[REL] Radio Stations and Music Mod - Page 3

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!!

spike12 · 09-04-08, 11:17 AM

Your links are broken,I can't find any of your downloads!

09-04-08, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spike12

Your links are broken,I can't find any of your downloads!

Downloaded all files for AFN, one showed to be corrupted, but indeed can't download anymore. LINKS ARE REALLY BROKEN. plse restore the links.

edit: tried to PM fred8615, but no reply yet. That is a pitty, because is Radio Mods are really great. I enjoy them particularly during transfer. To my surprise I found out that not that many people use his mods. Possibly due to the huge downloads. Hope one day the files are available for download again. In the meantime, happy hunting with our without (extra) radio-stations.

Carotio · 09-08-08, 08:35 AM

Fred, you should join Silent Hunter Mods Forum and ask for an FTP account, so you can store your radio mods there.
SHMF will not frequently delete this or that mod because of size or infrequently downloads.

Just click my sig to go there...

Front Runner · 11-08-08, 11:38 AM

Fred,
I am working on creating a "personal" radio station with timed events using my entire archive collection. I'm not trying to re-create a particular radio station.
Have you discovered any limitations to how many events can be in the event.ini file?
By the time I get done, there may be thousands. Just wondering.

BTW, thank you for your dedication to reproducing the WW2 era in radio programs. I enjoy your work immensely and I am inspired by it to produce my own work.

fred8615 · 11-10-08, 08:45 AM

Answered via e-mail.

clayp · 11-11-08, 10:18 PM

Could someone post the part from the readme that has to be added to the radio.ini pls....

Front Runner · 11-12-08, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fred8615

Answered via e-mail.

Fred,
I never got your email reply. Could you please resend? Thanks.
Front Runner

I'm goin' down · 12-17-08, 03:53 PM

Hi. I have not downloaded any mucic yet, but I am about to begin that endeavor. I saw a post some time ago regarding playing music on the radio, but quit searching for it because it was taking a long time to read through all of the posts, and I never did find the post I was searching for. Rather than having the music files in the gramaphone, I prefer to listen to them on the radio. Several radio stations folders contain subfolders labeled "1941", "1942", etc.

If I move downlaoded songs for 1941, for example, into the 1941 folder for a particular station , will the station play music? (As you noted in the original post, some captains do not want 1945 music, for example, playing during 1941, so downloaded songs for 1945 would be naturally be moved to the 1945 folder.)

If ithe station will play music, will the songs play when there is no news being broadcast by that station?

If the radio stations will play music without screwing up the news, then conceptually one could install 1941 songs into each radio station that contains a 1941 folder, although it would use up a lot of space on a hard drive, and might require selecting one station for the intallation of the music files to save hard drive space, or alternatively, using an external hard drive to provide enough disk space to load the files into several station folders. Am I on the right track (no pun intended)?

Frederf · 08-10-09, 01:51 AM

I have a crazy, quick idea of how to workaround the 180deg longitude limitation with SH4. What if you wanted a radio station at 0degN and 175degW? You couldn't hear it as you crossed the international date line despite the station only being 5 degrees away.

What if you made two radio stations?
1, 0*N 175*W
2. 0*N 185*E

The second station is "off the map" so to speak since it's beyond the normal limitations of the latitude/longitude system but the programming might not care about longitudes in excess of 180 degrees.

fred8615 · 08-11-09, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frederf

I have a crazy, quick idea of how to workaround the 180deg longitude limitation with SH4. What if you wanted a radio station at 0degN and 175degW? You couldn't hear it as you crossed the international date line despite the station only being 5 degrees away.

What if you made two radio stations?
1, 0*N 175*W
2. 0*N 185*E

The second station is "off the map" so to speak since it's beyond the normal limitations of the latitude/longitude system but the programming might not care about longitudes in excess of 180 degrees.

I don't think that would work. The game probably wouldn't play the station because it couldn't read the 185 setting. And if it did, you would still have have the problem of switching over to that station causing any scripted programs that played on the first station to repeat all over again on the second. I originally had my AFRS stations as 4 separate ones in different locations and having only about a 2500 nm range. But even though all used the same folder for programing, switching from one to another would cause this to happen. So in later updates I gave a 2 or single station option.

As of this morning BtS is still down. I'm sorry to say you'll just to bear with it until they're back. Or, maybe send some polite messages or PMs to Neal asking him to let me upload them here.

