# GoW makes audio stop playing when it starts **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183 "2019-05-19T18:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/1 "2019-05-19T18:10:02Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:** iOS whatever’s current on an iPhone 7 **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** When I start Gems of War and I am listening to music on my headphones, I would like for the music to continue playing. Instead, my music stops playing and I have to restart it. **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** This only happens if I start GoW from a “quit” state. For example, if I background the game and come back later it’s fine. But if I use the task switcher to shut down GoW, then start it, this happens. **Steps to make it happen again** 1. Fully quit Gems of War. 2. Start playing a song. I recommend _Done Bleeding_, from the new album _In League with Dragons_ by The Mountain Goats. 3. The music stops and has to be restarted. ---
**Author:** ![Amadan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amadan/32/7653_2.png) [@Amadan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Amadan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/2 "2019-05-19T23:57:43Z")
> [@Slypenslyde](#): > > . I recommend _Done Bleeding_ , from the new album _In League with Dragons_ by The Mountain Goats. The grand total of everything I know about that band comes from hearing ads for the I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats podcast in episodes of Welcome to Night Vale. I’m kinda vaguely intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/3 "2019-05-20T11:31:43Z")
OK! Off-topic but if you want to start that journey I have _opinions_. _In League with Dragons_ is a good and bad starting point. You might consider starting by listening to some songs from _Tallahassee_ and _All Hail West Texas_. I think those two albums best represent the most consistent styles through the band’s history. If you hate _All Hail West Texas_, then you know not to listen to much from before it. If you hate _Tallahassee_, then you know to listen to older albums. The recent cycle of albums (_Beat the Champ_, _Goths_, _In League with Dragons_) are much more better-produced than previous albums. They also don’t tend to focus on the same content involving addiction, self-transformation, and terrible relationships as past albums have. That’s a bummer for me, but I can’t deny the music is very good. Anyway I’m going to force myself to stop here instead of going on an album-by-album analysis, I _really_ like this band and they have meant an awful lot to me in rough times. ---
**Author:** ![CliffyA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cliffya/32/28952_2.png) [@CliffyA](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CliffyA)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/4 "2019-05-21T01:48:46Z")
> [@Slypenslyde](#): > > Start playing a song. I recommend _Done Bleeding_ , from the new album _In League with Dragons_ by The Mountain Goats. This is not the power metal I was expecting. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/5 "2019-05-21T02:22:19Z")
For that consider Rhapsody of Fire or The Sword, I think _Age of Winters_ is a good starting album. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/6 "2019-05-21T03:07:50Z")
“No Children” and “This Year” are both songs that have provided a lot of solace to me through the years. Good sound, great lyrics, awesome band. ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/7 "2019-05-23T18:22:17Z")
Having the same issue, very annoying! I think Baby Beard was playing with the wires again… ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/8 "2019-05-28T02:44:19Z")
Is this being addressed? ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/9 "2019-05-28T12:10:37Z")
Technically depending on how you interpret the only dev response, it’s not yet been acknowledged as a bug. I’d like to talk music with CliffyA, but I’d also like a quick confirmation of whether he was here to make jokes (which is acceptable and I like!) or confirm + make jokes. ---
**Author:** ![jdk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jdk/32/58002_2.png) [@jdk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/10 "2019-06-02T02:46:27Z")
Confirmed via testing John darnielle is not only soul baring musician affected. It also works with Jeff Buckley ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/11 "2019-06-10T01:17:25Z")
How do I tell if something is “a known issue” or “if we ignore it it’ll go away”? ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/12 "2019-06-10T01:27:59Z")
If it matters, I see/hear this also. Also on iOS. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/13 "2019-06-29T17:52:16Z")
I’m just gonna keep bumping this until it’s at least on “known issues”. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/14 "2019-07-03T02:06:47Z")
This is still an issue in 4.4.5, let’s see if it can at least make the “known issues” list for 4.5, I guess Cliffy’s super busy since he never got around to it. ---
**Author:** ![CliffyA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cliffya/32/28952_2.png) [@CliffyA](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CliffyA)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/15 "2019-07-03T02:21:13Z")
I create the issues, I don’t log the issues. ---
**Author:** ![Kafka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kafka/32/33529_2.png) [@Kafka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kafka)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/16 "2019-07-03T03:11:38Z")
I log the issues mwahahaha I also am frustrated by this right when you’re in the middle of a good song and it goes away T\_T This is an issue with Unity ☹ Also I can add it to the known issues list but I tend to try to leave that for even more irritating bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-makes-audio-stop-playing-when-it-starts/55183/17 "2019-07-03T12:37:57Z")
Ahh, OK I didn’t know it was a Unity issue. That’s a horse of a different color. > [@CliffyA](#): > > I create the issues, I don’t log the issues. I’m lucky I wasn’t taking a sip of coffee here.