Level Music -

Galaxy_Stranger · Post by **Galaxy_Stranger** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:46 pm

Hey - I've scripted in some music and every time I do, the game starts playing it's original .mid for a half second before the script kicks in, I guess.

Is there any way to stop that, or do I have to put in a blank midi file in its place?

Post by **Chris** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:55 pm

Make a MAPINFO that specifies no music. Or something.

Post by **Kappes Buur** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:47 pm

Chris wrote:Make a MAPINFO that specifies no music. Or something.

I would go for the something

and specify a music lump in MAPINFO, ie:

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map MAP01 "mapname"
levelnum 1
next MAP02
sky1 SKY1 0
music musicname

and insert the music lump into the pwad, just to be sure that it does play.

Else, if you do not want to insert a MAPINFO lump into the pwad and the map is for map01, rename the music lump (mp3, ogg, wav, etc.) to D_RUNNIN.WAD and stuff it into the skins folder. Or if for map02 rename to D_STALKS, map03 rename to D_COUNTD, etc.

Post by **Kirby** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:09 pm

Kappes Buur wrote:D_RUNNIN.WAD

I think u simply mean "D_RUNNIN"

Post by **Kappes Buur** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:24 pm

Kirby wrote:I think u simply mean "D_RUNNIN"

nnnnnooh, I am pretty sure that I didn't mean that.

When I just have D_RUNNIN as the file name in the Skins folder, the music lump will not play.
But it does play as soon as that file is renamed to D_RUNNIN.WAD.

Aahh, I should have typed the .WAD for the other lumps as well, ie:

D_STALKS.WAD
D_COUNTD.WAD

Thanx for pointing that out.

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:39 pm

Um.. I don't recommend doing this. Name it D_RUNNIN.* (* = whatever you want). Then insert it into your wad. I HATE wads that are split up into many generic wads, and you forget what goes with what.

Post by **Kirby** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:57 pm

Kappes Buur wrote:
Kirby wrote:I think u simply mean "D_RUNNIN"
nnnnnooh, I am pretty sure that I didn't mean that.

When I just have D_RUNNIN as the file name in the Skins folder, the music lump will not play.
But it does play as soon as that file is renamed to D_RUNNIN.WAD.

Aahh, I should have typed the .WAD for the other lumps as well, ie:

D_STALKS.WAD
D_COUNTD.WAD

Thanx for pointing that out.

BetaSword · Post by **BetaSword** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:12 pm

Or just insert the music into the pwad, and rename the lump D_RUNNIN. Does the exact same thing, but without the skins folder or other external files.

Woolie Wool · Post by **Woolie Wool** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:20 pm

You know, if you name a midi file D_RUNNIN with no extension and copy it into your Doom directory (DO NOT put it into a wad, just put it into the directory) and run ZDoom, that file will play whenever you play map01. Even if you play a WAD that has its own D_RUNNIN lump.

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:30 pm

If so, that's a bug. The file should need to placed in the zdoom\skins folder in order to be auto-loaded.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:41 pm

I just tried it and it does work. I also tried loading another lump type (a dehacked file called dehacked (no extention)) and it didn't load. Perhaps it is just music lumps. As for intentional or bug? I dunno.

BTW, just for info, if you call a file zvox.wad and dump it into your Zdoom directory, it too will be autoloaded. I think this was originally put in because Randy anticipated a player voice pack kind-of wad (or similar) but no-one has ever really made any kind of fuss about it and the feature just sits there dormant.