Onkel Neal · 08-12-09, 08:36 AM

Hi Fred, just answered your PM, mate. Thanks

Does anyone know what's going on with BTS?

Carotio · 08-12-09, 09:08 AM

Well fred8615, otherwise I have room for you too, if you want?
How much do you have, 30gb+ or more?

ReallyDedPoet · 08-12-09, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Does anyone know what's going on with BTS?

A post on this here.

Looks like some maintenance is being done.

06-12-08, 02:09 PM	#1
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	#2
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.

09-08-08, 08:35 AM	#5
Carotio Mr. Bad Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aabenraa, Denmark Posts: 1,488 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Fred, you should join Silent Hunter Mods Forum and ask for an FTP account, so you can store your radio mods there. SHMF will not frequently delete this or that mod because of size or infrequently downloads. Just click my sig to go there... __________________ Download my mods from SHMF Follow my photography here taler dansk, speak English, spreche Deutsch, parle français, forstår svenska/norsk, comprendo castellano Last edited by Carotio; 05-23-09 at 09:33 AM.

11-08-08, 11:38 AM	#6
Front Runner Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The FREE State of FLORIDA Posts: 399 Downloads: 215 Uploads: 0	Is there a known limit to event.ini size? Fred, I am working on creating a "personal" radio station with timed events using my entire archive collection. I'm not trying to re-create a particular radio station. Have you discovered any limitations to how many events can be in the event.ini file? By the time I get done, there may be thousands. Just wondering. BTW, thank you for your dedication to reproducing the WW2 era in radio programs. I enjoy your work immensely and I am inspired by it to produce my own work. __________________ "It is well war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it" - C.S.A. General Robert E. Lee "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato Gone but not forgotten, RIP Dave "LeoVampire".

11-10-08, 08:45 AM	#7
fred8615 Saint of the seas Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sorrento, Louisiana Posts: 1,305 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 127	Answered via e-mail. __________________ 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.

09-04-08, 11:17 AM	#3
spike12 Gunner Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 98 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	Your links are broken,I can't find any of your downloads!

11-11-08, 10:18 PM	#8
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Could someone post the part from the readme that has to be added to the radio.ini pls.... __________________ clayp

12-17-08, 03:53 PM	#10
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	music question Hi. I have not downloaded any mucic yet, but I am about to begin that endeavor. I saw a post some time ago regarding playing music on the radio, but quit searching for it because it was taking a long time to read through all of the posts, and I never did find the post I was searching for. Rather than having the music files in the gramaphone, I prefer to listen to them on the radio. Several radio stations folders contain subfolders labeled "1941", "1942", etc. If I move downlaoded songs for 1941, for example, into the 1941 folder for a particular station , will the station play music? (As you noted in the original post, some captains do not want 1945 music, for example, playing during 1941, so downloaded songs for 1945 would be naturally be moved to the 1945 folder.) If ithe station will play music, will the songs play when there is no news being broadcast by that station? If the radio stations will play music without screwing up the news, then conceptually one could install 1941 songs into each radio station that contains a 1941 folder, although it would use up a lot of space on a hard drive, and might require selecting one station for the intallation of the music files to save hard drive space, or alternatively, using an external hard drive to provide enough disk space to load the files into several station folders. Am I on the right track (no pun intended)? Last edited by I'm goin' down; 12-18-08 at 03:31 AM.

08-10-09, 01:51 AM	#11
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	I have a crazy, quick idea of how to workaround the 180deg longitude limitation with SH4. What if you wanted a radio station at 0degN and 175degW? You couldn't hear it as you crossed the international date line despite the station only being 5 degrees away. What if you made two radio stations? 1, 0N 175W 2. 0N 185E The second station is "off the map" so to speak since it's beyond the normal limitations of the latitude/longitude system but the programming might not care about longitudes in excess of 180 degrees.

08-12-09, 08:36 AM	#13
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Hi Fred, just answered your PM, mate. Thanks Does anyone know what's going on with BTS? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

08-12-09, 09:08 AM	#14
Carotio Mr. Bad Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aabenraa, Denmark Posts: 1,488 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Well fred8615, otherwise I have room for you too, if you want? How much do you have, 30gb+ or more? __________________ Download my mods from SHMF Follow my photography here taler dansk, speak English, spreche Deutsch, parle français, forstår svenska/norsk, comprendo castellano