Simcity for Windows 3.x - No MIDI \ VOGONS

Simcity for Windows 3.x - No MIDI

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First post, by filipetolhuizen

Posted on 2026-08-09, 17:44

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Hello,
I'm running Simcity Win 3.x version using winevdm (otvdm) on Win7 64 bits, but I cannot get the music to work. Sound effects are working fine. Both MIDI and SFX work in Simcity 2000 for Win3.x on the same machine, as well as Windows 9x versions of both Simcity Classic and Simcity 2000 (which don't rely on winevdm). When I try to enable music in Simcity, this error shows:

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Any ideas what could it be?

Reply 1 of 2, by crazyc

Posted on Yesterday, 15:59

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This is a bug in the program itself where it uses an unintialized stack variable. Set Music=no in the scw.ini file and then enable it in the menu.

Reply 2 of 2, by filipetolhuizen

Posted on Today, 00:49

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crazyc wrote on Yesterday, 15:59:

This is a bug in the program itself where it uses an unintialized stack variable. Set Music=no in the scw.ini file and then enable it in the menu.

Thanks, that did the trick.
However, both Simcity and Simcity 2000 for Win3.x play their sound and music at a very low volume. Their Win9x versions play at regular volume. Strangely, it's limited only to Win3.x Maxis games. Other Win3.x games seem to play at regular sound volume too.

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