Actually I did, but either way is fine IMHO. I respect your decision concerning the music . . . =)

I've complained about this issue quite a lot, but if you're a newcomer to the game it probably won't be a big deal. There's still a good bit of music in the game - and what a fantastic game it is!

It's only when you've spent a lot of time with the older versions that you notice song transitions are missing, because they're like hardwired into your head.

Exacly. I hope somebody will find a fix or a workaround for this. I'll just stick to Beyond Divinity for now.

My take on the missing music in DD -

1) There are some music files missing from the Ver 1.005A release of Divine Divinity.
2) They will NEVER be added back into the game due to copyright problems.
3) Having played both the CD and the digital versions, I find it ludicrous to imply that the missing music breaks the game.

If you have never played DD or have played it and feel the missing music will diminish the game - you are NOT running Vista or Win 7 - you don't want / need wide screen support - you don't mind dealing with the many, many game bugs present in the V1.0034 CD game - you don't need any support from Larian Studios . . . then . . . you can pick up a CD copy on Amazon or other outlets for between $15 and $17.

If you want to play a fun hack and slash with good music, good game play and a good story then . . play the Ver 1.005A digital release game available here on GOG or from several other distributors. Even with the incorporated bug fixes and wide screen support . . . there will be some hardware combinations that won't allow the game to run . . . fact. For the majority systems it will play flawlessly. On Vista and Win 7 take a look at the install suggestions listed here.

I am not discounting the quality or value of the missing music. I do say, IMHO, that the missing files do NOT break the game or reduce the enjoyment of the game to the level that it should be avoided. Especially since there is no chance the music will be added back in. If Larian / GOG did add the music back to the game . . . I would be the first to celebrate . . . until then . . . DD is still a fun hack and slash and well worth the $6 price . . . =)

while playing the game i thought - "what the hell, the music is SO good, but I only hear two tunes, what a talented but lazy bunch was hired to create the music in this game". (I never played the game before, GOG is my first time). Now it seems that indeed it is a bug.

The fact is you can download the music for free from the creator 's site so what is the copyright problem you mentioned? If the tracks are distributed free (by the creator himself, http://www.kirillpokrovsky.com/) then there's no problem including them in the game, right? I mean right to listen does not equal rights to distribute, but you can contact the guy if he has the rights to distribute.

As Reytan put it: "I can hear only 2 tracks over again and it's slowly driving me crazy. "

GOG releases everything they can legally release with a game distribution. If something is not released then there is a copyright or IP problem. Larian Studios released the game files to GOG without the music files included which usually confirms there is a problem with distribution rights.

As I said above, if you must have those music files buy the CD version.

Edit: The creator, assuming he / she owns the rights for the music, can release the music any way, any where, any time, in any format he / she wants. The question to ask is why he / she did not give Larian Studios the rights to release them in the game version 1.005A.

BTW, you can download a zip file containing 45 soundtracks from the GOG download page for DD. I don't know how many are actually in the game but I feel sure it's way more than two songs . . =)

GOG has not addressed this directly AFAIK. I, like you, would like to know what the facts are. All I am hearing is speculation at this point. I suggest you contact GOG concerning the $6 you spent for the game.

You should also read the Terms of Use that you agreed to when you created your account, the paragraph on Content and Refund Policy in particular.

I'm not THAT angry on GOG. I just would love if they reacted if such things emerge on forums. I guess we have to wait for some bright guy to come up with the solution or for GOG support to respond.

Speaking of the terms of use, regardless of accuracy of INFORMATION GOG provides (paragraph Content) I think the consumer laws forbid selling incomplete products (if not then for example anybody could sell me a bicycle instead of a bike if according to their terms of use they do not warrant complete information: "oops it was a bicycle we didn't have that kind of information!"). The question is of course how the laws define incomplete... Well let's put that questions aside as they are offtopic and I'm not too experienced in these areas.

The only speculation I'm hearing at this point is from you. They intentionally left out music from the GOG version? Because of copyright reasons? Where are you getting that from?

If you check this thread from the official forums you have testimony that the sound.cmp file matches the disk version, and the music extractor program works on the GOG version and extracts all music files. The music is there. The dynamic transitions are not triggering.

It seems we disagree on the impact the missing music has on the game.