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Title: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 01:50:06 am

I have tons of kewl music, but I dont have a clue on getting them in SFC OP, can anyone shed some light into this please

Adam Out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 02:18:04 am

Need help please, tired of that boring music, its giving me a migrane, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Adam out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Kyoshi on April 23, 2003, 07:38:18 am

IIRC, you will find a music.txt file in the assets/sound folder, which contains references to music pieces stored in the file sfcmusic.zip in the same folder. the filestructure describes which portion of music is played in what game sitution. So, all you have to do*, is to include your musics in the zip and modify the music.txt to play always your files by replaceing the previous references stored there. take care to match the soundformat used in the sfcmusic.zip when inserting your files, or the game will not be able to play them (yes, you have save your music in the format sfc uses there).

(* Sounds easy, doesn't it? A quick look in the music.txt file will show you, why there are so many Music-Mods around... Good luck anyway. )

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 03:26:21 pm

Thanx, Ill try that, I hope it works,

Adam out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 03:38:53 pm

wait a minute that music.txt is really confusing, MenuF2b.i4x where the hell is this at in the SFCMusic.zip folder at, can you be a little more specific please, anyone

Adam Out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 03:40:14 pm

wait a minute that music.txt is really confusing, MenuF2b.i4x where the hell is this at in the SFCMusic.zip folder at, can you be a little more specific please, anyone

Adam Out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Kyoshi on April 23, 2003, 07:24:17 pm

MenuF2b.i4x ??? I have no such File / Reference / Link / Message / Apple / Ghost anywhere...

No idea where you found that!

The Entrys found in the music.txt-file refer to those wav-files found in the sfcmusic.zip and have normaly a format like
XXX_X#(.wav) or XXX_XX#(.wav) ... ok, there are some exceptions.

The Musics are normaly broken into smaller Soundtracks to allow a Start-Track, Loop-Track, End-Track and for the Battlemusics, various complex arrangements depending on who engages who on the battlefield.

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Magnum357 on April 23, 2003, 09:00:02 pm

Sure would be nice if someone designed a "Wrath of Khan" sound file format for OP. Star Trek 2 and 3 had probably the best music I think for Starship combat in Star Trek.

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: nx_adam_1701 on April 23, 2003, 09:48:16 pm

Well now theres a difference, there is a music.txt file in the SFCSounds.zip folder and there is a SFCMusic.txt file which is right there, which one do I alter

Adam Out

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Qob'nuH on April 23, 2003, 10:29:50 pm

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Klingon Fanatic on August 21, 2004, 05:50:32 pm

Are the music sequences hard coded?

I was wondering if you rewrote the Music.txt file to whatever and removed all the LOOP references whether of not that would work.

I hope to experiment with SFC1 music if this is possible.

KF

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Chris Jones on August 21, 2004, 10:25:59 pm

I have not experimented with changing the loops in OP as it's not really necessary to get the effect I want. I have the rock version of the DS9 theme as my menu music, and the Feds get the TNG TV Theme, which goes into the 1st contact comm chatter, then to the standard music. You could just as easily have The Wrath of Khan music as the entire Federation in game music if you want. Make sure yout file is a wav, not mp3 as SFC3 uses, and that it is 16 bit Stereo, 22050.

If your music is a big enough file, the whole song will play. It is better to add the music to the zip and then alter SFCMusic.txt in assets\sound, at least for my purposes.

SFC1, well, I know that Cool Edit Pro tries to interpret the I4X format but it just comes out as static. Has anyone managed to convert that to wav or mp3?

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: dogfighter on August 27, 2004, 03:16:43 pm

i do have them in mp3 format. and i tried to put them into sfc op after i converted them into wav files. it didnt work - i heard the music but it was played terribly slow.
however. i still have all the sfc1 music in mp3 format. if u want to give it a try ill email it to you.

greetings,

dogfighter / ed :)

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Klingon Fanatic on September 06, 2004, 03:59:08 pm

Quote from: dogfighter on August 27, 2004, 03:16:43 pm

i do have them in mp3 format. and i tried to put them into sfc op after i converted them into wav files. it didnt work - i heard the music but it was played terribly slow.
however. i still have all the sfc1 music in mp3 format. if u want to give it a try ill email it to you.

greetings,

dogfighter / ed :)

BUMP

Any news on converting the music? The SFC1 soundtrack in SF:OP would be IMHO the ultimate music mod for the game.

KF

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: WillTheGreat on July 17, 2006, 01:11:22 am

Hmm...my sfcmusic.zip appears to be corrupt. It doesn't contain anything. Anybody know where I can download a replacement?

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Bonk on July 17, 2006, 12:52:59 pm

You'll have to uninstall and reinstall from CD. (Ensure Anti-Virus software is disabled during install and patching). If your CD is damaged, you can get new copies of SFC pretty cheap on Amazon.com.

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: WillTheGreat on July 17, 2006, 07:34:35 pm

Cheap to ship inside the US, maybe.

It was a real hassle to get the copy I already have. Sure someone couldn't send it to me (reaper.of.spares@gmail.com) or something? That would be much simpler.

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Bonk on July 18, 2006, 09:19:14 am

I can't help you there, its a 331 MB file and I'm on dial-up, it would take days.

Does that game play without it? Or are you stuck on installing?

Edit: Its seems to me I have observed this before on an install and using a better quality CD-Rom for installation worked. (It would install from my CD-RW but not from my older CD-ROM drive...) You might also investigate some of those CD scratch repair kits, though I've never used one - it depends on where the damage to the CD is that will determine if it is repairable. Also ensure all anti-virus software is completely disabled when attempting to install.

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Sirgod on July 19, 2006, 11:22:12 am

Bonk speaks wise.

as an aside, I had a scratch on my SFC : OP disc, but I used the old Toothpaste trick, and got it working just fine. My wife get's tickled, Because I keep a Tube of Crest by my PC now days.

If that doesn't work, let me know. If anything, I'll try to figure out this FTP thing, and upload the music files.

Stephen

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: E_Look on July 19, 2006, 06:20:12 pm

Hey Stephen, how did you do it (step by step) and how much toothpaste did you use for one CD?

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: Sirgod on July 21, 2006, 11:07:53 am

Well what I did, was to use about the size of a fingernail of toothpaste. It's probably too much, but It gets the job done. Then I went from the center straight out to the edge of the CD, using an old Cotten towel. I then just use tap water to clean off the excess toothpaste. Dry It with the other side of the towel, and your good to go.

I know that Wal-mart also sells a Repair kit that works pretty good. It has this Silicone gel, that Fixes the cracks/scratches.

Let me know If you need more info, and I can call you to walk you through it.

Stephen

Title: Re: Music???
Post by: E_Look on July 21, 2006, 01:23:45 pm

Nah, it's for future reference. But thanks, though.

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