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GeneralXIV
5 years ago

Music on 0% volume, still plays during cutscenes + others?

Hi 🙂

I love the Mass Effect games, and for my first playthrough of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, I decided that I would try to make a fan-made trailer in ShareFactory using clips recorded from the game. How successful I'll be, I have no idea, but to make it easier I tried to mute the music volume in settings for Mass Effect 1 (I haven't tried the others yet).

While muting the volume does work for some of the music in-game (for example, the main menu and combat music), the soundtrack will still play during cutscenes. I'm not sure if this is a bug or intended though. It also plays at other times, reacting to some dialogue to add emphasis or during quests, like approaching Anderson at the Citadel Tower before Saren's hearing.

The only other time I've tried to mute in-game music is during my time doing exactly the same thing in Star Wars Battlefront II, and it muted all music, even during cutscenes. Because of that, I think it could be a bug or an issue that might not be intended, but I'm not sure.

I play on the base PS4 🙂

me legendary edition

2 Replies

  • sweetpoison0011's avatar
    sweetpoison0011
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    Some cut scene are based on prerendered clip which include the sound no matter what settings are you use. See it as the characters acting in front of a giant screen where it plays a prerendered video.

    It is a technique meant to facilitate loading new a assets while keeping the game running smoothly. 

    Cheers

  • GeneralXIV's avatar
    GeneralXIV
    5 years ago

    Thank you for your reply 🙂

    To be honest, I still think this is something that could/should be fixed. I think there are quite a few ways music is used in the game (background/combat, during cutscenes, the cutscene emphasis effects, places like Chora's Den and Flux). Atm, I think the music volume only controls one out of four of those things, and I think it could be better for sure 🙂

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