Can't turn off the in-game music!

[Senojim]

Can someone please help me figure out how to turn off the in-game music please? I have tried editing the skyrimprefs.ini file(s) until I'm sick of even opening them now. There seem to be skyrimprefs.ini files all over my PC since I use mod manager 2, I've got one file in Steamapps, one in My Games on the C: drive and one in mod manager 2's settings. I was under the impression it was an fVal setting to be changed, but I have gone through each one individually and changed them to zeros, even gone in game and changed the volume and re-opened the .ini files to see what setting if any had changed. And no matter what I do, every time I load my game back up that in-game music is back. (Also, all I check each file to make sure they were NOT set to read only files)

[SpeedFreak1972]

Does this also apply if you set the sliders ingame to zero?

[alexander_dougherty]

There are commands to turn off the music, but you'll have to google them because I can only remember they exist, not what they are.

[Senojim]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Does this also apply if you set the sliders ingame to zero?

It does Speed, I've set them to zero and saved, logged, logged back in and whammo... that music is back. I've even set them to zero then gone and checked the ini files to see if any fVal's had been changed so I'd at least know for sure which controlled in game music. I couldn't get a consistent result, sometimes I'd lower the game music, and the footsteps fVal would be the one to show changed. I'd set it to 0.0 log back in and the footsteps would be muted but the music volume back again. So frustrating.

[Senojim]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There are commands to turn off the music, but you'll have to google them because I can only remember they exist, not what they are.

I spent an hour and some change googling those .ini settings and couldn't find a corrective fix among them. One post suggested changing the fVal2 to 0.0 but that didn't fix the volume on the music. Or at least if it did, when the game loads it just overwrote my change. I've even went through each of them individually and changed them to 0.0 and couldn't get that music to go away.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Rev_Jones:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There are commands to turn off the music, but you'll have to google them because I can only remember they exist, not what they are.

I spent an hour and some change googling those .ini settings and couldn't find a corrective fix among them. One post suggested changing the fVal2 to 0.0 but that didn't fix the volume on the music. Or at least if it did, when the game loads it just overwrote my change. I've even went through each of them individually and changed them to 0.0 and couldn't get that music to go away.

Console command Removemusic MUScombatcivilwar

[Senojim]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Rev_Jones:

I spent an hour and some change googling those .ini settings and couldn't find a corrective fix among them. One post suggested changing the fVal2 to 0.0 but that didn't fix the volume on the music. Or at least if it did, when the game loads it just overwrote my change. I've even went through each of them individually and changed them to 0.0 and couldn't get that music to go away.

Console command Removemusic MUScombatcivilwar

I appreciate the tip Alex, I gave that a try but the music still played on. That definitely gives me some other google searches to try though! I hadn't even thought of console commands to shut that music off. Strangely I can turn off combat music easily through the menu options for sound and it stays off, just not that background soundtrack music that drones on and on.

[Call Sign: Raven]

I had this glitch probably 5-6 years ago, where no matter what, sliders and all, music would still play. I'm sorry to say, I can't remember the solution, but there IS a solution, so keep searching. Sorry for being useless.

Also, if you haven't already, make sure your sound drivers are up to date, as that can cause errors from time to time.

[Siddha]

Curious...the audio slider in my game works.
You say you have multiple ini files here and there. I use a portable install of MO2 which means the install manages only one game; and the ini files for each profile are kept in the MO2 folder; which keeps things a bit more organized imo. Maybe somehow the changes you make in game are not being saved to the ini being used to launch the game.
I am far from being an expert about this but maybe something I wrote may help.

[Senojim]

Originally posted by Harrison Ford:

I had this glitch probably 5-6 years ago, where no matter what, sliders and all, music would still play. I'm sorry to say, I can't remember the solution, but there IS a solution, so keep searching. Sorry for being useless.

Also, if you haven't already, make sure your sound drivers are up to date, as that can cause errors from time to time.

Definitely not useless, just knowing I'm not the only one pulling my hair out about it is helpful :)

[Senojim]

Originally posted by Siddha:

Curious...the audio slider in my game works.
You say you have multiple ini files here and there. I use a portable install of MO2 which means the install manages only one game; and the ini files for each profile are kept in the MO2 folder; which keeps things a bit more organized imo. Maybe somehow the changes you make in game are not being saved to the ini being used to launch the game.
I am far from being an expert about this but maybe something I wrote may help.

That may be some of the error on my part Sid, I think I created too many .ini locations and instance by first trying to manually use a few quality of life mods, then I tried using Nexus MM, then I switched to Mod Manager 2. As much as I hate to admit it, I think I've dug my own hole and the fix is to wipe out those mod managers, go back to handling things manually and seeing how it goes. I'm a lightweight when it comes to mods, I use 6 or 7 "immersive" and unofficial patch type mods, so it won't be terrible to restart. My only cringe here is that I've just gotten where I feel comfortable with my skills in the game to try and sneak by bandits, or take that first arrow shot on a cave bear that hasn't noticed me lol