A discussion on restoring EQ's music once and for all

[Xevin]

ok second necro, but I've made some progress.

I took all the soundfonts that I used to make the rendered MP3 (I think), but combined them into a single working .SF2 then converted that to a .DLS version 1. Then I renamed it gm.dls and replaced the C:\Windows/System32/drivers/gm.dls with mine. I had to take ownership and set permissions to gain access to the gm.dls file first though and then restart the computer. EQ will now play the .XMIs with the good soundfonts, but there is still no echo/reverb. I think that at some time SOE removed that functionality, or it was only ever supposed to work with the SB AWE 32 cards.

Anyway, for those that want it, here is my SoundFont that I used to make the rendered MP3 a few posts up:

Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KNJIQHK6

MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3r6t4bjpafdaq5q

I think this is as close as we can get to better sounding music in game.

Also I made some of the rendered MP3 files to replace the newer music MP3s. For those that want the classic music of EQ with the echo/reverb, but with an easier/less invasive install procedure, just put the files from this zip into your EQ directory:

Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OTZ61X9L

HotFile:
http://hotfile.com/dl/106841690/ef97165/EQ_Classic_Music.zip.html

MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pyhrxpx912r94xf/EQ%20Classic%20Music.zip

[mrgoochio]

Originally Posted by Xevin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ok second necro, but I've made some progress.

I took all the soundfonts that I used to make the rendered MP3 (I think), but combined them into a single working .SF2 then converted that to a .DLS version 1. Then I renamed it gm.dls and replaced the C:\Windows/System32/drivers/gm.dls with mine. I had to take ownership and set permissions to gain access to the gm.dls file first though and then restart the computer. EQ will now play the .XMIs with the good soundfonts, but there is still no echo/reverb. I think that at some time SOE removed that functionality, or it was only ever supposed to work with the SB AWE 32 cards.

Anyway, for those that want it, here is my SoundFont that I used to make the rendered MP3 a few posts up:

Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y039J5WE

I think this is as close as we can get to better sounding music in game.

Also I made some of the rendered MP3 files to replace the newer music MP3s. For those that want the classic music of EQ with the echo/reverb, but with an easier/less invasive install procedure, just put the files from this zip into your EQ directory:

Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OTZ61X9L

HotFile:
http://hotfile.com/dl/106841690/ef97165/EQ_Classic_Music.zip.html

MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pyhrxpx912r94xf/EQ%20Classic%20Music.zip

how did you gain access to overwrite the gm.dls? I tried running windows explorer as administrator to no avail. i then tried giving myself special access to the drivers directory with full control but it was telling me access denied. so i then tried changing the permissions specifically for gm.dls but it also denied me access to change the permission. (this is all from the administrator account on windows 7 ultimate 64bit). my last attempt at this was to change the windows registry path for the gm.dls but alas, it doesn't seem to make a difference and is still using the default windows gm.dls file. Any help?