[HELP] Radio/Gramophone problems

[Tuddley3]

I have mentioned this briefly before, but it is now really starting to get on my nerves!!!

I have only seen what the radio even looks like because it was in someone else's screenshot, I have never seen it or the Gramophone in my own game.

1) I click on the last tab on the taskbar(the movie camera icon)
2) I can click on the Free Camera icon, and it depresses and away it goes to external view.
3) But!!! If I click on the Radio or Gramophone icon, nothing happens(whether I am submerged or surfaced), and the buttons dont depress or change color or nothing.I don't even get as much as a clicking sound when I click on either icon.
4) The only way I can get the Gramophone to work, is to mofify the Commands.cfg file via the Setkeys program(but it only turns on, does not show up on screen).

I have almost all of BR's radio stations, and can't even listen to them, I don't even know if you are supposed to receive news broadcasts automatically or not, because the radio has never been functional for me.

Any suggestions of what I am doing wrong ?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Tuddley3

I have mentioned this briefly before, but it is now really starting to get on my nerves!!!

I have only seen what the radio even looks like because it was in someone else's screenshot, I have never seen it or the Gramophone in my own game.

1) I click on the last tab on the taskbar(the movie camera icon)
2) I can click on the Free Camera icon, and it depresses and away it goes to external view.
3) But!!! If I click on the Radio or Gramophone icon, nothing happens(whether I am submerged or surfaced), and the buttons dont depress or change color or nothing.I don't even get as much as a clicking sound when I click on either icon.
4) The only way I can get the Gramophone to work, is to mofify the Commands.cfg file via the Setkeys program(but it only turns on, does not show up on screen).

I have almost all of BR's radio stations, and can't even listen to them, I don't even know if you are supposed to receive news broadcasts automatically or not, because the radio has never been functional for me.

Any suggestions of what I am doing wrong ?

Strange one Tuddley3:hmm: what mods are you using besides the radio stuff?


RDP

[Tuddley3]

I have used RFB once, recently installed Trigger Maru. Here is the rest of my mods list.

Trigger_Maru_ver1-3
SILENT SERVICE GRAPHICS MOD 1,1
DD_SHIV_Debris_V1.2.01
DD_SHIV_Debris_V1.2.01_Update
SH4-UltimateSoundPack
SH4_Ultimate_Soundmod_Fix
Tuddley's Diesel Engine Sound
SMALLER SEABED ROCKS
Kelp Forests 1.0
Slow Smoke v3
Red_Kompass1_Line
Night Vision Level 1
New Heavy Guns Sound
Hotkeys SH4
GREEN LOCK AND POSITION BUTTON 1.2
Dragons Vargas Girls Menu Screens Mod
Darker_Captains_Log_Clipbd
Dark Torps Colored
Dark Chrono
better recognition manual 1.0
Beery's Camera Mod 3
30m Underwater
RetroNavTools - dropdown
TABLE MAP 1,3
Real Medals v1.01

[Misfit138]

Have you tried running the game without any mods?

That's one weird problem indeed but you should be able to receive radio messages from radio Washington anyway

[Tuddley3]

Originally Posted by Misfit138

Have you tried running the game without any mods?

That's one weird problem indeed but you should be able to receive radio messages from radio Washington anyway

Only messages I receive are contact reports and all. I have never received any Radio messages ever, even running stock game. I don't even know what the Radio or Gramophone looks like on the screen.

I have about 7 GB of radio stations(News and Music), and I can't even use them. I am about to just use WinAmp to play them randomly while I play. I am getting very frustrated.

This is(So far), the only bug I have with SH4, besides low fps, but thats my fault for having a 4 yr old computer.

[Fearless]

Originally Posted by Tuddley3

Only messages I receive are contact reports and all. I have never received any Radio messages ever, even running stock game. I don't even know what the Radio or Gramophone looks like on the screen.

I have about 7 GB of radio stations(News and Music), and I can't even use them. I am about to just use WinAmp to play them randomly while I play. I am getting very frustrated.

This is(So far), the only bug I have with SH4, besides low fps, but thats my fault for having a 4 yr old computer.

Ok,
1. Are the new radio stations in the Radio.ini file? and
2. Are your music files stereo or mono because the need to be mono.

[Tuddley3]

Originally Posted by Fearless

Ok,
1. Are the new radio stations in the Radio.ini file? and
2. Are your music files stereo or mono because the need to be mono.

1. Yes
2. I believe they are mono, 95% of my Radio Staion inventory is downloaded from Bunkerratt's FileFront page.

I don't even receive the stock Washington Radio News Broadcasts, I get nothing. And like I said, I cant even open the Radio Interface, I don't even know wheat the Radio even looks like, or the Gramophone.

[DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by Tuddley3

4) The only way I can get the Gramophone to work, is to mofify the Commands.cfg file via the Setkeys program(but it only turns on, does not show up on screen).

I have almost all of BR's radio stations, and can't even listen to them, I don't even know if you are supposed to receive news broadcasts automatically or not, because the radio has never been functional for me.

Any suggestions of what I am doing wrong ?

If you used Setkeys before the problem happened, then that's what did it! Setkeys does something to Commands.cfg that breaks some commands (it was written for SH3) I don't know what exactly it does, but the two broken commands I noticed the 1st time I used it were Gramophone and Radio. Neither one would work anymore just like you describe.

If this is the case, and if you have a copy of the original, unmodified Commands.cfg, try this:

1) Rename your "bad" Commands.cfg.
2) Copy back the original Commands.cfg.
3) Run SH4 and try Gramophone/Radio - they should work now.
4) If they do work, open the "good" Commands.cfg in a copy of Notepad, and open the "bad" Commands.cfg in another copy of Notepad.
5) Locate all the changed keymaps in the "bad" file, and copy/paste to the "good" file.

If restoring an original, unmodified Commands.cfg don't get Gramophone/Radio working, then I don't have a clue what's wrong...

If this does fix the problem, be aware that Setkeys will break radio and gramophone again, if you use it again on the live Commands.cfg. I use Setkeys all the time, but only on a copy of Commands.cfg that I put in another folder. Then I copy/paste the changes from the editted file to the live one.

HTH!

DH

[fred8615]

Originally Posted by Fearless2.

Are your music files stereo or mono because the need to be mono.

FTR, they *don't* have to be in mono. I have some music in both mono and stereo, wav and mp3, and it doesn't have a problem with either.