Okay so....

This means that the 4th line (MP3 run time) is unnecessary for the mod to function correctly, yes?

And on the random issue...didn't someone make a mod for SH3 gramaphone that insured a different file each time you opened it? Could we not do the same for the radio in SH4?

Quick question
 

I'm loving these stations! Great work.

If I download and put a couple of these into the game....can I just switch stations and have them play? What I'm asking is....is it only one at a time? or can I put in say five different ones and just switch the dial to get them?
Thanks.

M.K.
Knight165

Jimimadrid did it yea.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111597
He might look in to it...when he has a minute maybe ;)

Great mod! DL it all :rock:
Two quick questions.

What does this do?
Antenna=01.01.1930-01.01.2000:40.00,-74.00:100000
I know that 100000 is range... but what are all those numbers in bold?

2. Why are all mp3 files for Abbott_And_Costello played twice (reruns?). Example:

StartDate=01.01.1942
StartTime=19.00.00
MediaFile=Abbott_And_Costello_421015_Bank_Robbery_w_Marle.mp 3
;29:42
[EVENT]
StartDate=16.01.1942
StartTime=19.00.00
MediaFile=Abbott_And_Costello_421015_Bank_Robbery_w_Marle.mp 3
;29:42

Correct, that line is not needed. It's just info for me or anyone looking at the events.ini.

I don't think the grammy randomizer could be used for the radio. The grammy played files in alphabetical order I believe(no randomization), so randomizing was just a matter of tacking on different numbers/letters to the files everytime the game starts. The radio music files are randomized to begin with, but how the radio music files are randomized is a mystery to me.

Yes you can switch to any of them and have them play. When you tune away from in progress show, it actually pauses that show.

This has its positives and negatives as you can tune away from a show you are listening to in order to scan the dial or whatever and then tune back to the original station and pick up that show right where you left it. The show also pauses when you submerge deep enough to lose the radio station. But this also means you can't start a show, figure out you don't want to listen to that one and tune away, then tune back in when that show should be over. It won't be over because it will have paused the show when you tuned away.

01.01.1930-01.01.2000 = radio operation date - 1st jan 1930 - 1st jan 2000
40.00,-74.00 = latitude and longitude of radio station - not that important when power = 100000 because the station can be heard anywhere on the map so the originating location isn't important.

That's because I didn't have enough shows to do 2 a month for the entire war, so I did 1 show that got repeated every month. I'll look into this again as I don't like this solution. I'll either find more A&C shows or combine A&C with another comedy that doesn't have enough shows on its own either.

Thanks!

I am making a mix of all stations so I won't have to change stations;
I have copied all the .mp3 files from all those stations into one directory.
Now I have to merge all those events.ini files...

One more question:
Events in events.ini file ... must they be listed in chronological order?

Thanks.

Ya know, I don't know. I just always assumed that they needed to be in order and I did it that way, but I don't know for sure.

Good luck with your merge :D

Thanks for the reply Ted.
Simply OUTSTANDING MOD. Both you and CaptainCox deserve a huge amount of praise for your work:up:. It truly brings a sense of "suspension of disbelief" to the sim and either listening to the CBSNews broadcast or one of the shows it gives you a "you are there" feeling.
Thank you very much.

M.K.
Knight165

I'll redo Abbott and Costello to get rid of the repeats. I'll add the Great Gildersleeve to it because there aren't enough A&C to run the whole war. A&C runs from about 1943 to the end of the war while GG runs 42 to 43.

Abbott and Costello is updated. If you want to grab the latest version and don't mind the download, you'll get a few new A&C shows, The Great Gildersleeve, and no more repeat shows. If you have a previous version of Abbott and Costello you won't have to edit the radio.ini, just delete AbbottCostello folder in \data\sound\radio and replace with the new one. The previously added A&C [CHANNEL] entry in the radio.ini will work with the updated version.

Information Please should get uploaded by the weekend. Bring your A game for this quiz show. After listening to quite a few of them, there are some really tough questions. No more "wasting your time" playing video games, you'll be able to amaze your family and friends with your knowledge of classical literature, history, and trivia after listening to this station.

do they operate on different channels?

Yes, you select the frequencies as described in the readmes.

...or are you asking about abbott and costello and gildersleeve? If you are asking about them, then no, they were combined into one station because I don't have enough content to run them individually 2 times a month for the entire war.

Information Please will get uploaded tonight :D

....332 MB uncompressed, 90 shows, 30 minutes each. This one is one of my favorites.

It's up, see first post as usual.

Next, I think I'll combine Burns and Allen with GI Journal/Mail call to get rid of the Burns & Allen repeats. Looks like that should come in around 90 shows, about 45 each.

Is this correct
RADIO-NOTEPAD

[GENERAL]
RadioRealism=Yes
StartCh=1
[CHANNEL]
Name=Washington
Folder=Washington
Freq=22
Antenna=01.01.1930-01.01.2000:44.16,-35.10:100000
;MusicVolumeOnNews takes values from 0.01 to 1
MusicVolumeOnNews=0.4
[CHANNEL]
Name=Adventure
Folder=adventure
Freq=33
Antenna=01.01.1930-01.01.2000:55.00,-3.00:100000
;MusicVolumeOnNews takes values from 0.01 to 1
MusicVolumeOnNews=0.01

Looks correct. I'd change the musicVolumeOnNews for washington to .01 though.

Sorry for the stupid question but............... from where do I download the files?
The links are only take me to txt. files!

It seems filefront killed all the radio station downloads and left the readmes. I'm not sure what to do. I don't particularly feel like uploading 5 gigs of stuff to filefront again.