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Old 03-26-07, 11:46 PM   #6
Beery
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Originally Posted by tedhealy
Every station, even when not within their operational broadcast dates will show up as you search for stations. So even after Manila falls and the station stops broadcasting on January 2nd, 1942, the radio will still stop at frequency 52 and display Manila RB. You will only hear static on that station after Jan 2, 1942, but the radio will still tune it in. This is how it works for radio stations that will come on line in the future too. I cannot find a way around this.
Here's a way around it - on the same frequency list another channel - as long as the two channels have different dates of operation there should be no conflict. After Manila falls, the radio should tune to the later-dated channel instead of the earlier one. On this new channel place propaganda broadcasts - Tokyo Rose etc. If there can't be two channels on the same frequency, make the second channel just one frequency higher (i.e. 52 before Manila falls, 53 after) - the radio will tune to 52 but you'll hear 53 fairly clearly, then you click again and it goes to 53, then click again and it tunes to 62, etc. There should be no reason for players to hear static - if we can get some Japanese broadcasts (I already found a few 'Orphan Ann' music show intros and sign-offs) it should be fairly simple to get it all working seamlessly (assuming the SH4 coding has been done rationally - which was not always the case with SH3).

Also, when areas fall to opposing nations it might be fun to leave a gap of a few days so that we just hear static until the new authority gets radio broadcasts back on the air again.
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