Music randomly turning on

Rawrgh - Raging Tide
Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
edited April 2011 in General Discussion
I dunno if this is happening to anyone else.


I have the music and effect volume set to zero. I switch to firefox, or another client, and when I switch back, the music is playing, I open the settings menu and it shows it as the bar slider all the way to the left, yet the music is playing.
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  • krisnda
    krisnda Posts: 4,655 Community Moderator
    edited April 2011
    Are you sure that you didn't switch to and from "Best Performance"? That can switch the music on and off. Otherwise, that's weird ._.
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  • Eoria - Harshlands
    Eoria - Harshlands Posts: 6,118 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Used to get that over on MY. Was really annoying. The only thing I could do was reset the volume sliders everytime I switched windows.
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  • Rawrgh - Raging Tide
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Krisnda wrote: »
    Are you sure that you didn't switch to and from "Best Performance"? That can switch the music on and off. Otherwise, that's weird ._.
    I'm positive, it's set to best performance on both of my clients constantly.
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  • Tayalka - Heavens Tear
    Tayalka - Heavens Tear Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    same happen to me since 2 years- open your Settings and put the volume louder, after this again to zero...if u find a way to stop this ghost-music-thingie constantly, let me know lol...same btw happen with sound effects and it's rly scarry if u suddely hear an owl or sth like this o.O"
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  • Rawrgh - Raging Tide
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Tayalka - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    same happen to me since 2 years- open your Settings and put the volume louder, after this again to zero...if u find a way to stop this ghost-music-thingie constantly, let me know lol...same btw happen with sound effects and it's rly scarry if u suddely hear an owl or sth like this o.O"
    Yea I know how to make it stop once it randomly turns on, I'm seeing if anyone knows how to keep it from happening in the first place.
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  • LadyYueliang - Sanctuary
    LadyYueliang - Sanctuary Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    It's happened to me a few time's.
    When I was on my laptop and playing pw it would do the same thing to me. So I played around with the settings volume etc. It got annoying so then I check what every else I had going or connected ( speakers, head phones )

    Its just a process of elimination of out going or in going aduio
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  • Suaver - Raging Tide
    Suaver - Raging Tide Posts: 118 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    You haz a ghost in the machine!
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  • Belgare - Sanctuary
    Belgare - Sanctuary Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Has always happened to me. Some time ago I posted asking if there was a way to eliminate the music files from my install dir to totally squish the issue. No go.
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  • Elendirah - Sanctuary
    Elendirah - Sanctuary Posts: 101 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Same, it has been happening to me since I started playing this game.
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  • Q____Q - Dreamweaver
    Q____Q - Dreamweaver Posts: 812 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I like it when you go back and the music turns on.. and youo're in west arch..
    Then it goes "Hoooooot hooooooooot" like an owl :3
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  • Redmenace - Heavens Tear
    Redmenace - Heavens Tear Posts: 908 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I have this problem at startup usually with slower machines; as if it doesn't catch the setting "no music" until I'm fully logged in. Usually when I'm trying to listen in vent.

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  • MyuMyu - Harshlands
    MyuMyu - Harshlands Posts: 287 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    rename the music folder inside element to whatever you like, then the BGM wont turned up anymore, but sadly the sound effect sometimes still comes up, like foot steps or owl sounds...
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  • Waterfal - Sanctuary
    Waterfal - Sanctuary Posts: 2,723 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I dunno if this is happening to anyone else.


    I have the music and effect volume set to zero. I switch to firefox, or another client, and when I switch back, the music is playing, I open the settings menu and it shows it as the bar slider all the way to the left, yet the music is playing.

    This happens to me all the freaking time... >.>
    headphones on listening to music, switch back to turn on another song.
    back to pw
    *throws headphones off* holy **** that makes more noise then my drummer in a good mood... b:cry
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  • SinfuINature - Harshlands
    SinfuINature - Harshlands Posts: 533 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    yes it does... well to my wifes pc anyways... normally if she alt tabs...
  • Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary
    Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary Posts: 3,034 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Happening at least 1x per day it`s what u call a "common feature " lol.
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  • Kieve - Dreamweaver
    Kieve - Dreamweaver Posts: 385 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Still no answer? Sheesh! Alright, this may be part of the mystery, try it and see if it helps.

    Your normal "runtime" settings are stored in
     
    Perfect World International\element\userdata\systemsettings.ini
    This is the .INI that gets changed whenever you make adjustments through the patcher, or in-game. There's no real reason to mess with it because everything you do will alter it anyway.

    However, what you may not realize is that PW also keeps a separate "backup" set hidden away 
    Perfect World International\patcher\video\defaultsettings.ini
    These don't change, as far as I can tell. They also carry a setting for music and SFX: 
    [Audio]
SoundVol = 100
MusicVol = 100
    Naturally, my only guess is that for whatever reason, PWI occasionally reverts to these settings under certain circumstances. I changed MusicVol to 0 in the "defaultsettings.ini" list and I've not had the audio problems since.

    *And if someone wants to jump down my throat over "editing game files," you can stuff it. Blame your buggy software, not my quick fix for it.
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  • B_K - Sanctuary
    B_K - Sanctuary Posts: 242 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    oh goodness thank you, i hate this mostly because i play all morning while hubby sleeps and it always manages to **** him off
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  • Baalbak - Dreamweaver
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    ive actuallly never had this problem in the couple years ive played - on any computer I've played on.
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  • Boartracker - Raging Tide
    Boartracker - Raging Tide Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Same issue here. I agree with Angel above , it's a PWI feature. b:scorn

    Usually happens when I open another browser window to check quest guides or go to fac website while playing and close that browser window out. The settings stay a zero but the music and/ or sound effects are there. Oh, IE-8 & using Vent on XP ser. pk 3. If acknowledged, it may get fixed after rubber-banding.

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  • MiniDusk - Heavens Tear
    MiniDusk - Heavens Tear Posts: 931 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Kieve - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Still no answer? Sheesh! Alright, this may be part of the mystery, try it and see if it helps.

    Your normal "runtime" settings are stored in
     
    Perfect World International\element\userdata\systemsettings.ini
    This is the .INI that gets changed whenever you make adjustments through the patcher, or in-game. There's no real reason to mess with it because everything you do will alter it anyway.

    However, what you may not realize is that PW also keeps a separate "backup" set hidden away 
    Perfect World International\patcher\video\defaultsettings.ini
    These don't change, as far as I can tell. They also carry a setting for music and SFX: 
    [Audio]
SoundVol = 100
MusicVol = 100
    Naturally, my only guess is that for whatever reason, PWI occasionally reverts to these settings under certain circumstances. I changed MusicVol to 0 in the "defaultsettings.ini" list and I've not had the audio problems since.

    *And if someone wants to jump down my throat over "editing game files," you can stuff it. Blame your buggy software, not my quick fix for it.

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  • EmeryFlower - Dreamweaver
    EmeryFlower - Dreamweaver Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I've had this happen to me before, including the effect noises (Like the waterfalls in the center of arch).
    I was on vent with my old guildies and i kept asking who the hell is talking with their sounds on? They all proceeded to yell at me, saying it was ME who had them on. I swore I turned off all my sounds and music, and when I checked the sliders, I was right, but it was still playing. b:surrender
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  • ResMePls - Heavens Tear
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,349 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I read this thread title "Music randomly turning me on".....
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  • Kieve - Dreamweaver
    Kieve - Dreamweaver Posts: 385 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    ResMePls - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I read this thread title "Music randomly turning me on".....

    Damn you! Now I see it too.
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  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Happens to me too. Quite annoying.
  • Azura - Lost City
    Azura - Lost City Posts: 2,281 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I dunno if this is happening to anyone else.


    I have the music and effect volume set to zero. I switch to firefox, or another client, and when I switch back, the music is playing, I open the settings menu and it shows it as the bar slider all the way to the left, yet the music is playing.

    This happens to me all the time. It is not new to me. I just move the volume again and it comes back.
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  • Azura - Lost City
    Azura - Lost City Posts: 2,281 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Kieve - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Still no answer? Sheesh! Alright, this may be part of the mystery, try it and see if it helps.

    Your normal "runtime" settings are stored in
     
    Perfect World International\element\userdata\systemsettings.ini
    This is the .INI that gets changed whenever you make adjustments through the patcher, or in-game. There's no real reason to mess with it because everything you do will alter it anyway.

    However, what you may not realize is that PW also keeps a separate "backup" set hidden away 
    Perfect World International\patcher\video\defaultsettings.ini
    These don't change, as far as I can tell. They also carry a setting for music and SFX: 
    [Audio]
SoundVol = 100
MusicVol = 100
    Naturally, my only guess is that for whatever reason, PWI occasionally reverts to these settings under certain circumstances. I changed MusicVol to 0 in the "defaultsettings.ini" list and I've not had the audio problems since.

    *And if someone wants to jump down my throat over "editing game files," you can stuff it. Blame your buggy software, not my quick fix for it.

    Oh wow I hadn't seen this post yet. Thanks a lot.
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  • sleepcat
    sleepcat Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    And I thought I was the only one with this problem. Good work for asking what dozens also had in mind. :D
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  • Ladydeadlock - Heavens Tear
    Ladydeadlock - Heavens Tear Posts: 366 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    At least you have music. Mine been broken for over a year and I still got no fix to it.
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  • Sunaro - Lost City
    Sunaro - Lost City Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Been happening to me ever since I can remember. Thanks so much for the fix Keph.
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  • Abstractive - Archosaur
    Abstractive - Archosaur Posts: 1,232 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Sweet, those random sounds were starting to **** me off. Thank you Keph for your brilliant solution.
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