band won't play when leaving/entering port..

[supposedtobeworking]

How should I troubleshoot this? recently I have not had the pleasure of listening to that chipper band and uplifting music they play to get me in the right mood for victory as I sail off into the unkown.. this happened after I switched the fanfare in the data\sound directory the second time. I switched it once and the new march played fine, then switched back to the original march and now they dont play no matter what port I am at. the band is moving and cymbals are being swung but no music is heard---all croud cheers play though..

Anyone else have this prob and solve it...any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?....it would be nice to have that band playing again...thx

[rowi58]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

How should I troubleshoot this? recently I have not had the pleasure of listening to that chipper band and uplifting music they play to get me in the right mood for victory as I sail off into the unkown.. this happened after I switched the fanfare in the data\sound directory the second time. I switched it once and the new march played fine, then switched back to the original march and now they dont play no matter what port I am at. the band is moving and cymbals are being swung but no music is heard---all croud cheers play though..

Anyone else have this prob and solve it...any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?....it would be nice to have that band playing again...thx

Hi,

first of all check the correct spelling: Fanfara_01.wav.

Then chek, if your new file is a mono-wav file. It must have the following parameter/values (see screenshot):

If not, convert it to mono-wav (for example with CDex dl: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/

Or downlod my MilitaryMarch-Mod, where you can find 6 marches for the band. See the thread below:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=96786

Hope it helps.

greetigs
rowi58

[Venatore]

Thats because the bands morale is low due to our U-boat losses

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

now they dont play no matter what port I am at.

and your complaining ? :p

[HunterICX]

Wtf!? Tell Us The Secret!!!!!!! How !?

[STEED]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

and your complaining ? :p

I am complaining even in April 1945 that blasted band will not shut up.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by STEED

I am complaining even in April 1945 that blasted band will not shut up.

I gave them an Free air ticket to Hiroshima in japan ..... I'll bet their last song will end in an big bang

the last thing i saw was:


I think the song they played was ''When The Nukes Come To The Rising Sun''

[STEED]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

I gave them an Free air ticket to Hiroshima in japan ..... I'll bet their last song will end in an big bang

I like it.

[supposedtobeworking]

Hey Thanks Rowi58!! I'll check on that stuff. and thanks to the rest of you for your jokes...now that I know this I can start making my own march files for them to play. and come on give the band a break, I am sure they don't want to play that stuff, but if they whipped out some ragtime they might be arrested.

[KL Seestern]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

now that I know this I can start making my own march files for them to play.

Yes, the possibilities are endless once you create your own files ... some polka or drinking songs, a little swing, or maybe some Black Sabbath

Actually, it would be nice to have them play different tunes -- I think the stock game had 'Deutschland ueber Alles'? My band now plays 'Muss i' denn' (which I think was installed by the RUb mod), which I like better, but since it was the Kriegsmarine's standard 'farewell' tune, it seems a little out of place when I'm returning to port. Is there a way in the game to get the band to play different music for entering and leaving? (I suppose something simple like 'Fanfara_02' for the return to port would be too much to hope for!)

In the film of Das Boot, the band plays a march when the boat comes home (an interesting departure from the novel, where the narrator simply comments, 'Gott sei Dank: keine Blechmusik!'), but I don't recognize the tune. Does anyone know its title, and/or whether it was the Kriegsmarine's standard 'welcome home' number?