PM>  Roger Fingas wrote in a message to Patrick McCullough:
 PM>  OK, I finally got around to hooking up the audio cable on my
 PM>  CD-Rom drive, and now I want to listen to CD music while
 PM>  playing Shadow Warrior.  (For those who didn't know, this
 PM>  is a feature of the game.)
 PM>  But how do I get the MIDI game music to quit so I can hear
 PM>  the CD?  Kind of a pain to have the MIDI fighting with the CD
 PM>  all time.  And if you turn off the music in the game, it kills
 PM>  the CD audio as well.  There's got to be a solution to this. 
 PM>  Anybody know the answer?
RF> Here's the more technical way of countering the problem: 
RF> 1.  As soon as the game starts up, before starting the CD
RF> audio, disable Music.
 PM>  Unfortunately, the music volume control also controls the CD volume, so
 PM>  disabling music effectively disables the CD as well.
       I know why it works for me, but not you...I have a cable linked 
directly from my CD drive to my speakers.
 PM>  There IS a way around this: run the setup program and tell it you don't
 PM>  have a music card.
 PM>  The CD can then be played without interference, although the volume
 PM>  level may not be what you want.  Best bet there is use your sound
 PM>  card's volume utility to set the CD level where you want it.
RF> 2.  Start playing.  Find a safe spot away from enemies. 
RF> Then, press "T" (normally the Talk multiplayer function) and type
RF> in: CD loop 
 PM>  Right.  All that is in the swhelp file.  :)
 PM>  Thanks!
        Hope I was of *some* help.  
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