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Grim Lokk
2016-02-02
2016-02-18
  • Grim Lokk

    Grim Lokk - 2016-02-02

    Hi, and thanks for creating such a great source port! You guys rock.

    The PoP soundtrack is giving me trouble: I've put all the MP3s into "/portals/music" and named them according to the MIDI filenames (tulku1.mp3 - tulku10.mp3), "music type" is set to "all codecs". Yet the game always loads up the MIDI soundtrack. I tried converting the MP3s into OGGs, but that didn't solve the problem.

    The main game soundtrack (located in "/data1/music") works fine.

    File details:

    Complete name                            : tulku7.mp3
    Format                                   : MPEG Audio
    File size                                : 3.64 MiB
    Duration                                 : 3mn 21s
    Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
    Overall bit rate                         : 151 Kbps
    Writing library                          : LAME3.99r
    Format                                   : MPEG Audio
    Format version                           : Version 1
    Format profile                           : Layer 3
    Mode                                     : Joint stereo
    Duration                                 : 3mn 21s
    Bit rate mode                            : Variable
    Bit rate                                 : 151 Kbps
    Minimum bit rate                         : 32.0 Kbps
    Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
    Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
    Compression mode                         : Lossy
    Stream size                              : 3.63 MiB (100%)
    Writing library                          : LAME3.99r
    
     

    Last edit: Grim Lokk 2016-02-02
  • Ozkan Sezer

    Ozkan Sezer - 2016-02-02

    Run the game with -portals and from the game console run:

    music tulku7.mp3

    Does it play it properly?

     
  • Grim Lokk

    Grim Lokk - 2016-02-02

    Couldn't handle music file tulku7.mp3

    Strange. What's even more strange: When I move the music folder from data1 to portals (and rename the files) and then start the game with "-portals" or "-h2mp", the game gives me the same message. However, I know the files work, because they play fine when I start the main game.

     
  • Ozkan Sezer

    Ozkan Sezer - 2016-02-02

    What operating system are you running on?

    As a last resort, send me (sezeroz[at]gmail[dot]com) that tulku7.mp3 file and I'll try to reproduce your issue myself.

     
  • Grim Lokk

    Grim Lokk - 2016-02-03

    I'm using the latest Windows 7 64bit binary.

    Here's a link to the MP3: http://uploaded.net/file/tp5cmei6

     
  • Ozkan Sezer

    Ozkan Sezer - 2016-02-03

    I can not reproduce the issue on my 64-bit windows7. To be
    sure, I tested with a fresh and bare installation like:

    Dowloaded hexen2-1.5.7-win64.zip from here, extracted it,
    copied the pak files from the cdroms, copied your tulku7.mp3
    under portals\music\, ran "glh2.exe -portals" and then ran
    "music tulku7.mp3" from the game console. It played it just
    fine.

     
  • Grim Lokk

    Grim Lokk - 2016-02-03

    Looks like I've solved half of the problem:

    Instead of adding "-portals" to a shortcut, I've created a batch file that executes "glh2.exe -portals". Now I can play the MP3s without problems. However, when I start a new game, the soundtrack from the main game is played, and not the PoP soundtrack.

    This is driving me nuts... I'm sure the problem is caused on my side, though.

    Edit: I've just created a fresh installation, still no luck.

     

    Last edit: Grim Lokk 2016-02-03
  • Ozkan Sezer

    Ozkan Sezer - 2016-02-03

    However, when I start a new game, the soundtrack from the main game is played, and not the PoP soundtrack.

    That's normal: The initial castle levels of PoP actually uses the midis from the original game. When you reach the tibet levels, then it will play the tulku?? music.

     
  • Grim Lokk

    Grim Lokk - 2016-02-03

    Oh, I didn't know that! Thanks for the heads up, haha... I've just loaded "tibet1" and the game started to play "tulku10.mp3" - finally!

    Thank you for your help!

     
  • Kris

    Kris - 2016-02-17

    Hi!
    what I must change to restore original music sequence to play music from PoP only (in first levels)? On the original PoP CD there is no music from "previous" Hexen II. So I want to have tulku music in first castle levels too.

    Thanks

     
  • Ozkan Sezer

    Ozkan Sezer - 2016-02-17

    For that, go into your portals/music directory and make
    copies of your tulku music files like the following:

    tulku7 -> casa1
    tulku1 -> casa2
    tulku4 -> casa3
    tulku2 -> casa4
    tulku9 -> casb1

     
  • Kris

    Kris - 2016-02-18

    Thanks very much!

     

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