Music.txt files?

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

In C3C, Firaxis introduced the music.txt files for their conquests; only the music files specified there will get played in that particular scenario (in WW2 Pacific, you start with the Modern music etc).

Now, the unwanted sideeffect of that change is:
If you include the conquests in the search path for a mod/scenario, it will use the music specified in the particular music.txt file, not the default, era-specificic ones.
The same happens for the city gfx, btw; but here, it is easy to solve: Simply include the default city gfx in your scenario folder.

However, there is no such a thing as a 'default music.txt file'...at least, I cannot find it.

So, my question is: Has someone ever found out how such a file needs to look like?

Thanks
Doc

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Anyone? Even a wild guess?

If you don't answer my question, I won't answer to other questions anymore .

 

[Pounder]

I've asked the same question before without much of a response.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

. Yes, searching for this topic isn't helpful either.
I'd guess the medieval+ files would be pretty easy; the Middle Ages Conquest for example shows that culture-specific mp3's are no problem.
If only ancient wouldn't use those wav files...

 

[vbraun]

I have played a little bit with music.txt but only minimally. I was able to get certain songs from each of the conquests by simply adding the path to the file. I have not figured out how to do era-specific stuff though...

Also if you put a music.txt in the same foulder as all the other .txts (like pediaicons and civopedia) you will not hear the default music in game, only the ones you have specified.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Also if you put a music.txt in the same foulder as all the other .txts (like pediaicons and civopedia) you will not hear the default music in game, only the ones you have specified.

Yes, that exactly is the problem - I want the default music. But the music.txt files in the Firaxis' Conquests prevents that...

 

[Pounder]

The music.txt file seems to grab music only from folders in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III\Conquests\sounds\Build

Maybe if you copy the default music into a new default folder within this ....conquests/sounds/build folder it would be easier to manage.

 

[Pounder]

Just another question, would wild cards work, eg. misc/*.mp3

Just thinking if I had a large folder with an MP3 library, could you use wildcards to randomly select tracks.