Hi this mod is a combination of Sgt. Melin's combine sound mod and Pisoiasul's ATM mod so all credit goes to them for the great work they have each done. The main reason for this mod was to create a solution to the sound engine ctd most were coming across and I was no excpetion. So I began testing to find a solution to this problem and realised most of the ctds had to do with the order in which the mods are loaded in mod manager and not the actual sound engine at all. So instead of moving all my mods around to find a right pattern I just combined all sound mods into one so they would all load at the same time, and I have to say so far NO CTDS!! And with Pisoiasul's and Sgt. Melins ok I decided to release it as a mod for all to help others with the same problem.
Also as a plus I raised the cannon and musket sounds by 150 to 200% so your really ganna feel a bang lol.
http://www.filefront.com/15991543/mod_soundv3.pack
Installation: Just add the file to your empire data folder and enable it in mod manager. (Just make sure it loads first, unless you use the Blood smoke mod then that should always load first and the sound mod after that followed by db edited mods then retextured skins.)
Also follow my method of installing mods for the best preformance:
1 Open mod manager uncheck all mods and hit launch. 2 Exit empire once you get to the main menu. 3 Go to users, your name, app data, Roaming, the creative assembly, empire, scripts, and delete profile.last used mods, and user.empire_script. 4 Open mod manager again and put the biggest game changing mods first, ex. (bsm, sound mod, ktkg, realistic flags, no trails, tighterformations, no backpacks, highland mod, and any other unit texture mods last.) 5 Check them all and launch the game. 6 Exit game on main menu. 7 run a disk defrag (I use smart defrag Incase anyone wants to know.) 8 When thats done restart ur computer. 9 Run one more defrag after restart. And 10 Run the game as you normally would.
P.S. As a little precaution against ctds run a drefrag before you play empire everytime.