main menu music not working?

[pigniga]

The main menu music doesn't play for me when i boot it up aside from for a few seconds when its switching from the 2d menu to the 3d one, is this supposed to happen? I can hear the train sounds and the city ambience and all, just not the main menu music. I know this may be a dumb question but i cant really find anything online. If it's relevant, i play on Windows 10.

[pigniga]

Originally posted by Floppa Gaming:

Try reinstalling the game, probably some file went wrong.

If it doesn't work, try seeing your options in-game.

If it doesn't work as well, I will search more so that I can help you.

Bad news pal, the rest of the menu is working including the sound effects, just not the menu music still.

[pigniga]

Originally posted by Floppa Gaming:

Originally posted by HatHatTopHat:

Bad news pal, the rest of the menu is working including the sound effects, just not the menu music still.

Where did you install Cry of Fear? I mean, where your Cry of Fear is located and stuff.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cry of Fear ,does that help at all?

[pigniga]

Originally posted by Floppa Gaming:

Originally posted by HatHatTopHat:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cry of Fear ,does that help at all?

Help a lot, and that's strange, I was thinking that the game was not installed where Steam is installed.

Alright, try launching the game via "CoFLaunchApp.exe" in the game directory instead of using the play button on Steam (first possible solution).

Write cl_downwiththesickness 0 on the console of the game. (second possible solution).

Try installing the patch on ModDB (third possible solution).

If none of these works, report in the game discord, the devs are there and they are planning on updating the game to 1.7.

Launching CoFLaunchApp.exe worked, Big Thanks mate!

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by HatHatTopHat:

Launching CoFLaunchApp.exe worked, Big Thanks mate!

No problem, I'm glad that I helped you! Enjoy this amazing game.

I actually had the same problem, and while launching it from the coflaunchapp fixed the music. I now have graphical problems. The flashlight isn't working and the viewmodels for the duel wield is a bit messy (the game thinks im holding just the knife but now i have three hands) and I've tried fixing these issues in the past but it's always either sound issues or graphical issues.

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

I actually had the same problem, and while launching it from the coflaunchapp fixed the music. I now have graphical problems. The flashlight isn't working and the viewmodels for the duel wield is a bit messy (the game thinks im holding just the knife but now i have three hands) and I've tried fixing these issues in the past but it's always either sound issues or graphical issues.

That's actually really weird... what do you mean by the flashlight not working, and also the viewmodels as well.

I can try to help you but I didn't know about these problems. Weird.

Well when I turn the flashlight on nothing actually appears, then the viewmodels kind of "stack."

When I duel wield it looks like I'm holding the knife as if it were alone, but then a third hand pops up on the right holding the flashlight.

I have been running the game from the CofLaunchApp the entire time. This is fixed by using Windows XP service pack 3 but then the ambience and some sounds are missing. Really strange situation. Which patch on ModDB were you talking about earlier?

My specs are:
Windows 10
GTX 960
8 GB of RAM
Intel Core i5 CPU 750

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

Well when I turn the flashlight on nothing actually appears, then the viewmodels kind of "stack."

When I duel wield it looks like I'm holding the knife as if it were alone, but then a third hand pops up on the right holding the flashlight.

I have been running the game from the CofLaunchApp the entire time. This is fixed by using Windows XP service pack 3 but then the ambience and some sounds are missing. Really strange situation. Which patch on ModDB were you talking about earlier?

My specs are:
Windows 10
GTX 960
8 GB of RAM
Intel Core i5 CPU 750

Hmm... can you tell me which configuration do you use in the advanced settings option in the game?

Also, the patch is this one: https://www.moddb.com/games/cry-of-fear/downloads/cry-of-fear-crash-patch-for-64-bit-users

READ the description before installing it.

I actually have not messed with the advanced settings of my game yet, it is essentially a fresh install with a save file that I had. Will the patch work with my windows 10? (Or does it simply work with the compatibility mode?)

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

I actually have not messed with the advanced settings of my game yet, it is essentially a fresh install with a save file that I had. Will the patch work with my windows 10? (Or does it simply work with the compatibility mode?)

Yeah, I think the patch does work with Windows 10.

Okay I'll try it and get back to you

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

I actually have not messed with the advanced settings of my game yet, it is essentially a fresh install with a save file that I had. Will the patch work with my windows 10? (Or does it simply work with the compatibility mode?)

Yeah, I think the patch does work with Windows 10.

Okay so I replaced the cof.exe with the one with the one from the patch folder, but when I launch that new exe it crashes on startup, or after the logos.

When I launch it from the coflauncher it does what it did before (no music/sound issues that I've notcied, but the same graphical problems)

[ironmaidenev]

Ok i played through it a bit on windows 8 compatibility mode and the situation's very weird.
The game technically runs and looks the way it should, but the audio is bugged. All of the ambience/background music is just non existent. And the gun sounds are missing.

The frustrating thing is that when I look up these problems everyone recommends what I'm already doing.

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

Ok i played through it a bit on windows 8 compatibility mode and the situation's very weird.
The game technically runs and looks the way it should, but the audio is bugged. All of the ambience/background music is just non existent. And the gun sounds are missing.

The frustrating thing is that when I look up these problems everyone recommends what I'm already doing.

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

Okay so I replaced the cof.exe
with the one with the one from the patch folder, but when I launch that new exe it crashes on startup, or after the logos.

When I launch it from the coflauncher it does what it did before (no music/sound issues that I've notcied, but the same graphical problems)

Well... then that's weird. I recommend that you go in the official discord of the game and ask for help. I think they can help ya.

I don't think of any other solutions because your problem is really weird, so I think it's good for you to talk in the discord to ask for help.

I guess I'll have to try, either that or wait until that cry of fear remake comes out lol

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

I guess I'll have to try, either that or wait until that cry of fear remake comes out lol

The Cry of Fear remake is like, running on the UE4 engine. And also the devs said they are going to update the game and patch many bugs and they want the community to help them as well.

I dropped a message in the cof-discussion, god help me i will play this game no matter what it takes

[ironmaidenev]

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

I dropped a message in the cof-discussion, god help me i will play this game no matter what it takes

Hope they can actually help you with that. I'm sorry if I can't give ya any other options to help you.

It's okay, probably some small ass detail that I'm missing that will drive me insane once I figure out what to do. Thanks for helping anyways.

[pigniga]

Originally posted by The Click Bait:

Originally posted by Jack Leatherhoff:

Hope they can actually help you with that. I'm sorry if I can't give ya any other options to help you.

It's okay, probably some small ass detail that I'm missing that will drive me insane once I figure out what to do. Thanks for helping anyways.

good luck