[REL] Radio Stations and Music Mod - Page 7

fred8615 · 05-30-08, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Fred, you have wasted more of my hard drive space than any modder or game itself! I'm so addicted I have an RSS feed of your FileFront files running at all times. I am a sick puppy and my hard drive is suffering.

WHATTA YA MEAN WASTED!!

On a more serious note, it looks like I'll be getting to those add-ons sooner than I thought. I just got sunk in my current career, so I may as well get them done before starting a new one.

So your hard drive will suffering even more soon!

I'm evil I tells ya!! EVIL!!!

virtualpender · 06-08-08, 08:42 PM

Fred, by any chance do you have Volume 2 of the Radio Saigon mod? I haven't had any luck at an any of the existing links.

Thank you in advance.

fred8615 · 06-09-08, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by virtualpender

Fred, by any chance do you have Volume 2 of the Radio Saigon mod? I haven't had any luck at an any of the existing links.

Thank you in advance.

Sorry, no. I've never been able to find it myself.

mainexpress · 06-12-08, 12:28 PM

hi i just downloaded,all 17 nbc radio files to try this out which took me like 3 to 4 days to finish,leaving my computer on all day and night-Geee-Whizzz! lol,when i was done i went to unzip the files,i got an error message or something,and then i checked my hard drive and it was jam packed full up{i have a 120 Gb hard drive}.I really want these radio stations fred posted, any ideas what to do now?

Digital_Trucker · 06-12-08, 02:09 PM

Normally I'd be a smart a55 and tell you to get a bigger hard drive, but this time I'll suggest something else.:rotfl: (but you really should get a bigger drive, or, better yet, another large hard drive)

If you have a DVD burner, you could burn the zipped files you downloaded to DVDs (make sure and use a burning program that will verify the accuracy of the data on the DVD after burning, such as Nero) and then delete the zipped files from your hard drive, then unzip them onto your hard drive from the DVDs. You could accomplish the same thing if you have another computer on your network with some free hard drive space. Basically, anything you can do to get the zipped files off of your crammed hard drive and then unzip them back to your system will help. You may find that you still don't have enough room, though.

You might, also, want to take the opportunity to clean up your hard drive and defrag it (after you get the zipped files off of it).

fred8615 · 06-13-08, 09:40 AM

If all you have is the 120GB, then I echo DT's suggestion of getting a second drive if at all possible. Modern software, and games especially, will eat that up in nothing flat! I have a 160GB that came with my computer, and got a 500GB for Christmas that I use just for games. At the moment both are about half full.

If you can't get a second or bigger drive, but manage to make enough space for the NBC mod, DO NOT use JSGME to install it!! JSGME copies the files from it's Mods folder to the destination, thus requiring at least double the drive space. You can either extract the KPO folder directly in the Radio folder if your program does that, or extract everything to a temp folder and just "move" the KPO folder.

I am sorry for your problems. The NBC station is so large because they had the overwhemlingly vast majority of the most popular programs from that era. And as I mention earlier in this thread, I couldn't decide what to leave out.

And now for what could be either good news, or bad news, depending upon your POV: I'm planning at least one, maybe two more add-ons for the NBC station. Thus asking for even more hard drive space, should you choose to use it.

Right now I'm working on a CBS add-on, then I have to do a KGMB version. So it'll be a couple of weeks before I start the NBC one. So consider yourselves warned!!

mainexpress · 06-13-08, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by fred8615

If all you have is the 120GB, then I echo DT's suggestion of getting a second drive if at all possible. Modern software, and games especially, will eat that up in nothing flat! I have a 160GB that came with my computer, and got a 500GB for Christmas that I use just for games. At the moment both are about half full.

If you can't get a second or bigger drive, but manage to make enough space for the NBC mod, DO NOT use JSGME to install it!! JSGME copies the files from it's Mods folder to the destination, thus requiring at least double the drive space. You can either extract the KPO folder directly in the Radio folder if your program does that, or extract everything to a temp folder and just "move" the KPO folder.

I am sorry for your problems. The NBC station is so large because they had the overwhemlingly vast majority of the most popular programs from that era. And as I mention earlier in this thread, I couldn't decide what to leave out.

And now for what could be either good news, or bad news, depending upon your POV: I'm planning at least one, maybe two more add-ons for the NBC station. Thus asking for even more hard drive space, should you choose to use it.

Right now I'm working on a CBS add-on, then I have to do a KGMB version. So it'll be a couple of weeks before I start the NBC one. So consider yourselves warned!!

Thanks for the help,as soon as i can get some money together,im gonna buy another hard drive,or better yet i need to build another machine,with all the bells and whistles,dual core SLI etc....I was able to take call of duty 2 off my hard drive to make some space,and did some defragging to make room for the time being.Once i unzip the first nbc file, I dont have to unzip the rest{Right} because when i try too it wants me to overwrite.

fred8615 · 06-13-08, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mainexpress

Once i unzip the first nbc file, I dont have to unzip the rest{Right} because when i try too it wants me to overwrite.

