volume
Clubman
posted 07-19-09 09:48 AM ET (US)
i know i saw this in the faq but apparently it didnt work and no music plays.
Target: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires\EMPIRESX.EXE" midimusic -
Did I do this right?
volume
Clubman
posted 07-19-09 06:18 PM
ET (US)
3 / 17
Target: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires\EMPIRESX.EXE" -midimusic
well that didnt work neither. i think it doesnt work probably because i had the original aoe cd soundtrack in mp3, i just simply changed their file type (by name) into .mid, which works on media player still the same but when applying them as xopen.mid, xwon.mid, xlost.mid and xmusic1-10.mid music doesnt work...
anyone know how to direct aoe to play specific music files in place of those i named above?
Litude
Clubman
posted 07-20-09 11:29 AM
ET (US)
4 / 17
It might work if you make those .mid files .wav instead of .mp3 as Age of Empires is configured to handle .wav files properly but as far as I know doesn't handle mp3 files.
volume
Clubman
posted 07-21-09 09:04 AM
ET (US)
6 / 17
hold on..they were originally *.mp3 files that i simply changed their name to *.mid
for example i changed cave.mpg into xmusic1.mid
volume
Clubman
posted 07-22-09 06:47 AM
ET (US)
9 / 17
but the thing is just by the change of name it still played and worked the same on the player media player. so unless it doesnt recognize by version or something that it doesnt plays i dunno.
volume
Clubman
posted 07-23-09 07:00 AM
ET (US)
11 / 17
no its not my media player failing. it plays it exactly the same. i guess ill need to get a *.mp3 to *.mid converter to pull this off.
irwinner
Clubman
posted 08-01-09 10:52 PM
ET (US)
13 / 17
i think i used to disable game music and then replace the cd when loading up. well, actually i never really used my cd as i hoped someone on zone had their cd in...
im note sure on the parameters, but i think in-game you can switch music off via the menu (same menu which lets you change speed, scroll speed thingy etc).
you can also just play music via media player and then load game (remember to disable in game music).
volume
Clubman
posted 03-17-21 02:39 AM
ET (US)
14 / 17
is there a programming or certain way to make the game run certain media/music? like use RockNRoR to play mpg for example (not sure if true)
sorry to bump up an old thread but i figure its related so to keep it together
chab
Clubman
posted 03-17-21 12:52 PM
ET (US)
15 / 17
I really don't get the point.
Run VLC or whatever in background and play the music while AOE is running ???
volume
Clubman
posted 03-20-21 08:43 AM
ET (US)
17 / 17
@chab so i can play like a customized age music such as the cave music missing from the aoe gold cd with it running automatically in game such as replays itself like the midi files do and have it switch to victory or loss when the game is won or lost/quit?
pretty much im trying to play the aoe cd music without it inserted in and wrecking my cd