Gramaphone randomiser??

[FFIF]

Is there a way to get the gramaphone to play tracks in your folder randomly? is this a feature already built into the game and i simply have overlooked it, or is there hopefully a mod to do it?

[King_Zog]

The SH3 commander utility can do that for you. If you are not already using it, you can get it from the downloads section of this site.

[Gerald]

SH3 Commander can do it for you

[stokeyblokey]

I have checked the randomize tracks option in SH3C but now it seems to want to play tracks from the previous "Date" folder. I split all my music and radio broadcasts by date and put them in the appropriate Date\YYYYMMDD\data\Sound\Gramaphone folders but it didn't seem to work...

Eg: In the folder C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Date\19391017\data\Sound\Gramophone I have Churchill's "Ten Weeks of War" broadcast amongst other things.

Now I am into 1940 and was expecting SH3C to load only the files form the next date folder (C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Date\19400101\data\Sound\Gramophone) but it is still playing the Ten Weeks of War speech...

I did exit SH3 and load it again with Sh3C between patrols.

Does ramdomize tracks mean it takes them from any/all Date folders prior to the current game date or did I screw something up? :oops:

[Gerald]

I have checked the randomize tracks option in SH3C but now it seems to want to play tracks from the previous "Date" folder. I split all my music and radio broadcasts by date and put them in the appropriate Date\YYYYMMDD\data\Sound\Gramaphone folders but it didn't seem to work...

Eg: In the folder C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Date\19391017\data\Sound\Gramophone I have Churchill's "Ten Weeks of War" broadcast amongst other things.

Now I am into 1940 and was expecting SH3C to load only the files form the next date folder (C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander\Date\19400101\data\Sound\Gramophone) but it is still playing the Ten Weeks of War speech...

I did exit SH3 and load it again with Sh3C between patrols.

Does ramdomize tracks mean it takes them from any/all Date folders prior to the current game date or did I screw something up? :oops: Good question which I can not 100% answer, but there are certainly those who may be here, be patient, it will probably answer that comes

[stokeyblokey]

Vendor, thanks for the encouragement :)

While I was waiting I thought I should take another look at the SH3C manual and I think I know what I did wrong...

I think (untested yet!) that what I need to do is put the radio files into folders for that exact date so they only play once rather than being "randomised" - as I am now in between two folder dates from the pre-installed SH3C radio broadcasts, I think it is defaulting to the older folder but only playing the files I added as I have skipped through like a hundred fifty or more times and never got JScones Radio.wav file more than once a patrol.

It warrants further looking into but not tonight or I will never get through the Kiel canal and sink anything! :arrgh!:

Cheers

Stokey

[Jimbuna]

Vendor, thanks for the encouragement :)

While I was waiting I thought I should take another look at the SH3C manual and I think I know what I did wrong...

I think (untested yet!) that what I need to do is put the radio files into folders for that exact date so they only play once rather than being "randomised" - as I am now in between two folder dates from the pre-installed SH3C radio broadcasts, I think it is defaulting to the older folder but only playing the files I added as I have skipped through like a hundred fifty or more times and never got JScones Radio.wav file more than once a patrol.

It warrants further looking into but not tonight or I will never get through the Kiel canal and sink anything! :arrgh!:

Cheers

Stokey


Your correct about the date folders...you should have no problems now.

[FFIF]

ok i feel noobish....

I have been using SH Commander, i even had the "randomise gramaphone tracks" tick box checked, and still started this thread....totally forgot about it.

Thanks for the responses though...it seems some new questions have been raised by it, so it was not a waste.

[stokeyblokey]

Your correct about the date folders...you should have no problems now.

Cheers Jim, that makes me feel a little less daft! :salute:

ok i feel noobish....Thanks for the responses though...it seems some new questions have been raised by it, so it was not a waste.

As a wise person once said, "There are no stupid questions - only stupid answers", thanks to your question prompting me to look into this I have now learned something that massively improves the immersion of my game so thank you FFIF :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

ok i feel noobish....

I have been using SH Commander, i even had the "randomise gramaphone tracks" tick box checked, and still started this thread....totally forgot about it.

Thanks for the responses though...it seems some new questions have been raised by it, so it was not a waste.

Not at all...we all learn from each other here in this community.

[Jimbuna]

Cheers Jim, that makes me feel a little less daft! :salute:



As a wise person once said, "There are no stupid questions - only stupid answers", thanks to your question prompting me to look into this I have now learned something that massively improves the immersion of my game so thank you FFIF :sunny:

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