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Nerfix

October 5th, 2003, 03:27 PM

Does Dominions II have any new music or sound effects? Do we have music outside the batles?
Do you have new sound efects or do you use the Dominions I sound effects?

Mortifer

October 5th, 2003, 03:56 PM

I only ask for one thing:
No Britney Spears themed songs! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Nerfix

October 5th, 2003, 03:57 PM

LMAO!
Yeah, no Britney Spears!

Daynarr

October 5th, 2003, 04:02 PM

Yeah, there is in game music and battle music. You can choose 2 different types of battle music (metal or medieval).

Nerfix

October 5th, 2003, 04:31 PM

Oh my, that's something realy new...
Game music is something new, and i hope that the batle musics sound better than what we have in Dominions I...

Mortifer

October 5th, 2003, 06:02 PM

I hope that we can turn off music still. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
I like to listen to decent fantasy soundtracks while playing, instead of ingame music. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Psitticine

October 5th, 2003, 07:16 PM

You can toggle off the music if you wish, and I think the medieval stuff is quite good. The metal battle music isn't really to my taste, but it is an interesting addition for those who would perhaps be more into it.

Saber Cherry

October 5th, 2003, 07:22 PM

I'm looking forward to the music! But I also hope that the music selection will be customizable, and in MP3 format. For example, I'd like to be able to put additional battle music MP3s in the DomII "Battle Music" folder, with one being selected randomly for each battle. My source will probably be HoMM3... that had some great battle music! However, I may throw in some Final Fantasy or even Xenogears battle music:)

-Cherry

Psitticine

October 5th, 2003, 07:49 PM

I wish it were, but I'm afraid the music isn't customizable at this point. I'm hoping that particular feature might make it into a patch/upgrade some day, but it isn't in the beta Version. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Nerfix

October 5th, 2003, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by Psitticine:
You can toggle off the music if you wish, and I think the medieval stuff is quite good. The metal battle music isn't really to my taste, but it is an interesting addition for those who would perhaps be more into it.I can imagine if the quality is still the same as in Dom I, which i however doubt.
...i at least hope it isn't...
But, i'll listen to both medieval and metal, and then make my decisions.

Daynarr

October 5th, 2003, 08:02 PM

You can use some mp3 player like Winamp to play music in background.

Daynarr

October 5th, 2003, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by Nerfix:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Psitticine:
You can toggle off the music if you wish, and I think the medieval stuff is quite good. The metal battle music isn't really to my taste, but it is an interesting addition for those who would perhaps be more into it.I can imagine if the quality is still the same as in Dom I, which i however doubt.
...i at least hope it isn't...
But, i'll listen to both medieval and metal, and then make my decisions.<hr /></blockquote>I like metal! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

October 5th, 2003, 08:04 PM

What about sound effects? Are they recycled from the DomI "tic-toc-squeak" template ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), or were they made anew?

Saber Cherry

October 5th, 2003, 08:20 PM

Originally posted by Daynarr:
You can use some mp3 player like Winamp to play music in background.I know, I already do that. The point is, if MP3 support was integrated, the game would detect when you view a battle and start playing a battle track, like in most games that have discrete battle scenes. And it appears that DomII does this. Winamp can't do such things.

The only remaining advantage of Winamp is customizability - it can play random tracks from a custom playlist. Thus, if this ability was added to DomII (trivial, compared to putting in support for battle music in the first place) it would have music capabilities on par with its competition.

-Cherry

Nerfix

October 5th, 2003, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by HJ:
What about sound effects? Are they recycled from the DomI "tic-toc-squeak" template ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ), or were they made anew?I want to know that too.
Hearing *PLINK!* all the time is getting boring...
*PLINK!*
*duu-dum*
*duu-dum*
*duu-dum*
*TA-TA-TA-DAA!*
That is Luck, Curse three times and Nether Bolt...

[ October 05, 2003, 18:34: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

Mortifer

October 5th, 2003, 10:10 PM

Yeah it would be cool to add own mp3s to our own mods in the future. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Imagine: LotR mod with LotR soundtracks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Zerger

October 6th, 2003, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by Psitticine:
You can toggle off the music if you wish, and I think the medieval stuff is quite good. The metal battle music isn't really to my taste, but it is an interesting addition for those who would perhaps be more into it.This is interesting. Dominions II. will rock! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Nerfix

October 6th, 2003, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by Zerger:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Psitticine:
You can toggle off the music if you wish, and I think the medieval stuff is quite good. The metal battle music isn't really to my taste, but it is an interesting addition for those who would perhaps be more into it.This is interesting. Dominions II. will rock! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <hr /></blockquote>If the music quality is good, Dominions II will, literaly, rock.
And you can actualy pick do you want to listen to metal or medieval!
Just how many games lets you do that?

licker

October 6th, 2003, 10:28 PM

Sigh...

And here I was hoping for a C&W sound track... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

That's country and western for those not in the know... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Actually I don't like C&W at all, but since I never play a game with the music or sound on (wierd eh?) I was kinda hoping for the annoyance factor for the rest of you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Yeah, that's just the kind of guy I am, hehe http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif