Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems Music don't change if I go elswhere!

Hi,

playing DD via steam (GOG.com) and have version 1.05A,
the music I now ever hear is from in Aleroth, but I'm already going in the Farmlands, in the Blue Boar Inn ..., but the music didn't change at all !

How can I fix this issue???
Thanks in advance !!

EDIT: I have Windows XP, already a long time.
The music DID well change if I go into the Dungeaons beneath Aleroth and in the cellar of Joram's house it is also the correct sound.

So you used to get music changing in different areas above ground, and now it just sticks to the Aleroth music?

Did you try re-installing the game?

Yes indeed, the music sticks to the Aleroth music, also if I go into the Blue Boar Inn for example!

I just only play the game and yesterday going first to the Farmlands, the music don't change!
But before this discovering I can't even noticed there is something (possible) wrong with the ingame music because before I hadn't any problems seen and so I have not try to re-install the game!

What must I do if this isn't solved AFTER I re-install the game?
I must make a copy of my savegame, right? And after that I can re-install the game and copy paste my savegame into the new intall?

But a question: should my savegame be "corrupt"? No? (thinking of the fact that I'm already walk in the Farmlands etc WHERE the music didn't change... Or isn't that a problem?

It would be a good idea to zip or copy your saved games to another location first, just in case. The uninstall program should ask if you wish to keep your saves, so then after doing that and rebooting, shut down all non-essential programs, make sure there is nothing left in the DD folder besides the '..\Divine Divinity\Run\savegames' folder, and then re-install the game.

I don't think the problem would be in the save itself. You could start a new game, possibly use iZakaroN's SaveEditor (or from Kiya's site, with description) to boost the stats (not sure if it works with the download version of DD), and run to the farmlands or Verdistis / Dark Forest to see if the music changes.

Thanks Raze !

I go try first to re-install DD and see or it helps
I also send GOG a e-mail about this issue! Hope they can give me also some extra advise .

One question:
can I "see" in de DD folder where the "music" must be? Maybe I can "see" that some ingame songs aren't in that folder(?) so I know the install wasn't going correct!

Best I can shut down my anti-virusprogram too? Or better not?

At least in the disk version of the game, all the music is stored in the 165,325,592 byte file '..\Divine Divinity\Run\dat\sound.cmp'. I don't see any reason that would have been changed in the download version, and I'd guess BrainBox's music extractor would still work (see DD music).

The CRC32 value of the sound.cmp file is EDD9B582, if you want to check it with a program such as Hash. There is also a file verification procedure in the Troubleshooting Tips topic, for the disk version. With the download version, depending on the file, it may not be clear if any differences found are due to changes updating the game (at least the div.exe and configtool.exe files would be different) or corrupt files.


Yes, it would be best to shut down any non-essential programs, especially anti-virus, before installing or starting the game.
Sometimes I just leave stuff running (though I never have the real time portion of anti-virus programs going), but if I have any problems with performance or stability, then I'll start shutting down stuff first and maybe try a clean re-install.

After re-installing the game, NOTHING changed !

I go explore with my savegame and go to the Dark Forest, Verdistis, Rivertown Sewers, Catacombs beneath Aleroth, Farmlands and the surroundings of Aleroth (+ Aleroth), cellar of Joram's house.

All "colation ingame music" is okay, except the Farmlands (= Aleroth music) + the Dark Forest (= also the Aleroth music!!).

If I could know ALL other NOT explored area's are okay, then I can accept a "little bit" this bug, but otherwise, NO !
And I love the Dark Forest music and especially the Wastelands music, so yeah ... HOW in the name I can know on THIS moment that these area's shall "sounds" okay???

SO I wish to know WHAT I can change in the files so it is after that well done?

@Raze:
It's strange, but if I look in the folder of Divine Divinity, I see NO "run" -folder !
The maps are like this:



GOG haven't answered my question so far ...

Many thanks in advance !!

PS: So my hardcore heroin is killed by a Giant Spider I go begin over again, so no problem if my savegame going corrupt or disapeared

PS 2: Question 2: CAN I install again the disc version (V1.0034A) and update this version to V.1.05A, (the last version?) ???

Larian must have gotten rid of the run subfolder in the download version, and just moved everything up.

There is no official patch to update the disk version to 1.05. You could install the disk version and try replacing the div.exe and configtool.exe files with those from the download version, but I don't know if that would work properly (or at all).

Thanks Raze for your help and suggestions! I appreciate it very much!

I'm afraid not, also because I haven't much knownlegde of doing something like that ...

