Sound Issue

[komnenos]

Whenever I try to start up the game I get an error that says "Failure to create musicperformance" and while it still lets me play it the game has no sound at all. Is anyone else experiencing this error and do you know how to fix it? If it helps my PC uses Realtek High Definition Audio, which should should be meeting the minimum sound card requirment. If fact the minimum requirments for this game and Princess Maker Refine 2 are the exact same and I had no issues with the latter at all.

[牛乳を注ぐ女]

I do not understand sound problems and errors,
Two kinds of sound can be selected at the start of the game.

One is a PCM sound source. The other is a MIDI sound source.

However, there are times when BGM is somewhat faster while the game is in progress,
I do not know whether it is a specification or a bug.

Sometimes an error occurs during the game, and the game ends.
Saving the progress of the game frequently.


OS Windows10 64bit

I hope that errors will not occur.

[komnenos]

Well in my case neither PCM or MIDI are working at all. The error window I'm getting always pops up the very instant I click on the game's desktop icon.

[牛乳を注ぐ女]

Originally posted by komnenos1174:

Well in my case neither PCM or MIDI are working at all. The error window I'm getting always pops up the very instant I click on the game's desktop icon.

Just to be sure, you need to update or obtain some "Microsoft Visual C ++" "2005-2015" in Windows programs.

Occasionally, old programs and others may not work when they are not inserted. Also, when you appear as a new game the content may be moving with an old program.


If Realtek High Definition Audio is old, you also need to obtain it from the official.
However, it is more effective if you are playing a recent motherboard.
If you are using an old motherboard, if it does not correspond, there is a possibility of an error.

When obtaining from the official, uninstallation is automatically done once. Installation twice. Please be careful as it will be done.

total. It will restart the PC about 2 to 3 times.

If either is wrong. I'm sorry.

[komnenos]

Still no good. I already had the most up to date versions of High Definition Audio and Microsoft Visual C ++. I reinstalled both just to be sure and nothing changed.

[牛乳を注ぐ女]

Originally posted by komnenos1174:

Still no good. I already had the most up to date versions of High Definition Audio and Microsoft Visual C ++. I reinstalled both just to be sure and nothing changed.

STEAM startup → Princess Maker Refine
Right click → Properties → Tab of local file

Please check the consistency.

If the download did not work properly, some files may be corrupted.

Please also update or modify DirectX.

This is a summary page that summarizes about error handling about STEAM in Japan.
I do not know if you can translate normally, but something will work.
Personally I recommend Google Translate.

"STEAM game does not start" = "Steamでゲームが起動しない"
https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2142147398682617301

[komnenos]

That japanese error page doesn't really help me because the game is starting up just fine. Those error boxes pop up every time I try to boot it up but once I close out of them I'm taken to the main menu and can start up a game without issue. The experence is just devoid of any sound at all, no matter whether I select PCM or MIDI.

Anyway I double checked to see if DirectX needed to be up dated (it didn't) and I looked through the local files. I don't know what I'm suppose to look for however. How would I know if something was corrupted or in the wrong place? I already tried renstalling the game but that didn't help any.

By the way, thanks for assisting me with this.

[Zauberin2]

I have the same problem. Failure to create musicperformance - Cannot use soundcard.
OS 8.1 64 bit, Realtek High Definition Audio (insatlled the DirectX files from the game folder).... didn´t work

[牛乳を注ぐ女]

Originally posted by komnenos1174:

That japanese error page doesn't really help me because the game is starting up just fine. Those error boxes pop up every time I try to boot it up but once I close out of them I'm taken to the main menu and can start up a game without issue. The experence is just devoid of any sound at all, no matter whether I select PCM or MIDI.

Anyway I double checked to see if DirectX needed to be up dated (it didn't) and I looked through the local files. I don't know what I'm suppose to look for however. How would I know if something was corrupted or in the wrong place? I already tried renstalling the game but that didn't help any.

By the way, thanks for assisting me with this.

Originally posted by Zauberin2:

I have the same problem. Failure to create musicperformance - Cannot use soundcard.
OS 8.1 64 bit, Realtek High Definition Audio (insatlled the DirectX files from the game folder).... didn´t work

I worked hard and studied.

In Windows 8 (8.1), MIDI seems to be unable to play as standard.
Make it possible to play MIDI in some way.
This is also a page in Japan, but it is "Set up so that Windows can play MIDI with Windows Media Player that Windows has standard" page.
* For this site, translation of the page is necessary.

http://yuknak.com/main/useful/Midi_on_Win8/midi_Win8.html

I do not know if it adapts in other Windows.


but I put a media player, it seems that some sound source entered the PC.

Perhaps there is something missing codec pack required.
my music and video players are "GOMPlayer" "VLC media player" "Windows Media Player".

Also, in "Activate or deactivate Windows function".

Please check ".NET Framework 3.5 (including .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" only and install it.
You do not have to check the contents of that tab.

By doing this check and installing, the old application will also work properly.

If it is not checked, the previous application may not work.
Since it is not normally checked by the OS, only recent applications will operate normally.

I hope something can be helpful.

[komnenos]

This doesn't appear to be the issue either. My PC has .NET Framework 3.5 already on it and whether or not I activate or deactivate it the problem remains.

[The Grand Mugwump]

You could try running it in compatability mode. This is especially true if you're on Windows 8.1.

(In case you don't know how to do that, go to your steam library, right click princess maker refine, click on properties, click on local files, click on browse local files, right click on pm1, and click on troubleshoot compatibility (or compatibility wizard, I forget the name in Win 8).)

You could also make sure your audio drivers are up to date and are not some barely functional, generic driver which doesn't have the codecs to play MIDI/PCM audio files.

[komnenos]

Nope, compatibility mode makes no difference all all.

[komnenos]

Okay, since nothing seems to be working I'm just going to play the soundtrack off YouTube during game-play so that I can at least pretend that it has sound. Still if anyone figures out what's causing this problem please let me know.