In-game music problems

[ratherdashing]

The game isn't playing music when I'm playing the actual game. When I am in the main menu and the loading screens it plays fine, but there is just no music in the game itself. Does anybody know how to fix this?

[TheBarnacle]

Originally Posted by ratherdashing

The game isn't playing music when I'm playing the actual game. When I am in the main menu and the loading screens it plays fine, but there is just no music in the game itself. Does anybody know how to fix this?

i beleive [some of] the music only plays when you are zoomed out. if you're playing zoomed in, you may only get sound effects, etc. not sure if this is the way it's supposed to work or not. but that's how it's been for me.

[SirMagus]

people at GameFAQs' current theory is that some of the sound files are incorrectly named, because music DOES play in the later eras, and there is ancient music in the music folder.

[Osprey]

I can confirm that the ancient music does play in-game, so the theory that they're named incorrectly doesn't hold water. There are times, however, when nothing seems to be playing. I'm guessing it's just a design decision to not play music end to end, perhaps for fear of it getting repetitive.

TheBarnacle is right that the music fades out when you zoom very far in. It gets replaced by sound effects (ex. birds if you're over forests). Also, if you're zoomed in and over one of your cities, you'll hear lively music that is different from the game's general ambient music. If you don't hear anything when you move over your city zoomed in all the way, then you have a bigger problem.