I hope Larian or GOG can help me further ? (I e-mail them both).
If not, ten I play again the disc version and GOG ...hmmm... I never buy again from that site ... the Gothic II Gold Edition also didn't work well !!

Hi,

UPDATE !

It's strange, more strange now i discovered this:
going with another hero (savegame) to the Dark Forests, the music was OKAY !!
But never hear the nice song of the Blue Boar Inn with the steam version of GOG !!

I donwloaded the version via my Internet Explorer (the last version of the IE). But maybe it is better(?) to download it via the second possible way GOG give: "add to donwloader". ?

IF I know only in the Farmlands are problems with the music, but all the rest is okay I play further the steam version V.1.05A. Otherwise ... hmmm ... still there is a solution for at least the Blue Boar Inn music! ?

Still NO answer from GOG (almost a week ago asked) ...

I want the "Blue Boar Inn" music on my "steam version V1.05A" ! ...
(and if it can the music from the Farmlands also ... )

It's very very strange that sometimes the music change and another time it didn't change !
For example the Dark Forest or Verdistis. Twice I experienced the music did well, but before the music didn't change ...
Maybe "strange things could be solved magical by strange methods?"

Hi!
Same problem here - music doesn't change aboveground - it's playing only 2 track all the time aleroth theme and wilderness (i suppose) theme - certainly no farmland, inn or barracks music.
I tried to swap the "sound" folder with the one from the CD version but with no effect. Lowering the sound acceleration also doesn't work (it's not that old game so it's not the case anyway).
Maybe they broke something while upgrading from 1.04A to 1.05A version - there wasn't any cases like that on the forums before from what I know so maybe 1.04A wasn't broken.
Hope they will fix it with a new patch. Too bad I bought GOG version while having the CD version already

Hi Reytan,

I bought the GOG-version (V.1.05A) too. I have contact GOG for help a few weeks ago, but nothing hear of them and I ask it twice .. nothing!

But 1 big pro that is of having the steam version is that I can download all the DD music soundtracks and listen to all the beatiful Kirill music on my mediaplayer ...
But it is sadly that the music IN the gameworld didn't change in the Farmlands and more ...

I go asking Lynn of Larian and give the link to this thread (she asked me to do that)


I hope Larian can give us a solution ?

But in the meanwhlie I play further my steamversion. I'm now a level 17 warrior! So a great game I could not resist

Hi,
I asked about this on gog.com forum and already checked some solutions - it doesn't work, but maybe You will have more luck than me :P
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/divine_divinity_series/music_problem_it_doesnt_change/page1

Music is a big pro of the game, but from what I remember previously it was possible to extract the soundtracks from the game, so all the same for me I would like to hear this music while playing the actual game, not just on the mediaplayer :P

I have also Windows XP and have reinstall the game (like Raze mentioned earlier), but nothing helps!

I'm for sure the admin of my own pc!

The only thing that CAN be possible is to check if my PC have the last sound drivers.

But hmmm ... strange I will say ! Why work the music in the disc version well and not in the steam version?

Now I discovered (with the steam version of GOG) that the music change very very slowly IF you go from the Farmlands to verdistis or the Dark Forest !! But it changed and I'm happy it did!!
If I go into the Catacombs beneath Aleroth or in a Cave, the music change fast enough, no problems.

And in the Ducall Inn in Verdistis the music is also going fine !!! (a little slowly, but fine)

So I think there is NO problem with MY sound card at all !!
Because why should it work fine in the Ducall Inn, but NOT in the Blue Boar Inn or Dwarven Bread in??
Why did it change if I go from the Farmlands to Verdistis or the Dark Forest and NOT if I go from the location arroud Aleroth to the Farmlands?

ALL this seems to me very very strange things ...

ALL because of my sound card? (I checked my sound card and all works well ... )
I think not .

I, too, seem to have this problem. This is my first time through so I've never heard most of the music but I'd appreciate to have the opportunity to do so, as I've enjoyed the tracks I heard.


I don't know what to do. I'm pretty sad now. Of course it's not game breaking but eh... just disappointed. I hope we can find a way to fix this!

Update: I just tried to create a "run" folder inside the Divinity main folder, and then move the "dat" folder inside the run folder I created. Didn't work. Making a copy of the dat folder and putting it inside "run" did not work either. Moving only the sound.cmp file into run/dat disables all music in the game.

So I don't think there's anything wrong with the file. It's something else. Investigating still.

I wish there was some way to see what's inside the CMP file, I wanted to look at it and see if I find anything wrong with it. Although it's been confirmed there's nothing wrong with it. I'm just running out of random stuff to do.

