Adding music from Evochron Legends and Mercenary to Legacy

haloterm · Post by **haloterm** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:25 pm

I've read the customization kit's instructions on how to change music in the game, but I'm not understanding it 100%.

If I add the "music" folder and put music files as described in there - do they ADD to the existing music, or do they REPLACE it?

I simply want to add the background tracks from Legends and Mercenary to Legacy, to have some more variation without getting away from Rich Douglas' work.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:01 pm

I'm not sure if you start with musiclevel4-1.ogg that you can simply add to what is there or not.
Vice will definitely have to chime in on this.
(I'd like to know also, and might just experiment on my own to find out.)

matchbox2022 · Post by **matchbox2022** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:04 pm

If it's anything like swaping sound fx, it will replace the file ingame.

Or, do what I do and just have winamp running over the game.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:12 pm

From post: 185815, Topic: tid=12474, author=matchbox2022 wrote:If it's anything like swaping sound fx, it will replace the file ingame.

Or, do what I do and just have winamp running over the game.

I usually have in-game music off and play music from my iPod while flying (as I would when actually flying).
I can understand where people would like a way to simply add their own 3-song sets (remember that you have to have a complete set for each musiclevel).

Post by **DaveK** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:59 pm

All the mod files replace the existing files if they exist because they have the same filename - in EM new atmospheric mood music (safe - hostile area - imminent attack music) and station voices and equipment noises etc all replaced the original files.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:30 am

From post: 185830, Topic: tid=12474, author=DaveK wrote:All the mod files replace the existing files if they exist because they have the same filename - in EM new atmospheric mood music (safe - hostile area - imminent attack music) and station voices and equipment noises etc all replaced the original files.

I was under the impression that the original question was can you simply add to existing music.

The game supports 100 three-song sets, with the game only using sets 1 through 3. It is uncertain if you can simply start with musiclevel4 to add new music without overwriting default sets. I have not had the chance to find out because I don't have a media conversion application to convert my mp3s or mp4s to ogg fromat.

haloterm · Post by **haloterm** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:32 pm

Thanks for the answers... so it seems I would have to put Legacy's music, Mercenary's music and Legend's music all into the music folder in order to make that work, and to rename them properly... and then hope that the game does not crash, right?

Misunderstood Wookie · Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:45 pm

From post: 185869, Topic: tid=12474, author=Radikal wrote:
From post: 185830, Topic: tid=12474, author=DaveK wrote:All the mod files replace the existing files if they exist because they have the same filename - in EM new atmospheric mood music (safe - hostile area - imminent attack music) and station voices and equipment noises etc all replaced the original files.

I was under the impression that the original question was can you simply add to existing music.

The game supports 100 three-song sets, with the game only using sets 1 through 3. It is uncertain if you can simply start with musiclevel4 to add new music without overwriting default sets. I have not had the chance to find out because I don't have a media conversion application to convert my mp3s or mp4s to ogg fromat.

VLC (Video Lan Client)
Free software - don't be fooled its very powerful

https://www.vlchelp.com/convert-audio-format/

I can't believe any PC user is without knowing VLC

it's only the best media player available for PC users.

[Edited on 2/24/2016 by Misunderstood Wookie]

matchbox2022 · Post by **matchbox2022** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:15 am

Audacity is also fantastic for anything audio...and free.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:35 pm

VLC (Video Lan Client)
Free software - don't be fooled its very powerful

https://www.vlchelp.com/convert-audio-format/

I can't believe any PC user is without knowing VLC it's only the best media player available for PC users.

Doh! I use VLC for video conversions and didn't even think to use it for the audio...

Audacity is also fantastic for anything audio...and free.

Thanks, I'll pick up a copy of this too.

Edit:
Now you know why my avatar is doing a head-smack.....

[Edited on 2-26-2016 by Radikal]

matchbox2022 · Post by **matchbox2022** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:31 am

I actually thought it was an ewok with stripes briefly.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:01 pm

I added two sets without replacing the first three, and the good news is that the game did not crash.
I have not yet heard the music I added so I can not say that simply adding the sets worked.

Starting with musiclevel4 doesn't crash anything, but might need more sets to be activated.