Event Music Question

Some event music not playing.

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I have a question pertaining to event music.

In the games I have played so far the music that should pop up at certain times like espionage reports, moral events, etc doesn't seem to be playing. It plays the background music fine. I have checked the volume controls. I am just wondering if anyone else has seen this and if there is an easy fix. (For instance if the X10 patch clears it up since this is X09 and prior.)

I hesitate to update my sound drivers since I have had bad luck with updating sound drivers in the past (don’t ask). The OEM also says not to update if you aren’t having problems which I haven’t had any other issues and the quality of the music and sound that does play is fine. That said if it is known that up to date sound drivers will fix this issue I will do it.

The game plays great otherwise by the way. I only noticed because of the event music that was in GalCiv1.

Thank you.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Nope i dont get the event music either and my soundcard is brand new with the latest drivers

Guess its kinda a work in progress thing...
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I played again with the latest patch and confirmed that there was no event music during an espionage announcement or a moral/ethical event. Also no music for when a race declares war on you.
This is interesting because there are music files in the event music folder that correspond to these things. It may be just something that has not been activated yet. It is a small thing. No worries.
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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I am using a Sound Blaster Audigy 2. I got my computer a little less than a 1.5 years ago so the drivers may be a tad old.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Double-check under "Options" while in-game that you have event music selected. Does the music play for the movies too? Also does the music play if you play it from the program folder (it is in the "Event Music" folder)?
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have always had the event music option checked. (double checked to be sure) The music plays for movies. (at least the ones I have seen) All the music in the Event music folder plays on a mp3 player. One (event.mp3) is a duplicate of another (MW.mp3). It is only a couple that don't play for some reason. I am thinking they were left out either intentionally or by accident. They are old music files from the original game so they may have left it out of the game intentionally and left it in the folder in case they changed their minds. The ones that stick out because I remember them from the first game are SPY.mp3 and INVASION.mp3. Spy would play whenever you got an update on espionage status or stole a tech or something. Invasion would play when you colonized a planet and an ethical dilemma was presented. There may be a couple more but I am not sure.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That's quite a stumper you have there. I know you probably have, but just for the record did you try uninstalling the multimedia pieces and such then reinstalling them?
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes I uninstalled and reinstalled the multimedia pack. Still the same. I am going to wait for the 1.1 patch and see what happens. Then I will probably bite the bullet and update my sound drivers. Hopefully it won't ruin the computer like the last time....

Anyway, it is a tiny thing. The game is too much fun to really care about this stuff. The Dread Lords are too tough to worry about music. LOL.