Yeah, and the most "strange" thing is that sometimes the music do change WELL and later on or earlier vise versa ! (by me : going to the Dark Forest: now it's okay, but earlier the music didn't change 1 time)

From 3 points in the game I'm SURE the music must change, but NEVER did it with my GOG-version :
1) Going (coming from Aleroth) to the Farmlands, the music do NOT change!
2) Going in the Blue Boar Inn, the music do NOT change
3) Going in the Dwarven Bread Inn the music do NOT change

To me it "feels" like the GOG-version is missing some of the soundtracks (???)
OR
simply(?) the "script" (or something) that is responsible for the changes in these soundtracks while my hero walk over the point of "change the music NOW!"

I really hope someone can find a solution !

To be honest the music never changes here. It doesn't change sometimes. It just doesn't.

We can't be the only people in the internet with this problem, now can we? There's got to be a reasonable explanation for this.

Never changed???
So if you go in the catacombs beneath aleroth, the music also do not change?


I hope someone can solve this very strange thing !!

And if more people discover this problem, don't hesitate to write it down in this topic !

Sorry, should've been more specific. It does change when I go underground, but the tracks never change when I'm running around on the surface. That is all.

Your sound.cmp CRC32 value matches that of the disk version of the game (ie it wasn't changed for the download version), so there is nothing wrong with the file itself.

There is a Divine Divinity Music Extractor (72KB) by BrainBox, though it was designed for the disk version of the game, so you will presumably need to move/copy the file to the expected path under the DD folder. Alternately, the soundtrack (and more) can be downloaded from the composer's website in mp3 format. See DD music.

Thanks for the help Raze

But since the download version (from GOG) HAS also the DD soundtracks inclusive, I have no need for a Music Extractor !
And it's almost impossible to play (and find) the right soundtrack (on my CD player) AND play that sound on the SAME moment when I'm walking in and out (for example) the Blue Boar Inn etc ...
That will been stupid interactions that destroy the gameplay even more ...

The most strange thing is:
by me it only happens (so far) on 3 places (Blue Boar Inn, Dwarven Bread Inn and if I go to the Farmlands). All the other places seems so far okay, BUT mostly the "changing" comes moments "later" !! The music from the Ducall Inn in Verdistis is okay !

Lucky I've much patient and play DD on a very slowly way (take my time).
And fortunately the music plays well if I go to the Council of Seven Hall, because I love the beautiful sound on that place !!

Did anyone ever get a resolution for this? I think that the GOG version is just a ripoff that has big parts of the soundtrack removed. Either that, or it's broken. I just watched a "Let's Play" of the game on youtube and the entire above-ground area has nothing but the same two tracks playing in every single area. Has anyone confirmed that the game ever works correctly for anyone? I doubt that this is a technical issue.

Like I said before: my GOG version work fine, except :
Music don't change if I go:
1) in the Blue Boar Inn
2) in the Dwarven Bread Inn
3) If I go over the bridge (where you the first time help soldiers fighting 2 Trolls) coming from Aleroth and going to the Farmlands, the music don't change, never.

Sometimes (or more often) if I go to the Dark Forest or Verdistis ... the music changed slower than by my disk version!
After going to the Wastelands all the music is okay, and that, makes me very happy !

I just got the GOG version a few days ago and am having this problem as well. Above ground all I get are ambient sounds and sometimes Aleroth music.
Tried reinstalling, admin, comparability etc, none of it's helping.

Really disappointing to me especially after hearing some of the soundtrack elsewhere, It feels like a whole part of the game is missing.

Just adding my voice to those that have this problem. The remastered version of DD really should have had some more quality testing done. It's a shame that Larian lost the remastered version as well. Fix this please Larian!!!

Hey there folks. Just bumping this thread to share some findings. After struggling with crashes, other things and whatnot with the retail copy I finally caved in to get the Steam version. And it does seem to have that same 1.005A disappearing music bug. "A Wind Of Aleroth" and "Relentless Wandering" seem to be playing over and over without any other tracks playing according to change in areas. So I ended up playing around with different files. What I found is that replacing (i backed up the originals of course) the 1.0061 exe with the retail .exe patched to 1.034 + Osiris.dll (1.00061 has OsirisDLL.dll instead) + DivDialogSystem.dll seem to take the game back to 1.034 and the music is restored to normal. Osiris.dll didn't change that on its own. So it's quite clear to me that this latest compilation of the .exe seems to have that bug in there. Since it does seem to be much easier to update stuff on Steam maybe there's a chance for a proper fix this time. Besides this music bug the game seems to be running very well so far.

