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Posted June 27, 2013
So, I have sound-effects and movies, but no music. Anyone else have this problem?
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Posted July 04, 2013
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nwise: So, I have sound-effects and movies, but no music. Anyone else have this problem?
Having the same problem. Any solutions?
Posted July 30, 2013
I have the same problem. I remember the music on the original to be CD audio (playable in a CD player). Maybe that's the root of the problem…?
Can anyone confirm that music plays during missions with the GOG version on PC?

Edit: I've checked the contents of the package and the music is there, saved as .ogg files.
Post edited July 30, 2013 by Thorwan
Posted July 30, 2013
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Thorwan: Can anyone confirm that music plays during missions with the GOG version on PC?
Looks like it.

Edit: ninja'd
Post edited July 30, 2013 by Gydion
Posted July 30, 2013
While the music files are there, I couldn't find any configuration file that would define them as audio tracks that DOSbox could use. I'm pretty sure something is missing there…

Edit (again):
Hmmm, that doesn't seem to be the problem. Starting the game calls the BXSTART.BAT that mounts SWARS.INST

imgmount d -t iso -fs iso "swars.inst"
c:
cls
call play.bat
exit
SWARS.INST is a cue sheet that contains the paths to the audio tracks:

FILE "swars.gog" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "sound\swars02.ogg" MP3
TRACK 02 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "sound\swars03.ogg" MP3
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "sound\swars04.ogg" MP3
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
I'm at an impasse here :(
Post edited July 30, 2013 by Thorwan
Posted July 30, 2013
I deleted the cls command in BXSTART.BAT to see whats going on and noticed this error before the game's Intro started:

Disk image file could not be found.
Check that the path is correct and the image is accessible.
Anyone got an idea how to fix this? I thought it may be case sensitive, but that didn't do the trick.
Posted July 30, 2013
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Thorwan: Anyone got an idea how to fix this? I thought it may be case sensitive, but that didn't do the trick.
I don't actually own the game. Where is BXSTART.BAT in relation to the other files/directories? I know for some Windows setups GOG uses multiple .conf files. For Mac they usually use a boxer standalone setup.
Posted July 31, 2013
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Thorwan: Anyone got an idea how to fix this? I thought it may be case sensitive, but that didn't do the trick.
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Gydion: I don't actually own the game. Where is BXSTART.BAT in relation to the other files/directories? I know for some Windows setups GOG uses multiple .conf files. For Mac they usually use a boxer standalone setup.
BXSTART.BAT and SWARS.INST are both located in C:\SWARS, so theoretically it should work. I also tried changing the mount line to imgmount d -t iso -fs iso ".\swars.inst", but to no avail.
Post edited July 31, 2013 by Thorwan
Posted July 31, 2013
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Thorwan: I also tried changing the mount line to imgmount d -t iso -fs iso ".\swars.inst", but to no avail.
Long shot, but what are SWARS.INST permissions?
Posted August 01, 2013
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Thorwan: I also tried changing the mount line to imgmount d -t iso -fs iso ".\swars.inst", but to no avail.
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Gydion: Long shot, but what are SWARS.INST permissions?
Permissions are alright, but I finally made it work by checking how Dungeon Keeper handles the CD audio.



The solution is quite simple:

Just rename the SWARS.INST to SWARS.CUE and edit the BXSTART.BAT accordingly. Boom!! - music plays!



Thanks for your input :)
Posted August 01, 2013
I created a more in depth walkthrough to help people not familiar with packages:
Attachments:
swars.png (104 Kb)
Posted August 01, 2013
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Thorwan: Just rename the SWARS.INST to SWARS.CUE and edit the BXSTART.BAT accordingly. Boom!! - music plays!
Excellent. Suggest you report your solution to GOG.
Posted August 02, 2013
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Thorwan: Just rename the SWARS.INST to SWARS.CUE and edit the BXSTART.BAT accordingly. Boom!! - music plays!
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Gydion: Excellent. Suggest you report your solution to GOG.
Done :)
Posted August 02, 2013
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Thorwan: I created a more in depth walkthrough to help people not familiar with packages:
Thanks a lot.
Posted November 09, 2014
Hi,

Sorry to be an absolute pain and a noob, but I am having the same issue on my mac with SWARS. I had faith in your walkthrough as it looked to be helpful. However, after following it step by step, I am still having the issue of no music playing.

Funny thing is, when I run the PC version using Crossover, the music works fine but I can't get it in full screen. I just can't seem to catch a break with this game.

Is there anything I could have missed or overlooked etc?

Thank you.
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