Hi everyone, I'd like to make my own radio station for C:S containing adverts, talk pieces etc. How would one go about adding an extra station into the game.
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If you're using music and you intend to publish your radio station mod make sure the music you use is public domain or creative commons. archive.org and wikimedia commons are good places to start.
Anyway I'm trying to workout how to do this myself too. I'm struggling to modify the current stations even if I convert the audio files to .ogg (the file format you'll need to use) and replace the current files with the name of the files in the directory. Still working on it, I'll tell you if I find a work around.
Anyway I'm trying to workout how to do this myself too. I'm struggling to modify the current stations even if I convert the audio files to .ogg (the file format you'll need to use) and replace the current files with the name of the files in the directory. Still working on it, I'll tell you if I find a work around.
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Thanks mate! These days I listen to a lot of copyright free music so that wont be an issue 
It's mainly finding out how to get get it into the Radio and then also how I'd get custom voiced adverts and talk pieces to play. I want to make a proper radio station
It's mainly finding out how to get get it into the Radio and then also how I'd get custom voiced adverts and talk pieces to play. I want to make a proper radio station
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The best way for such a mod would be to use the standard adverts shipped with the game and to find a way to load local .mp3s from a folder (e.g. the stock windows music folder or a special folder to which files has to be added by the user)
Curious question, it wouldn't be possible to use the internet stream of a real life station, right? Because the station is a set number of pieces that repeat over and over?
I dont think so. Game's radio stations are just bunch of .ogg files.
Real question is how to make them appear in game. I already made myself .ogg of SimCity 4 soundtrack and even made bunch of "commertials" in simlish. But i cant find anything on modding wiki about how to actually add new station. So far it looks like they are hardcodet into the game.
@Zorro_347 you'll not find it in the wiki, but you can find it in the source, eyeballing around assembly-charp.dll looks like it can be done, given enough will.
It's definitively not funny to figure out how to add your own stations. You have to exactly know which prefabs should be created, where they should be put, detour some methods and find out how the AudioManager does stuff (still don't know how exactly some things work).
Will result in cursing and almost giving up multiple times. Everything done in CSL Music Mod. Works fine so far.
Will result in cursing and almost giving up multiple times. Everything done in CSL Music Mod. Works fine so far.
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@mrboese... all of that is entirely true lol, it was making my head spin a little trying to follow it all around, it's like they were purposely trying to make it difficult for custom stations. Nice jobs getting it done btw and updating CLS Music Mod!
That is entirely possible. Perhaps to try to avoid copyright issues. If they were hauled into court, they could say they tried to keep people from doing it.
So am I gonna sit for hours converting mp3 files to match C Skylines? I don't think so- reinventing the wheel? Just another rabbit hole to follow shiny objects down and get lost for days.
Ask the Cities: Skylines developers if they want to include MP3 support.
If I'm not mistaken, don't adding MP3 support require paying royalties or something?