Why would area ambient sound/music suddenly stop?

[Kulyok]

I've had this issue while testing Sellswords mod, and I've another report that confirms it. During dialogue, or just when setting the game on pause, the area's ambient sound and/or area music suddenly stop.

 

It happened in the mod-added area only. Looks like an area bug. I've never experienced it in my unmodded game. I've googled the issue, haven't found anything.

 

Have you experienced anything similar? Maybe there's a solution.

[argent77]

Do you have set bit 1 (Looping) of the ambient flags? If it's not set, the sound will be looped only when the game isn't paused (for whatever reason).

[Kulyok]

This is probably it! But I'm not sure how to edit it. Where exactly would I find this flag?

 

When I open O#L001.are in Near Infinity, I see flags Enabled(0), Point Sound(1), Main Ambient(2). When I open it in DLTC, I can see Flags=7(to be truthful, I just copied this stuff from AR2200).

[argent77]

You are probably using an ancient release of Near Infinity. It should be 'Point Sound' in your case. (You should really consider upgrading NI to the latest version. )

[Avenger]

You must be able to see Enabled/Looping/Global (ignore radius) and 2 more checkboxes in any recent dltcep.