Music won't play -or- only plays Dragon combat music

[Styger]

I seem to be full of bugs and glitches this week!

 

In my current playthrough, I don't have any music. The music that should be playing does play during the loading screen, but then cuts to silence when the game fully loads. If I alt-tab out and back in, the Dragon combat music will, without fail, begin playing regardless of a dragon in the vicinity.

 

The only sound mods I have used, and am using, during this playthrough is the Sound Propagation mod found at the link below.

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33740/

 

I've disabled and uninstalled to no effect. I have also verified the game cache several times (at one point downloading 7 files). I've run boss, cleaned several unrelated files, but no go. Has anyone else experienced this error before and found a fix? My search turned up nil.

 

Edit: 4/1/13 - 10:30

I've now lost all menu sounds across all saves... even in my main menu... this is after I disabled the mod in question completely. Bear in mind, only one save was using the mod, the others were fairly clean. Not an issue for this point now.

 

Edit: 4/1/13 - 11:09

I did the alt-tab bit and had the Dragon Combat music start playing. I let it play all the way through and then the area appropriate music began. I got excited for a moment, and so I saved and reloaded to see if it worked. After reloading, there was no music at all again, and alt-tabbing just resulted in the Dragon combat music once more.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Styger

[Styger]

Quick update: I entered Shor's Hall where the Sovngarde chant began to play. If music would only play once throughout my game, I'm glad it was here. However, as soon as I excited the Hall to finish Alduin, the music went into complete silence.

[steve40]

Just use the console:

 

Stop Combat Alarm on Player

Stop Combat

[Styger]

Just use the console:

 

Stop Combat Alarm on Player

Stop Combat

Tried that already, doesn't work. Even when I alt-tabbed to the dragon combat music, nothing changed. I waited an hour and changed areas. Nothing.

[zedekiah25]

I have been having the exact same problem as the OP, I'm watching this thread for a solution.

[Styger]

I have been having the exact same problem as the OP, I'm watching this thread for a solution.

 

@Zedekiah25

 

Are you running any of the mods down below? Maybe we can narrow down the suspect.

 

 

 

Skyrim.esm Active

Update.esm Active

Dawnguard.esm Active

HearthFires.esm Active

Dragonborn.esm Active

ETaC - RESOURCES.esm Active

JSwords.esm Active

Warning: Original file was released before the CK (07 Feb. 2012) a compatibility patch fixed and cleaned with TES5Edit can be obtained here. (Compatibility Patch)

