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To do this, go into the Odamex Launcher, goto file > settings and find the box at the bottom that says "Extra Command Line Arguments". In that box, put in "-nomusic" without quotations.
 
To do this, go into the Odamex Launcher, goto file > settings and find the box at the bottom that says "Extra Command Line Arguments". In that box, put in "-nomusic" without quotations.
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The other option to get music working properly is to install [http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ Freepats]:
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<pre>
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1) Download freepats-*.zip (where * indicates latest date)
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2) Unzip into C:\TIMIDITY
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3) Rename crude.cfg to timidity.cfg
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4) Run Odamex
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</pre>
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Another option is to ignore sdl_mixer and use Portmidi, which is now the default sound playback system on Windows
  
 
=== WADs and directories ===
 
=== WADs and directories ===
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Make sure at least one of those has the wads you want to use. You can also specify semicolon (";") delimetered lists of paths in either the commandline or in DOOMWADDIR.
 
Make sure at least one of those has the wads you want to use. You can also specify semicolon (";") delimetered lists of paths in either the commandline or in DOOMWADDIR.
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Odamex will also autodetect iwads that are installed from an official retail installation, whether from floppy disk, CD, internet purchase from id software, or the Steam releases of Doom.
  
 
== If all else fails ==
 
== If all else fails ==

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