Correct. Just pick one part. And it can be any of them.

Jan7 · 06-24-08, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by fred8615

I've uploaded two more Add-ons. One for the KNX (CBS) station, and one for the KGMB station. See the first post for details.

Dear Fred:

Again, thanks for share this wonderful and nice music with us

!

Jan.

LiveGoat · 06-27-08, 01:50 AM

Hey, Fred!

Thanks so much for the great station mods! I do have a two questions though:

1. Do I have to download these in order or just extract them in order? I think I may have downloaded some in reverse order (given that I was up so late trying to get them all!) I've already installed them and I reread your first post again and I'm starting to think I may have screwed up cause I'm hearing Roosevelt's speech on the affiliate stations as well as the first one (is that normal?).

2. I copied the station and music files to DVD to free up HD space so if I recopy them to my HD in order will that be the same as downloading them in order? Or should I just start all over and go back to filefront?

I'm currently in a new career in 1941 so maybe it's just not enough time has passed but I'm not sure. Sorry for the long post. Thanks again.

--LG

P.S. I'm using JSGE for enabling only BTW.

fred8615 · 06-27-08, 08:23 AM

The download and extraction order shouldn't matter at all. You do need to install any Add-ons in the proper order. But that's all you have to worry about. What FDR speech are you hearing, when did you hear it, and on which station? I need a little more detail to figure out what you're talking about.

Copying from a disk to the HD shouldn't be a problem either. The only thing is, burning to a disk makes the files "read only," and they remain so if you copy them from the disk. But that shouldn't affect the game as it only "reads" the files anyway. It's not supposed to be editting or changing them.

LiveGoat · 06-27-08, 01:22 PM

Example: Let's say I'm listening to KPO.41 and I hear a news report, when I switch to KPO.42 I hear the same news report. Is that normal? I'm guessing it might be because I'm still in 1941 and KPO.42 is for 1942?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fred8615

The download and extraction order shouldn't matter at all. You do need to install any Add-ons in the proper order. But that's all you have to worry about. What FDR speech are you hearing, when did you hear it, and on which station? I need a little more detail to figure out what you're talking about.

Copying from a disk to the HD shouldn't be a problem either. The only thing is, burning to a disk makes the files "read only," and they remain so if you copy them from the disk. But that shouldn't affect the game as it only "reads" the files anyway. It's not supposed to be editting or changing them.

fred8615 · 06-27-08, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiveGoat

Example: Let's say I'm listening to KPO.41 and I hear a news report, when I switch to KPO.42 I hear the same news report. Is that normal? I'm guessing it might be because I'm still in 1941 and KPO.42 is for 1942?

Okay I got ya now. Yes, that's exactly what it's supposed to do. In order to limit the songs to their given year, most stations are subdivided by year. The KPO .41 only plays from December 1st, 1941, until midnight the night of December 31st, 1941. When it becomes January 1st, 1942, the .41 ends and the .42 station starts. It plays until midnight, December 31st, 1942, then the .43 station starts, etc. The reason you can hear .41 stuff on .42 is that I'm taking advantage of the SH4 radio's overlapping ability, so when you're listening on December 31st and the changeover occurs you don't have to switch channels.

BTW, this is all explained in the readme.

06-27-08, 10:29 PM

First Off I'd like to say thanks for the awesome mod, I try and make my Silent Hunter experience as real as possible in omage to my late grandfather (Uss Bluegill SS-242) and even though he died a few years ago, I clearly remember him talking of how isolated and lonely a man can feel at sea, and the radio being the only source of information or communication to the outside world and having these mods just give it that extra touch of realism.

Secondly, the read me for Honolulu (KGMB I think...) says there is a glitch involving crossing the date line. Do you know if this has been fixed with the uboat add-on and if so....What would the range setting be???

Thanks in advance.

fred8615 · 06-28-08, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

Secondly, the read me for Honolulu (KGMB I think...) says there is a glitch involving crossing the date line. Do you know if this has been fixed with the uboat add-on and if so....What would the range setting be???

Thank you for the kind comments. Unfortunately the bug is still there.

06-12-08, 02:09 PM	#95
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Normally I'd be a smart a55 and tell you to get a bigger hard drive, but this time I'll suggest something else.:rotfl: (but you really should get a bigger drive, or, better yet, another large hard drive) If you have a DVD burner, you could burn the zipped files you downloaded to DVDs (make sure and use a burning program that will verify the accuracy of the data on the DVD after burning, such as Nero) and then delete the zipped files from your hard drive, then unzip them onto your hard drive from the DVDs. You could accomplish the same thing if you have another computer on your network with some free hard drive space. Basically, anything you can do to get the zipped files off of your crammed hard drive and then unzip them back to your system will help. You may find that you still don't have enough room, though. You might, also, want to take the opportunity to clean up your hard drive and defrag it (after you get the zipped files off of it). __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

