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07-30-2010, 01:02 PM
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There's so much info in this thread (which I recommend reading from the beginning), but in a nutshell it's unfortunately not that easy; it's the means by which the midi files + sample sounds + period hardware all came together to rendered EQ's music circa 1999-2000 which we're seeking.
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08-01-2010, 07:01 PM
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i seem to remember hack in the day there were soft drivers you could run that would support any soundfont plus the reverb fx, etc and just select it as your midi device and be off. Is there anything like that anymore?
EDIT: just read DOACleric's remarks on the client changes no longer utilizing the soundfonts in that manner. what a pity =( all those original tunes really made such a different. i felt like something had changed while running around like something was missing but i couldnt put my finger on it now i realize.
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08-26-2010, 06:10 AM
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Oh wow, thanks for posting that set of MP3s. I wonder if the three unknowns ever made it into game... I don't recall ever hearing them anywhere, but they're some of the best stuff in the file. Especially the first one.
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09-01-2010, 09:54 PM
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I have never personally heard the unknowns played within EQ itself. However, the songs were buried inside the XMI files, so I didn't just pull them out of thin air. Either Verant had other plans for those files and never got around to using them, or they simply forgot about their existence.
Actually, one of those unknowns did make a brief appearance - but not in EQ itself. Instead, it played on EQ's homepage back around the 1998/1999 area, embedded inside the webpage. That version of the song however, is much more complete and sounds far better. I emailed the actual composer of the EQ music in the hopes that he could provide me with the complete midi file for that unknown, but he apparently lost it. What a shame. | ||
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09-02-2010, 06:55 PM
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Regarding the idea of getting random battle music, what if we just had the three battle themes named bat1.mp3, bat2.mp3, and bat3.mp3, and then had a script that randomly copies one of them to battle.mp3 (or whatever it's called). This script would just run in the background.
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09-02-2010, 08:05 PM
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You'd have to have it constantly changing the name for it act random (vs have one play for 5 min, then another, etc.). I assume the constant naming/renaming of the files would eventually lead to corrupt files. | |||
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10-17-2010, 09:34 PM
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I've been messing with this a lot today, and while I can load EQ's soundfonts with my x-fi sound bank manager and use them with Winamp to hear the EQ music almost exactly how it used to be... I can't for the life of me force the client to use the x-fi's other midi device instead of general midi. Arg!
Also, for probably the most noticeable differences between how it sounds now and how it's SUPPOSED to sound, go near the monk guild in freeport, or near the mail carrier bard in Kaladim... or open the midi listed as "halas 5" .. whichever XMI that is I dunno.. the background instruments sound totally ruined. Anyone know if there's a client setting to force which midi device is used by EQ? If the client is using some sort of built in general midi driver, maybe we can just swap it out somehow.... | ||
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10-18-2010, 11:16 AM
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Im on the other side of the fence. How do i use the latest mp3 music? i know its something about making another folder and such for music but I don't know the process. I have a folder of eq music that I love. I hated the midi music. Can i add that back to my client and replace the midi tunes?
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