Von Manteuffel
08-13-07, 02:51 PM
Thanks to the ongoing work of Digital_Trucker and Misfit138 ( power and respect to both) we may soon see an end to the "Save Game bug" which reverts scripted radio stations in a saved game back to the mission start date, rather than the actual in-game save-date.
This means that scripted radio stations, with scheduled broadcasts, will become far more viable.
What would be interesting to know is how people use the radio - e.g. Do you actually manage to listen fully to half-hour programmes such as the Bob Hope Show, Burns & Allen, or Fibber McGee & Molly? Is music the main thing for you? Does anyone play SH IV in a way that allows them to listen to dramas and plays? How important is contemporaneous News? etc etc.
Of course, it all depends on how you play the game and there are probably as many different answers as there are players.
Personally, I don't have hours and hours at a time time to play the game, so TC is important for me - getting to the action / objective as quickly as possible. So, the way I play dictates that my use of the radio is in short ( 3 to 5 - minute "chunks."
What about everyone else?
( if the Moderators will allow, I'll post this on both SH IV forums ) I'm sure the information will be useful to anyone who may be tempted to produce a new radio station mod ( myself included .)
This means that scripted radio stations, with scheduled broadcasts, will become far more viable.
What would be interesting to know is how people use the radio - e.g. Do you actually manage to listen fully to half-hour programmes such as the Bob Hope Show, Burns & Allen, or Fibber McGee & Molly? Is music the main thing for you? Does anyone play SH IV in a way that allows them to listen to dramas and plays? How important is contemporaneous News? etc etc.
Of course, it all depends on how you play the game and there are probably as many different answers as there are players.
Personally, I don't have hours and hours at a time time to play the game, so TC is important for me - getting to the action / objective as quickly as possible. So, the way I play dictates that my use of the radio is in short ( 3 to 5 - minute "chunks."
What about everyone else?
( if the Moderators will allow, I'll post this on both SH IV forums ) I'm sure the information will be useful to anyone who may be tempted to produce a new radio station mod ( myself included .)