not alone - I am having the exact same problem with my copy of SEIV Gold (just restarting to play after a long hiatus). The music tracks can be played via Windows media, but will not run while I play the game. Is this a Windows ME/XP issue?

For the fourth time: I do not see any music files on the CD at all. Neither does my friend on his.

We both just ordered the game directly from Malfador Last week. I'm starting to think the music was left off this batch of CD's or something. The thing is, I really don't care about music if the game plays fine, but I'd still like to know why this doesn't work.

Fyron · #2 March 15th, 2003, 03:27 AM

Try placing an Audio CD in the drive, and run SE4. This will see if it is the game CD with the problem, or some configuration problem.

Also see if you can get the game CD music to play in a stereo or CD player. Remember, track 1 is data, and needs to be skipped in such a device.

Also try playing the game CD music in WinAmp or Windows Media Player (or some other such program) by loading a directory and selecting "D:\".

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I do not see any music files on the CD at all. Neither does my friend on his.

You won't see them in Explorer because they are Audio tracks on a combination Data/Audio CD. Explorer just treats such CDs as Data CDs.

[ March 15, 2003, 01:38: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Buddy Lee · #3 March 15th, 2003, 03:29 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Try placing an Audio CD in the drive, and run SE4. This will see if it is the game CD with the problem, or some configuration problem.

Also see if you can get the game CD music to play in a stereo or CD player. Remember, track 1 is data, and needs to be skipped in such a device.

Why can't anyone seem to understand that I am saying there IS NO MUSIC ON THE CD that I can see????

Fyron · #4 March 15th, 2003, 03:36 AM

I was editing my post to include that while you were writing that post....

[ March 15, 2003, 01:40: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Buddy Lee · #5 March 15th, 2003, 03:45 AM

Ah, ok. Gotcha now on the non-reading of the music.

I can get the music to play in Windows Media Player, but no go in game.

Fyron · #6 March 15th, 2003, 03:47 AM

Ok. Try placing a different Audio CD in the drive, and see if SE4 plays that when you run it. If so, then there could be an issue with your se4 CD. If not, then there is no problem with your se4 CD itself. We will have to try something else to figure out why it is not working. I assume you are on the latest patch of SE4 Gold (1.84)?

Buddy Lee · #7 March 15th, 2003, 03:57 AM

Started up the game with a commercial music CD in the drive... same thing. Game plays fine, but no music. The CD drive light is flickering, but the drive doesn't seem to be moving.

And yes, I am on the 1.84 patch. I also have the new TDM modpack installed. That's it.