Custom music and sound

[AstroCat]

Can you have custom music and sound tied to scenarios, I thought I read you could but I can't seem to get it to work. Any help?

[ralphtricky]

ORIGINAL: AstroCat

Can you have custom music and sound tied to scenarios, I thought I read you could but I can't seem to get it to work. Any help?

<sigh> It's one of the things I didn't do because I didn't think there would be a need for it. It's a little complicated, since the Music should override all other music, while the sound should only override the one sound file.

I'll see what I can do in a future patch.

You can put the sound in a directory with the year, and anything with that year or later will play that sound, for now, that's it.

Ralph

[AstroCat]

Ok, got it. Thanks for the reply.

[ralphtricky]

Out of curiosity, why did you want the custom sounds?

[JAMiAM]

Maybe he wanted to listen to the Apocalypse Now soundtrack, while playing his Vietnam scenarios...[;)]

[AstroCat]

ORIGINAL: JAMiAM

Maybe he wanted to listen to the Apocalypse Now soundtrack, while playing his Vietnam scenarios...[;)]

Something like that. Mostly for music, to set up some playlists for the game. I know I could do this in about a zillion other ways outside of the game I was just curious. Making some new SFX would be fun as well, I am a "sound guy".

[Bloodybucket28th]

Sound in a wargame of this level is pretty subjective, and the "event" sounds, no matter how well done, are going to get old.&nbsp;
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Sounds tailored to a scenario could be a way to keep them from getting stale...even to the individial side, so the Japanese in Guadalcanal went "Banzai" instead of "urrah".&nbsp; Of course, even if a lot of effort went into this, there is a large percentage of players who will simply turn off the sound.
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Ditto for music.&nbsp; The ability to load different music for each year is fine, but I'm sure it raises a whole host of issues that a game company would rather not deal with.&nbsp; I know that I do like to spin the virtual 78's while playing Silent Hunter III.&nbsp;

[Okimaw]

Wouldn't it be cool to have the old Soviet national anthem, Deutchland uber alles, Britains never shall be slaves, or other period music for certain campaigns?

[jbunnelle]

I second this request.&nbsp; I was under the impression that sounds could be scenario-specific.

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: ralphtrick

<sigh> It's one of the things I didn't do because I didn't think there would be a need for it. It's a little complicated, since the Music should override all other music, while the sound should only override the one sound file.

I'll see what I can do in a future patch.

It would be a nice little feature, if not exactly an essential one. I must have been listening to those same tunes (in assorted games) for nearly a decade now!