Thanks for the info. I have not noticed a problem yet with the music in the latest version, but have mostly just been checking specific issues / places, rather than playing and exploring normally. Some people have reported music problems as severe as yours, while others only have an issue with a couple locations.

BTW, one person reported crashes after going to Verdistis in the disk version, in a save started in the Steam version of the game (which I was able to replicate). If you kept the disk version files in your Steam install folder, you may potentially run into similar conflicts.


Welcome to the forum.

Nooooooo! I bought the Steam version in hope of fixed music, specifically to play Divinity this month as I've got the time, finally. But the music bug is a game breaker for me, and I don't want to go back to 1.034...

All I hear is "Roads Shaded by Green Eaves" in Aleroth and beyond. I ran all the way to the Cursed Abey -- just after the piece had ended. After a bit of silence "Relentless Wandering" started playing.

Larian, please fix: my life depends on it!

Just to note, I have the same problem with my GOG version. Sometimes quitting and reloading the game fixes it but mostly I get no music. Running it on Win7 x64 (admin mode) 8Gb RAM, AMD quad core 3.4Ghz and sounblaster live audio. Also tried it on the board's built in realtek audio.

EDIT:
Just had a thought; my PC has two sound cards (as I use it for DJ'ing) and I just switch sound cards by changing the default sound device. I have three; the two soundcards and HDMI audio out. Does anyone here with this problem have more than one sound card fitted or have a graphics card with HDMI output? A long shot but maybe something to do with that?

I'm running XP with a crappy on-board ADI SoundMax card. It has to be an issue with the 1.0005-1.0006 .exe as the original 1.034 .exe seems to be playing the music just fine.

What?! Really? Then I shall clarify the facts for you. The Steam release of the game (1.0061) [as well as GoG release (1.005A)] still does not contain any fixes introduced by official game patches 1.33/1.34. Despite so-called 'HD Widescreen' fixes, sound and other problems, the Steam and GoG releases are close to 1.0029A unpatched CD version. If you don't want to run into assorted gameplay and sound problems you should use original RETAIL 3CD game release with latest official patch installed (i prefer even 1.0033A but this version have copy protection and you should start new game in 1.0033A because of some incompatibilities with savegames made by other game versions).

does not contain any fixes introduced by official game patches 1.33/1.34.

That is incorrect. See what are the problems with gog's Divine Divinity? and List of known bug(s) in the Steam Version.


the Steam and GoG releases are close to 1.0029A unpatched CD version.

Doing a file comparison of the install folders and getting lots of matches doesn't mean they are close. The 1.34 disk patch was only 10MB, so by that same method the patched disk version is close to the unpatched disk version, as well.

Doing a file comparison of the install folders and getting lots of matches doesn't mean they are close. The 1.34 disk patch was only 10MB, so by that same method the patched disk version is close to the unpatched disk version, as well.

I mean that both Steam/GoG game releases contain the same files (global.cmp/treasure.cmp, region.00n files, dlg and startup folders and few main files) as in 1.0029A unpatched disk version of the game. I saw your md5 file from Steam release and has verified manually with the disk version of game. In official game patches 1.33/1.34 all these files have been updated, but not in GoG and Steam releases.

It's not a game breaker for me but it would be nice if it worked properly. If I figure anything out what is causing it Ill post back as it seems to work sometimes. Won`t be for a while though as I won't be able to play any games for the next 2 weeks.

This problem has been fixed, and the Steam version updated already. For now the GOG and Anthology DVD version can be manually patched. I'm not sure if or when GOG is planning on an official patch, but it will eventually be packaged so the anthology auto-patcher can install it.


The updated files (div.exe, DivDialogSystem.dll, OsirisDLL.dll) can be downloaded from this Dropbox page [EDIT link broken/expired] and placed in the 'Divine Divinity' install folder. You can click on each of the files to download them individually, or there is a button at the top of the page to download them as a zip file, or add to your own Dropbox account (if applicable).

Here is an alternate download, in a 7-Zip .7z archive (915KB).
If you don't have an archive manager installed that can handle the .7z format (7-Zip or other), simply rename the download with an .exe extension. It is a self extracting archive, but my ISP blocks executable files, so I had to rename it.

Wow It works!!!!!!!Despite music doesn`t change quickly but I don`t care!

What, what, WHAAAAT?!

This is the biggest news for me since the start of the Original Sin Kickstarter! Finally!

Thanks so much @ everyone involved!

This is a great patch. Mirrored it in Google Drive in case some link goes down.

My game (GOG) crashes at startup with the patched files
Running Windows 8.1.

edit - ok, works after reboot