GW:EN - DirectSong Ingame Music Fix

DirectSong released an updated configuration file which enables the playback of the GW:EN soundtrack MP3s in game on Wednesday 8/29.

If you purchased the soundtrack early like I did you will not have the DirectSong versions of the music playing in game, just like I didn't when I was playing the preview. To fix this you simply need to download the new configuration file and overwrite your old file.

1) Download the new configuration file: http://www.directsong.com/zip/GuildWars_ds.zip

2) Extract the files from the zip and copy GuildWars.ds over your old version. The old file is where ever you installed the soundtrack. E:\Games\GuildWars\DirectSong in my case.

3) Play the game and enter a GW:EN area. Press F11 to bring up the option menu and select the sound tab. The bottom of the page sound have a glowing icon that says that DirectSong is playing additional content.

4) Have fun playing GW:EN.


If you have problems getting this to work simply log into the DirectSong website and rerun the GW:EN down utility. It will overwrite the files already on your computer and you won't need to reauthorize your machine if it's already has a permanent. The new configuration file will download on you should be all set.

Wait?! The Soundtrack's can be played in-game?!

I always thought it was only Battle Pack-One and the mini sorrows furnace pack...

When they released it EOTN DS Pack, the GuildWars.ds file (it's the music track / trigger) did not include any of the Eyes of the North entries.

If your an early adaptor, re-install any of the directsong packs, it will get updated as well as manually updated as above.

One of things I really wish would change if Anet distrubted this file with the standard gw updates vs having to get the file from DirectSong.

Every GW DirectSong pack intergrates in to Guildwars. This has been a past problem were people don't know to re-install or manually update that file to get / fix DS pack's.

Looking at the Directsong site, are the only 2 sound tracks that play ingame are the EoTN soundtrack and Nightfall soundtrack?

Here is every DS pack that will intergrate in to GW in some way
To see the "track/trigger" sheet content that needs to be updates
http://www.directsong.com/zip/GuildWars.txt

I own every ds pack listed below, this included buying the SE version of the original GW, as well as all CE versions of all 3 games.

GW101a Guild Wars Special Edition Soundtrack $5.99 [CD Burning allowed]
(Cost) $5.99 | (Tracks) 32 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 1 hr 6 min

GW101e "Special Edition" Guild Wars [No Cd Audio burning rights]
(Cost) NA | (Tracks) 36 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 1 hr 19 min

An exclusive music pack that only comes with the "Special Edition" of GuildWars.
It contains the GW101a GuildWars Special Edition Soundtrack (all 32 tracks) plus 4 exclusive one's only found in this version of GuildWars.

GW102m Sorrow's Furnace Mini-Pak [No CD Burning Rights]
(Cost) Free | (Tracks) 8 | (Bit Rate) 128 kbs | (Time) 25 min 15 sec

GW103 Guild Wars Battle Pak One $5.99 [No Cd burning rights]
(Cost) $5.99 | (Tracks) 16 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 1 hr 00 sec

GWF101 Guild Wars Factions Original Soundtrack [Allow CD Burning rights]
(Cost) $9.99 | (Tracks) 27 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 57 min 32 sec

GWF101e Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition Expansion Music [No Cd burning rights]
(Cost) NA | (Tracks) 9 | (Bit Rate) 128 kbs | (Time) 30 min 22 sec

An exclusive music pack that only comes with the "Collector's Edition" of Factions. It add's music not found anywhere else.

GWNF101 Guild Wars Nightfall Original Soundtrack
(Cost) $9.99 | (Tracks) 41 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 1 hr 20 min

GWNF101e Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition Expansion Music
(Cost) NA | (Tracks) 6 | (Bit Rate) 128 kbs | (Time) 20 min 16 sec

An exclusive music pack that only comes with the "Collector's Edition" of Nightfall. It add's music not found anywhere else.

GWEN101 Guild Wars Eye of the North Original Soundtrack [? Cd Audio burning rights]
(Cost) $9.99 | (Tracks) 33 | (Bit Rate) 320 kbs | (Time) 1 hr 15 min

When I unzipped the file, it was compressed to one line, since all of the carriage returns were stripped out. This causes the entire playlist to be behind a comment, and fail to play in game. (Rather, all music defaults back to standard non-DS music...)

By opening and saving the file in Wordpad (Windows XP), it restored the carriage returns, and all is well.

Just an FYI for others that don't get this file to work properly...

- Grunntar