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5th August, 2007 at 20:04:26 -

I've been trying a couple of MMF games that use MIDIs and they won't play. I can get MIDI to work everywhere else. I had some complication getting MIDI to work on my PC, I had TinyXP installed which was missing the GM.DLS as well as some DX files.

Is there some kind of alternative MIDI system(a bit like the KxAudio system which I also might try), or a way to push programs into choosing a certain device?

 
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6th August, 2007 at 05:16:31 -

The short answer is no, unfortunately. MIDI control in MMF is literally Play/Stop. You'll probably have more success by buying a cheap Soundblaster card for £10, if fixing the problem is even worth that much to you.

 
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6th August, 2007 at 07:28:44 -

I'm using a Laptop. It doesn't work with the internal sound or the external USB soundcard(berhinger) I bought.

 
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6th August, 2007 at 09:56:13 -

Have you tried reinstalling MMF? Failing that, the only thing I can suggest is to make sure that you have an up-to-date (or not corrupt, even) version of cncs232.dll in your Windows/System/ folder. It's a very strange problem indeed.

 
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6th August, 2007 at 10:06:24 -

Are you sure it's not an event related problem rather than a midi one? What's the exact event for your midi playing?

 
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7th August, 2007 at 08:09:31 -

It's not my game, it's Eternal Daughter.

 
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7th August, 2007 at 09:42:29 -

Aaaah, know I see. Well that's the applications fault - are you sure you haven't got "Play Music" unchecked, or changed the options to not play mids?

 
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7th August, 2007 at 12:36:16 -

Good point - try pressing Ctrl + M in the game.

 
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7th August, 2007 at 20:11:41 -

Get GM.DLS from somewhere and install the MIDI software synth driver that uses it, and see if that makes any difference.

EDIT: this solution is unlikely, as MMF is supposed to take the MIDI driver currently in use, not take the sound font and use custom functions to play music with it.

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