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[Yovaneth]

Somewhere I read (have read frequently!) that the only 'safe' place to add a new song to songlist.2da is slot 0 (zero). But what if slot 0 is already occupied? How would you add a new song then? Just to be awkward, I want to add three new pieces of music, although I suspect I can get away with a PlaySound() for one of them.

-Y-

[Ghreyfain]

No, no, don't use slot 0 for a new song. Use slot 0 for a blank song that you can play (to essentially turn off the music), then play your mod's music as a sound.

[Yovaneth]

Hi Ghrey

I finally tracked down your tutorial on adding songs with Weidu. Finding it did cause me a slight smile; the old joke about 'why is <something> always in the last place you look' was true in this case. I searched the tutorial forums in SHS, G3 and PPG (in that order) and the one I wanted really was the last one on the last page in PPG....

-Y-

[Ghreyfain]

Hehehe. I don't even recall writing it. Was it actually relevant in this day and age of newfangled modding technology?

[Yovaneth]

Hehehe. I don't even recall writing it. Was it actually relevant in this day and age of newfangled modding technology?

Yup!

-Y-

[Idobek]

Is the tutorial I wrote inadequate in some way?

Oh, wait you're actually planning to use acm files... carry on.

[Yovaneth]

Is the tutorial I wrote inadequate in some way?

Damn - missed one! Where is it?

<search, search> Aha!!!! Gotcha! It's now on my hard drive.

Oh, wait you're actually planning to use acm files... carry on.

Not necessarily!

-Y-

[Sticz]

So where is that tutorial?

Sticz

[Sticz]

I found one tutorial, but Im not concerned with compressing the files, Im just playing arround with my own stuff.

According to what I've read:

Open a blank .txt file and add the following text:-

MXMYMOD
1
A @TAG END

Which seems to fit because as a template I was using LR files and found this:

MXHeal
1
A @TAG END

Now do I have to make a BAT file? It looks as though I don't. What Im getting is that I just add this code to the setup file:

COPY ~MyMod\Sounds\MxMyMod.mus~ ~Music\MxmyMod.mus~
ADD_MUSIC ~MyMod~ ~Music\MxMyMod.mus~

That has the .mus file added to the game, but do I also need to add a line to copy the WAV file itself? It also poses the question to me: "Where does snd2acm fit in?" or is the copying of the .mus file covering that?

What Im trying to do is juat add some music I pilfered off of another game I have but don't play. I have the sound in .wav form, I just need it in game. I was planning on just adding it to the songlist.2da instead of adding it to the scripts.

Im starting to get the hang of this modding I think...

Sticz

[Yovaneth]

PocketPlane Group here and here. As Ghrey said and Idobek hinted, it's not a good idea to use .acm files because of the restriction on the number of songlist.2da slots available, so I'm going with Idobek's tutorial for my mod.

-Y-

Edited by Yovaneth, 16 November 2005 - 02:06 AM.