Omegared99-Compilation.esm Active

Solitude A City Of Trade.esm Active

SPIKE.esm Active

HighResTexturePack01.esp Active

HighResTexturePack02.esp Active

HighResTexturePack03.esp Active

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp Active

VLCollisionFix.esp Active

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp Active

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp Active

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp Active

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp Active

mjollfacelift-blondehair.esp Active

Chesko_Frostfall.esp Active

Better Dynamic Snow.esp Active

SoundPropagationOverhaul.esp Active

Skyrim Shadow Striping Fix.esp Active

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp Active

bladesfactionfix.esp Active

dragonsoulstoperks.esp Active

dwemer certified.esp Active

ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp Active

FishingInSkyrim.esp Active

NS_HuntingGroundsOutfit.esp Active

ImprovedSkillBooks.esp Active

lanterns of skyrim - all in one.esp Active

unlimitedbookshelves.esp Active

More Carriages.esp Active

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp Active

Convenient Horses.esp Active

auto unequip arrows.esp Active

DYNAVISION Dynamic Depth of Field.esp Active

Footprints.esp Active

WetandCold.esp Active

WetandCold - Ashes.esp Active

SkyUI.esp Active

iHUD.esp Active

black mage armor.esp Active

Cloaks.esp Active

1nivWICCloaks.esp Active

1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp Active

dbarmor.esp Active

DragonboneCrossbow.esp Active

DragonBoneEbonsteel.esp Active

grayseraticheavyarmor.esp Active

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp Active

JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp Active

Omegared99-WeaponSets.esp Active

Ritual Armor of Boethiah.esp Active

True Bound Armors.esp Active

warchiefarmor.esp Active

Dr_Bandolier.esp Active

DeadlyDragons.esp Active

DeadlyDragonsSpells.esp Active

DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp Active

DeadlyMonsters.esp Active

SkyRe_Combat.esp Active

SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp Active

SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp Active

SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp Active

SkyRe_StandingStones.esp Active

adalmatar.esp Active

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp Active

betterriften.esp Active

buildablehouse.esp Active

Proudspire Manor Refurbished.esp Active

thefrontier.esp Active

treehouse.esp Active

dynamic fires.esp Active

dynamicmerchants.esp Active

EnhancedGauldurAmuletENG.esp Active

Headtracking.esp Active

noautoqueststart_thievesguild_reg.esp Active

SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp Active

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp Active

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp Active

Spells Cast Light.esp Active

ETaC - Villages Complete.esp Active

ETaC - Morthal.esp Active

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp Active

RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp Active

RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp Active

RND_USKP-Patch.esp Active

RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp Active

Predator Vision.esp

Revamped Vampire Lord.esp

ToL_Core_by_Brevi.esp Active

Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp Active

Balanced_Magic.esp Active

Balanced_Magic_Dawnguard.esp Active

Candlespell.esp Active

Nature of the beast.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts.esp Active

Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp Active

DeadlySpellImpacts.esp Active

DeadlySpellImpacts - Two Fire.esp Active

milk.esp Active

The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp Active

ABT - Loot Arrows HARDCORE.esp Active

ABT - Faster Arrows Improved +75%.esp Active

ABT - Faster Bolts Improved +50%.esp Active

ABT - Merchants Arrows HARDCORE.esp Active

ABT - Increased Bolts Damage (Vanilla) +50%.esp Active

ABT - Increased Progressive Damage (with Nord Hero Arrow) +50%.esp Active

ABT - Recover +25% Arrows and Bolts.esp Active

battravel.esp

Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp Active

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp Active

UFO - Dawnguard AddOn.esp Active

UFO - Heartfire AddOn.esp Active

blaze of eventide.esp Active

Odvar.esp Active

SkyRe_Races.esp Active

rcrn classic - hybrid shaders.esp Active

RCRNvolumetric.esp Active

WATER.esp Active

 

 

[izon87604]

I am also having this issue. just started the other day. didnt notice at first then suddenly everything just seemed really quiet. i have gone through the same process as you to fix it but to no avail. i have even deactivated all mods and then loaded and no music plays. i saw one thing on another forum that said that music wasnt playing due to their game being too heavily modded (but this was in relation to the FMO mod so may not apply here). the only other options i can think of are a full reinstall, which i want to avoid. Or to reset the ini files.

 

will let you guys know any progress

 

Update - i reset the ini files and no change (music plays for 2-3 seconds on loading then just fades and stops.) i deleted some save files (this some times improves performance) but nothing. :( bad times

Edited April 5, 2013 by izon87604

[CandyR27]

I had this problem recently as well. It drove me crazy but I saw this fix in a forum and it worked for me. It calls for you to edit your Skyrim.ini file.

 

Your ini likely looks like this:

 

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

 

Move Skyrim-Sounds.bsa from SResourceArchiveList=Skyrim to the second line sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim after Skyrim-VoicesExtra.bsa

 

So when you're done it will look like:

 

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

 

Good luck.

 

P.S. If you're not using any of Bethesda's Hi Res packs then those won't show up in your ini file. Nothing to be worried about if you don't see them there.

[izon87604]

@CandyR27

cheers for the fix. unfortunately didnt work for me.

[Styger]

I had this problem recently as well. It drove me crazy but I saw this fix in a forum and it worked for me. It calls for you to edit your Skyrim.ini file.

 

Your ini likely looks like this:

 

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

 

Move Skyrim-Sounds.bsa from SResourceArchiveList=Skyrim to the second line sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim after Skyrim-VoicesExtra.bsa

 

So when you're done it will look like:

 

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

 

Hey Candy, thanks for the trick but still no go.

 

@izon87604

 

Check my BOSS list above and see if you're running anything similar to me, in regards to mods. Perhaps there's a commonality, hopefully.