Wc3 Midi

[Wedge009]

I haven't played WC3 for a long, long, time, but when I did it was on Win98 (original). Back then, I could play the game with better MIDI music than basic FM synthesis, presumably because of the software synthesis that comes with DirectMusic. I did this by choosing MPU-401 General MIDI in the install menu, though I'm sure I got the same effect by choosing Wave Blaster, Roland, etc. I'm not sure, but I think I tried this not long after getting Win98, so I think the DirectX version would have been whatever came with Win98 (4? 5?).

Anyway, for whatever reason, I can't play WC3 in Windows with General MIDI anymore. Admittedly, I like to fiddle a bit with my system, and not everything works or strange things happen as a result. This is what happens when I try to play WC3 with General MIDI now:

Loading Wing Commander III .......
VESA Driver Present -- SVGA Possible
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Exception 13 happened

CS: EIP = 013F:000001F2
EAX = 00000008, EBX = 00128F90, ECX = 000000C7, EDX = 00000021
ESI = 00000000, EDI = 00000000, EBP = 00128E90, ESP = 00128E90
DS = 0137, ES = 00C7, FS = 00AF, GS = 0000, SS = 00C7
EFLAGS = 00010246

Callers:
1) 000D5997 5) 000DA98B
2) 00004BE3 6) 0009D146
3) 00095F10 7) 00000000
4) 0009B7B6 8) 00000000

This error is probably the result of a bad CD-ROM read.
Please try running the game again from your latest save
game and the problem should go away. If the problem
persists, you may have a bad CD. If you continue to have trouble,
please call Origin Customer Service for more information

I know this probably means nothing to anyone here, but it's all I have to go on. It's still the same computer I played WC3 on last time, same soundcard, etc. It happens on DirectX 8.0 and 8.1, the latter being what I have currently. I just hope there's some way to fix this without having to reinstall Windows yet again. (I truly despise the clutter that comes with multiple install/uninstalls.) I can still play the game with FM synthesis, but if the grass is greener on the other side...

BTW, the '' really is there in the error text (anyone remember an ancient DOS Pitfall game using ASCII characters?), I don't what the coder is trying to say there...

 

[Mystery muppet]

Times like this makes me wish this place had a search feature... The problem is almost at the tip of my tongue, though. Our resident Repairman should be able to shed some light.

 

[Happy]

exception 13 is a bad CD read, it even says so.
if you r ar using an older CD-rom, try a newer one, that usually fixed that for me.
also turn the computer off for 30 min. or so, then pick up from ur last saved game.

that used to happen to me all the time, the only difference was that it would happen in the game.

 

[Wedge009]

It is clearly not the result of a bad CD read, since:

Originally posted by Wedge009
I can still play the game with FM synthesis, but if the grass is greener on the other side...

<sigh> Maybe it is a return to the 'bad' old days of FM synthesis. That, or a reformat and reinstallation of Windows.

[And, mysteriously, John seems to be avoiding this one... ]

 

[Wedge009]

I know I'm unlikely to get any ideas on this one, and that 'bumping' is bad practice, but...

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