In-game music causes lag! =(

Curiosity · Post by **Curiosity** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:05 am

The music is really cool and such, but when I turn it on, my game starts to lag. Any method of countering this problem? I hate playing games without music.

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Music sets the mood...

guitarism · Post by **guitarism** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:21 am

Music? The sound of minigun's firing as they chew through helpless scouts should be all the music you need. Music. Ha!

slap · Post by **slap** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:27 am

I'd recommend using itunes in the background to play some trippy music of your choice. A Space Oddity is a favorite choice for the old timer's frequent pod rides. Otherwise I'd recommend closing all of the programs in the background to open up some ram.

Curiosity · Post by **Curiosity** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:30 am

I don't think the game preloads the music, is there a feature to preload it? Preloading music helps to reduce lag.

ImmortalZ · Post by **ImmortalZ** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:35 am

Lag?

You mean players start jumping around? What do you mean by lag?

P.S : Turn off the music and run your favourite MP3 player in the background.

IB_ · Post by **IB_** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:36 am

Or don't listen to music at all, you should be focused on the game. ARE YOU FOCUSED OR NOT? *BOOT*

AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:56 am

Curiosity wrote:QUOTE (Curiosity @ Mar 27 2008, 07:05 AM) Music sets the mood...

You are right about this, the original sound track does set the mood, and from what I remember last time I tried this, it responds well to the stages of the game also.

The lag you are experiencing is caused by your computer caching the music I think. When it was on CD I also noticed a bit of a lag as well while the CD spun up. Allegiance seems to hang until the music is ready to play

I am going to give these suggestions a try: running a media player with just these Allegiance tracks. However it wont respond to game events...

Curiosity · Post by **Curiosity** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:27 pm

The unique thing about Allegiance's soundtracks that I don't see in other games is that they change with the situation. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

ImmortalZ: When I said lag, I meant Allegiance seems to hang until the music is ready to play. Sorry I didn't elaborate well on it.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:01 pm

quite a few other games have music change depending on what is hapening

ogorass · Post by **ogorass** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:15 pm

Get a faster HDD. Hell, get a whole faster comp!

Oh, and while we're at cats, WTF did you kill it, HUH? /mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mad:" border="0" alt="mad.gif" />