Thoughts on a Tokyo Rose/Japanese music mod for Silent Hunter III???

[KZS.Wattenberg]

Hi, Im new to this forum.

Forgive my poor English, I am learning.

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a Tokyo Rose/Japanese music gramaphone mod for Silent Hunter III. AND YES I DO MEAN SH III.
I think it would go along well with GWX ( Awsome!!!:rock: ) and any other Monsoon boat related mod: listening to 'Zero hour' while maneuvering your Type IXC on a balmy August night off Jakarta.

I was also wondering if it is possible to have certain gramaphone music files to only be played while in a certain region (I doubt it would be possible to pick up Radio Tokyo while off Halifax he he) and if so, how?

Also, was it in fact common for U-Boat men to actually listen to Japanese broadcasts (music) in the course of Monsun operations? It would have indeed been possible (which is why I am creating/have created this mod).

(NOTE: I have only been able to find decent quality Tokyo Rose/'Zero hour' broadcasts from about August 1944 onwards: the Silent Hunter 4 team had this problem as well which is why Tokyo Rose was not included in that simulator. I also have found WWII Allied propaganda broadcasts directed specifically at U-Boat men, I might include this as well).

Good:up: or dumb:down: idea?

[d@rk51d3]

A full Gramophone is a happy gramophone. :up:


I think that's a great idea.

[Sailor Steve]

Great idea! Especially if, as you mentioned, one is playing in the Indian Ocean or Eastward.

[Tuddley3]

Welcome to Subsim KZS. Wattenberg.

Bunkerratt has a lot of good stuff, including Tokyo Rose(I think she is in the Coast Watcher downloads. Here is his Filefront link : http://hosted.filefront.com/bunkerratt.

I've not run across any Japanese music, just mainly Zero Hour and USO Tour stuff(With Bob Hope). If you want more stuff like this, ask around in the SH4 Mods Workshop.

As far as having certain music play in certain regions, that is only possible in SH4 with the Radio Stations function. The only special function with the SH3 Gramophone is a randomizer.

[Wreford-Brown]

I was also wondering if it is possible to have certain gramaphone music files to only be played while in a certain region (I doubt it would be possible to pick up Radio Tokyo while off Halifax he he) and if so, how?

It should be possible through SH3 Commander Flotilla files - you can make SH3 Commander write the gramaphone tracks into the correct folder every time you load a game using 10th Flotilla... all you need is someone to tell you which Flotilla folder is 10th Flotilla.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Kaleun....a good idea for the monsun patrols http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif