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No music in Heroes of Might & Magic

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First post, by HOMM8695

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Hi, I'm new of this forum. As the title, in DOSBox when booting Heroes of Might & Magic, sound effects are available, but music is missing. Is not available from the menu until the scenarios. From what you have, and how you can fix the problem? Thanks. 😠

Reply 1 of 32, by Qbix

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did you mount your CDrom correctly ?

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Reply 2 of 32, by HOMM8695

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The CD is mounted this as formula in DOSBox:

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
imgmount d "homm1.gog" -t iso
c:
cls
IPXNET STARTSERVER
netbios.exe
cls
loadfix -4 heroes.exe
exit

Reply 3 of 32, by Qbix

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well if it is a GOG.com game, then you should really ask GOG.com for support.

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Reply 4 of 32, by HOMM8695

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Well, they can not answer, because I had walked out. I would like to help you, if needed.

Reply 5 of 32, by bloodbat

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Maybe, just maybe, the mounts are wrong: in several GOG games (I don't have that particular one) the cue/bin pair is hidden as <somename>.gog for the bin and <somename>.inst for the cue. If that game's like that, you're just mounting the bin and need to mount the cue. E.g homm1.inst.

Reply 6 of 32, by HOMM8695

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...... it's a great problem! 😒

Reply 7 of 32, by Qbix

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I assume you gave GOG.com your money for this game. So you can rely on them for support. I am not sure why we should take over their jobs.

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Reply 8 of 32, by HOMM8695

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Because ones of GOG.com not grasping, and does not understand the issue at. Unfortunately they are like those people who tell you "arranged and manage on your own, we can't help." And sadly it is.

Reply 9 of 32, by Qbix

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Alright, lets check it as I own this game as well. What is your operating system ?

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Reply 10 of 32, by HOMM8695

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Is Windows 7, operating system in use.

Reply 11 of 32, by Qbix

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I am using the 2.1.0.38 version.
Music appears to work on the titlescreen just fine. Is there a different place I should check ?
Maybe reinstall the game if the music is missing for you at the titlescreen.

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Reply 12 of 32, by HOMM8695

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The version of the game that I'm using, instead, is dated 1995, so it is version 1.3. And that's what I'm talking about, the game unfortunately missing the music, while the sound effects are there.

Reply 13 of 32, by Qbix

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2.1.0.38 is the version of the GOG installer that I am talking about.

If there isn't music for you at the titlescreen, please redownload the game and reinstall it.
If there is music for you at the titlescreen, then please tell me where I should check for the missing music.

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Reply 14 of 32, by HOMM8695

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In the titlescreen it's present a New World Computing bumper, with original music audio, and HOMM1 music intro. In the menu screen, and another scenarios of the game, the music is missing.

Reply 15 of 32, by Qbix

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Okay, lets come to an agreement what we mean by the different screens:

I have music at this screen:

The attachment heroes_000.png is no longer available

Are you talking about this screen ?
Or a different one ?

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Reply 16 of 32, by HOMM8695

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Exactly. In the menu screen the music is missing. I don't have the music.

Reply 18 of 32, by HOMM8695

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I saw the topic, which covers the advanced compiler optimizations, but it has not linked to my problem, though just where I can get what paragraph and page, he speaks of this similar issue in this question? Sorry for my ignorance, but I cannot understand the idea.

Reply 19 of 32, by Qbix

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Which version of the GOG installer do you have ?
I have music playing just fine in 2.1.0.38.

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