[TSL]Difficulty/Doability of brand new music and areas

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

I wonder how much you think it's difficult to add brand new music and areas to the game.

 

I got the tutorial at Lucasforums but it does not specify the maximum bitrate music can have or if we are limited with new areas

 

BTW, which The Sith Lords tracks you feel are entirely missing/entirely forgettable?

[VarsityPuppet]

Most of the difficulty comes with the legal issues of which songs you can use.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

I'm more concerned about actually implementing it, I'm not a fool and know copyrighted stuff can't be put in-game

[VarsityPuppet]

Didn't say you were a fool. With modding, you sort of follow the tutorials, but whatever is not known or mentioned you kind of have to test for yourself.

[MrPhil]

Yeah, but you've got to admit that the adding music part is mostly under-documented for same legal reasons...

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

will experiment then. I asked because I read somewhere that when importing models/textures in TSL we are limited (but they forgot to mention HOW limited...)...

 

wonderful, no more Miles Sound Tools available. how will I decompress the original wav files I wonder.

Edited May 24, 2011 by Dark_Ansem

[VarsityPuppet]

rename the file extension to mp3... works for the VOs

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

VO do not concern me, I'm more interested about music and ambience... VO is pretty good even in vanilla game!

 

besides, adding entirely new soundsets has never been done, at least for TSL...

[Guest DeadMan]

If I remember right, KotOR/TSL doesn't have restriction on maximum bitrate in MP3s. I could be wrong, 'cause I didn't worked with sound for three years. I'll check it a little later.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

thanks what about WAV?

[Guest DeadMan]

I never tried to use WAVs But I may check it when I will be back at home.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

thanks as I said, no more free MilesSoundTools means vanilla stuff can't be improved...

[Hassat Hunter]

Just PM me your e-mail and I can send you the installer I have.

What makes you think it's no longer free?

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

that I went to the official website and the whole thing has been updated. there's not even a milessoundtools anymore.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

I have to ask : which tracks do you really believe are the most forgettable ones / could be improved / are completely absent in The sith lords?

I can at least tell the most obvious examples: boss battle music

 

the Jedi Masters, the big thing in telos station, HK-50 the 1st (but with TSLRCM it could be a fixed boss battle music), heck, even the final boss (it's way too similar to the final dungeon battle music)!

[Sith Holocron]

It seems appropriate to remind folks how they can set up their own TSL soundtrack using their PC game discs:

 

Just mosey on over to this website to learn how to do it yourself: TSL soundtrack instructions at MixNMojo.

 

A note on the instructions: the link to the track on the page above called "Jek Jek Tarr Battle" is no longer available at Mark Griskey's website. (Legal reasons apparently caused him to take it down.) I'm sure resourceful folks can find a copy on the internet if they were

 

Instructions to extracting the music from the original KotOR game can be found here: KotOR soundtrack instructions at MixNMojo.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

do you believe THIS format

http://www.all4mp3.com/Learn_mp3_hd_1.aspx

would be supported by TSL? instead of Hi-quality WAV files (since FLAC is not supported) that can quickly add to dimension?

[Guest Crixler]

It's a pretty obscure format, I wouldn't be surprised if it's never been tried yet. I say go ahead and try it out.

But in order to play those kinds of MP3s in, say, Winamp, you do need a special codec, so I wouldn't be too surprised if it doesn't work out.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

it's said to be retroactively compatible... unless I'm mistaken.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

obvious spoilers ahead. I'm listing all the boss battles of TSLRCM

 

 

*Peragus HK-47 (and other assassin droids):

*Telos overground mercenary group

*Telos underground base tank droid

*Dxun Mandalorian circle of battle

*Dxun Zakkeg

*Onderon cantina fight with Vaklu soldiers

*Nar Shaada Mira/Hanharr

*Master Zez-kai el

*Dantooine administration Azkul group

*Master Vroook Lamar

*Darth Sion

*Korriban Vision of Malak

*Korriban Vision of allies battle

*Korriban Vision of yourself

*Korriban Vision of Revan

*Dxun Tomb Sith Lords

*Onderon Palace Drexl larva beast

*Onderon Palace Vaklu and his Troops

*Master Kavar

*Onderon Palace Queen Talia

*Dantooine Enclave - Jedi Masters Battle?

*Telos Academy handmaiden sisters battle (all at once)

*Telos Academy Atris

*Darth Nihilus

*Darth Sion

*Darth Traya

 

 

am I missing something/think something could be grouped, for musical purpose?

[Sith Holocron]

Am I missing something/think something could be grouped, for musical purpose?

 

What about boss battles from add-on mods? I could think of at least two battles from Newbiemodder's Korriban Expansion that could use new music.

[Guest Dark_Ansem]

that someone else should list them and I thought to start from "vanilla game-as it was meant to be"