[WIP] Changing radio washington to many small stations

[tedhealy]

Originally Posted by CaptainCox

Maybe you mentioned this in earlier posts, did you figure how to turn off the music when news broad casts starts?

This issue should get resolved Once it is, I'll release this mod pretty quickly thereafter.

[Ziem]

Originally Posted by bunkerratt

cool..tyvm...that'll be todays project...the launching of radio saigon...and testing thereof ..

Unfortunately I'm late for an appointment so I have to run. Everything is ready. Just have to upload it and Ill release it asap.

Sorry,

Z.

[bunkerratt]

it's cool ..i was just thinking back a few yrs when i was into pirate radio and dx calling ..and mr. marconi's 36ft radio wave ...i still have here next to me my grandfathers zenith trans oceanic tube set it still works ...and yes the static sounds exactly like the set in sh4......

[tedhealy]

I'd like some feedback on a couple of issues regarding releasing this mod. With only added news events, the mod will be around 600 MB - about 250 news events ranging from under a minute up to a few 60 minute 'zero hour'/tokyo rose broadcasts. If I include music, the download will double in size.

A lot of the music is from already released mods such as the CBS radio mod and castorp345's Japanese mod packs. You definitely want the music (specially the Japanese music) because it will play randomly between scripted news events....but a 1 gigabyte download is too much for many even if I split it into 100MB chunks. Or should I go ahead with a 10+ part, 100MB per each part, mod? Is there that a big difference between having to download 600 MB and 1200 MB? If you're going to download 600MB to begin with, you probably have a pretty fast connection, so another 600MB probably won't be a big deal?

Another option would be to put together a 600 MB music pack separate from this mod that would include the music others have released plus my collection that I haven't seen others use in their mods. This way you'd get the scripted news, but you'd have to provide your own music from various mod packs, my 600MB pack, or whatever source you have.

Or I could try to separate out the music that I have that I haven't seen in the other mod packs...I'm not sure how big this would be EDIT: 230MB worth of new music.

Any opinions?

[Beery]

Since I have every radio mod out there I'd say release what's just your stuff and let us fill in the blanks. I'd also be for a huge download, but that's because I have a fast cable connection. Plus, those who don't have a fast connection should get 'Getright' or another program that can download big files if the connection is lost.

But I'm sure others will tell you they prefer the 100MB downloads. However, I had trouble getting the files from one source last week - some of the files were corrupted, so there are swings and roundabouts I guess.

[bunkerratt]

i think i would agree with beery ...or i'm going to have a million parts of everything all over the place ...j/k...your stuff would be best ....but it's your call....

[tedhealy]

I'm thinking that will probably be the best idea - this mod, and a separate music download pack of just my additions. I'll list in the readme other mod packs for more music and where to put the music for this mod.

Just as a reminder, in this mod Radio Washington as one big around the world station is gone. It is replaced by 19 new and smaller stations broadcasting from various parts of the Pacific at various times during the war. Operational dates for stations will be tied to the progression of the war. Stations will change hands as the axis/allies advance.

New news event content has also been added. Each of the 19 stations will draw content from one of of four folders, either Washington, New York, London, or Tokyo.
When you add music files to these folders, you will get a random music radio station that plays scripted news events.

The current stations are (* stations switch control)

Hawaii
Midway
Tokyo
Australia
Singapore*
Manila**
Guadalcanal*
Bougainville*
Saipan*
Iwo Jima*
Okinawa*

Using this mod with other radio station mods will most likely require you to edit your radio.ini file for station frequency conflicts, but there should be no problem with having multiple radio mods working with this mod.

[bunkerratt]

ok..waiting for the rel ...and i was thinking as i was off the coast of rabual ...and i had the vision of carey grant in father goose ..playing the coast watcher role ...anyway..nice work man..tyvm

[OSO]

Originally Posted by tedhealy

I'd like some feedback on a couple of issues regarding releasing this mod. With only added news events, the mod will be around 600 MB - about 250 news events ranging from under a minute up to a few 60 minute 'zero hour'/tokyo rose broadcasts. If I include music, the download will double in size.

A lot of the music is from already released mods such as the CBS radio mod and castorp345's Japanese mod packs. You definitely want the music (specially the Japanese music) because it will play randomly between scripted news events....but a 1 gigabyte download is too much for many even if I split it into 100MB chunks. Or should I go ahead with a 10+ part, 100MB per each part, mod? Is there that a big difference between having to download 600 MB and 1200 MB? If you're going to download 600MB to begin with, you probably have a pretty fast connection, so another 600MB probably won't be a big deal?

Another option would be to put together a 600 MB music pack separate from this mod that would include the music others have released plus my collection that I haven't seen others use in their mods. This way you'd get the scripted news, but you'd have to provide your own music from various mod packs, my 600MB pack, or whatever source you have.

Or I could try to separate out the music that I have that I haven't seen in the other mod packs...I'm not sure how big this would be EDIT: 230MB worth of new music.

Any opinions?

Ted.

You've done a lot already. It would be irresposible of the community to expect you to revise something of this maginitude to fit every bill. You've done outstanding iwork so far with a lot of research involved.

I'm not sure how the best way is to approach a mod of this magnitude. It is simple in its contsruction but really deep in its implementation.

I don't know what else to say. I've downloaded the files and it works great. The extra depth that you plan on adding will go a long way.

Thanks for your efforts.

Oso

[clayton]

You do good work! As always, thanks...

[tedhealy]

Thanks guys.

I have no problem packaging the mod a certain way before it's released if everyone wants it a certain way. If everybody wants it a different way, I'll do it my way

Anyways, just to say again, the mod will be released most likely right after when the next patch hits(or sometime around mid to late next week, whichever comes first). That should give me plenty of time to cruise around and make sure everything functions and the playlist isn't too bunched up with audio.

I already killed a bug today:p Apparently SH4 doesn't like .au audio files one bit. Instant crash if you have one as a scripted audio event.

[Ziem]

Radio Saigon is up and running. d/l link plus some info can be found here -->
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...184#post475184

Have fun with it.


Z.

[bunkerratt]

....tyvm....

[castorp345]

Originally Posted by Ziem

Radio Saigon is up and running. d/l link plus some info can be found here -->
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...184#post475184

sweet!
thanks Ziem!!

[Ziem]

Originally Posted by Beery

I think back in the 1940s radio stations would probably have played a mix of '30s and '40s stuff because it took longer for music to filter through to places in those days, so trends in music would probably have been less fleeting than they are today. Anyway I'm sure radio stations had the same proclivity for playing classics and oldies as they have today. I'll bet radio stations often played classic tunes from the late '20s even into the 1940s, just as today we often hear new wave songs from the '80s, though perhaps in an updated version.

true but I also think that in occupied countries like France it became also harder to get the raw materials to mass produce records because everything had to go to Germany for their war industry. I was just browsing through my french music maps for volume II and I saw that there are a lot of recordings from lets say 1925 to 1940 but towards 1945 there are fewer and fewer and then a lot again from 1947 onwards.

And ofcourse one wasn't allowed to have a radio during the war.

Z.