06-13-08, 09:40 AM	#96
fred8615 Saint of the seas Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sorrento, Louisiana Posts: 1,305 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 127	If all you have is the 120GB, then I echo DT's suggestion of getting a second drive if at all possible. Modern software, and games especially, will eat that up in nothing flat! I have a 160GB that came with my computer, and got a 500GB for Christmas that I use just for games. At the moment both are about half full. If you can't get a second or bigger drive, but manage to make enough space for the NBC mod, DO NOT use JSGME to install it!! JSGME copies the files from it's Mods folder to the destination, thus requiring at least double the drive space. You can either extract the KPO folder directly in the Radio folder if your program does that, or extract everything to a temp folder and just "move" the KPO folder. I am sorry for your problems. The NBC station is so large because they had the overwhemlingly vast majority of the most popular programs from that era. And as I mention earlier in this thread, I couldn't decide what to leave out. And now for what could be either good news, or bad news, depending upon your POV: I'm planning at least one, maybe two more add-ons for the NBC station. Thus asking for even more hard drive space, should you choose to use it. Right now I'm working on a CBS add-on, then I have to do a KGMB version. So it'll be a couple of weeks before I start the NBC one. So consider yourselves warned!! __________________ Frederick J. Barnett Radio Stations & Music Captain's Desk Photos FJB Camera Pre Pearl Harbor Career Start Office links, Info Boxes, & 50 cal Crew Rank Fix Sub Class Info Real Subs SH4 Randomizer Sub Images Office Images Sub Pinups & Pics 24 Hour Clocks Office Posters Nav Map Make-Over Add-ons FJB Navigation Maps Office Window Chronographs Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done! Do you think that's easy?! - Gregory Peck, The Guns of Navarone.

06-27-08, 01:50 AM	#100
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	Download Order? Hey, Fred! Thanks so much for the great station mods! I do have a two questions though: 1. Do I have to download these in order or just extract them in order? I think I may have downloaded some in reverse order (given that I was up so late trying to get them all!) I've already installed them and I reread your first post again and I'm starting to think I may have screwed up cause I'm hearing Roosevelt's speech on the affiliate stations as well as the first one (is that normal?). 2. I copied the station and music files to DVD to free up HD space so if I recopy them to my HD in order will that be the same as downloading them in order? Or should I just start all over and go back to filefront? I'm currently in a new career in 1941 so maybe it's just not enough time has passed but I'm not sure. Sorry for the long post. Thanks again. --LG P.S. I'm using JSGE for enabling only BTW.

06-27-08, 08:23 AM	#101
fred8615 Saint of the seas Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sorrento, Louisiana Posts: 1,305 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 127	The download and extraction order shouldn't matter at all. You do need to install any Add-ons in the proper order. But that's all you have to worry about. What FDR speech are you hearing, when did you hear it, and on which station? I need a little more detail to figure out what you're talking about. Copying from a disk to the HD shouldn't be a problem either. The only thing is, burning to a disk makes the files "read only," and they remain so if you copy them from the disk. But that shouldn't affect the game as it only "reads" the files anyway. It's not supposed to be editting or changing them. __________________ Frederick J. Barnett Radio Stations & Music Captain's Desk Photos FJB Camera Pre Pearl Harbor Career Start Office links, Info Boxes, & 50 cal Crew Rank Fix Sub Class Info Real Subs SH4 Randomizer Sub Images Office Images Sub Pinups & Pics 24 Hour Clocks Office Posters Nav Map Make-Over Add-ons FJB Navigation Maps Office Window Chronographs Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done! Do you think that's easy?! - Gregory Peck, The Guns of Navarone.

06-27-08, 10:29 PM	#104
Lynx2069 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	First Off I'd like to say thanks for the awesome mod, I try and make my Silent Hunter experience as real as possible in omage to my late grandfather (Uss Bluegill SS-242) and even though he died a few years ago, I clearly remember him talking of how isolated and lonely a man can feel at sea, and the radio being the only source of information or communication to the outside world and having these mods just give it that extra touch of realism. Secondly, the read me for Honolulu (KGMB I think...) says there is a glitch involving crossing the date line. Do you know if this has been fixed with the uboat add-on and if so....What would the range setting be??? Thanks in advance. Last edited by Lynx2069; 06-27-08 at 10:50 PM.

06-08-08, 08:42 PM	#92
virtualpender Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 381 Downloads: 281 Uploads: 0	Fred, by any chance do you have Volume 2 of the Radio Saigon mod? I haven't had any luck at an any of the existing links. Thank you in advance.

06-12-08, 12:28 PM	#94
mainexpress Ensign Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Francisco home of the U.S.S. Pampanito Posts: 220 Downloads: 294 Uploads: 0	hi i just downloaded,all 17 nbc radio files to try this out which took me like 3 to 4 days to finish,leaving my computer on all day and night-Geee-Whizzz! lol,when i was done i went to unzip the files,i got an error message or something,and then i checked my hard drive and it was jam packed full up{i have a 120 Gb hard drive}.I really want these radio stations fred posted, any ideas what to do now?