Radio

[david_simons40]

Hi guys,

I've installed Captain midnights CBS station and also the BBC station using JSGME but this didn't quite work so I copied files across manually. While doing this I noticed that the radio config file was missing so copied the file from a backup data file. After using JSGME to first uninstall the CBS station and BBC station and then reinstall I found that the radio config file had updated for the CBS station but not for the BBC station. I have edited the config file so that the radio recognises the BBC channel but wondered what the bottom row of numbers are for, the other lines of code are logical and just name the station, tell the radio what folder to look in and assign a frequency but I can't figure out the relevence of the numbers given for the antenna other than a range of dates for the news articles. For the BBC channel I have copied the same numbers that the Washington Channel uses and this seems to work but it would be nice to now the relevence of these numbers and whether this duplication will ultimately cause a problem.

Thanks for any light shed on this.

Dave

[fred8615]

Using BBC as an example:

[CHANNEL]
Name=BBC <- the channel name as it will appear in the tooltip when the cursor hovers over the radio.

Folder=BBC <- the folder where your files are.

Freq=200 <- the radio frequency, or channel number.

Antenna=01.01.1941-01.01.1946: <- the date the station will begin and then will stop broadcasting; 51.45, <- the geographic latitude of the station; -0.12: <- the geographic longitude of the station; 100000 <- the broadcasting power of the station. This is very important as there's a bug in the game that causes stations to cut off when you cross 180 longitude if it's set to anything less than 100000. Which side of 180 it stops on depends on the latitude and longitude of the station set previously.

MusicVolumeOnNews=0.01 <- this lowers the music volume when a scripted event from the station's events.ini file starts playing. While it's playing, the music actually continues in the background.

Anything else you need to know?

[david_simons40]

Thanks Fred for the explanation that's a great help. From what you've said it looks as though I can leave the antenna numbers as those for Washington and while not historically acurate it won't affect the station working. I'll add the music volume on news to each of the stations.:up: