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rainalcar
Promising
Famous Hero
Heroji su zakon
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posted September 28, 2014 01:17 PM |
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Poll Question:
Would you like to be able to play the music themes from the previous game?
An idea popped into my mind: why not allow the players to choose the music in Heroes 7? For instance, after you finish the Haven campaign, some secondary quest etc. you unlock some of the themes from the previous games. Than you can make a choice of e.g. the Haven town theme from any of the previous games. The themes do not need to be part of the game, but a downloadable content.
Would you like to be provided with this option?
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted September 28, 2014 01:23 PM |
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I don't remember how it was in H6 but I always used to change the mp3 from the music folder back in the day. Should be easy to organize the folders like that.
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fuChris
Promising
Supreme Hero
Master to the Speed of Light
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posted September 28, 2014 01:29 PM |
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Elvin said:
I don't remember how it was in H6 but I always used to change the mp3 from the music folder back in the day. Should be easy to organize the folders like that.
Heresy!
You do not change the themes of Heroes games. EVER.
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"Now I am become Chris, the destroyer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted September 28, 2014 01:31 PM |
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You do after several years of gaming. Totally worth it too.
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fuChris
Promising
Supreme Hero
Master to the Speed of Light
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posted September 28, 2014 01:45 PM |
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And after several years of gaming you realize that you were an fool for wanting to listen to anythig other then some sweet, sweet Romero/King music.
I've been thru the cycle so I know... I was also a fool once.
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"Now I am become Chris, the destroyer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted September 28, 2014 01:59 PM |
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I don't see a point in this. Composers put a lot of work into a games soundtrack not for players to play older tunes "cus they liked it more". Soundtrack is a part of games identity. There are ways to play different music in the background if you like...
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted September 28, 2014 02:08 PM |
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Elvin said:
I don't remember how it was in H6
In H6 you had to get a tool in order to access music files !
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Doomhammer
Known Hero
Smasher of pasties
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posted September 30, 2014 11:54 AM |
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blob2 said:
I don't see a point in this. Composers put a lot of work into a games soundtrack not for players to play older tunes "cus they liked it more". Soundtrack is a part of games identity. There are ways to play different music in the background if you like...
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Brukernavn
Hero of Order
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posted September 30, 2014 12:12 PM |
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You can turn off the in-game music (but keep the sound effects) and play whatever you want in the background. No need to implement anything in the game itself.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted September 30, 2014 12:59 PM |
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blob2 said:
I don't see a point in this. Composers put a lot of work into a games soundtrack not for players to play older tunes "cus they liked it more". Soundtrack is a part of games identity. There are ways to play different music in the background if you like...
Players should be allowed to do whatever they want just like it was in Heroes 3. Don't like a tune ? Replace it.
Why should I even care about the amount of work put into a music if I don't like it ?
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted September 30, 2014 01:16 PM |
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Nelgirith said:
blob2 said:
I don't see a point in this. Composers put a lot of work into a games soundtrack not for players to play older tunes "cus they liked it more". Soundtrack is a part of games identity. There are ways to play different music in the background if you like...
Players should be allowed to do whatever they want just like it was in Heroes 3. Don't like a tune ? Replace it.
Why should I even care about the amount of work put into a music if I don't like it ?
That's why I said there are ways to change it, for instance by playing music in the background via Winamp, Foobar etc.
It's a matter of your own views, how you treat the work of others etc. The composer either doesn't give a f* as long as he is paid, or he feels sad about not appreciating his work.
And like I mentioned, there are ways to do it, and besides, aside from, I don't know GTA III (if I'm not mistaken you could insert your own radio station), I can't remember that many games with such a function...
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Marzhin
Shaper of Lore
Designer & Writer, Ubisoft
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posted September 30, 2014 07:17 PM |
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We cannot use the tracks from Heroes 1 to 4 in the game. The deal Rob & Paul made with NWC ensures they keep the rights on all the tracks they composed back then. So if we were to allow using the good old tracks in H7, Ubisoft would have to license them from Rob & Paul (which is what we did in order to use them in H6, but that licence was for H6 only).
If we have to spend money we'd rather spend it on new, original music. Especially since the original sourcefiles of most of the old soundtracks have apparently been lost, so we would be stuck with the compressed files, which would probably not sound that good (the few licensed tracks we used in H6 had to be redone from scratch by a composer named Rick Knight).
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mvassilev
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted September 30, 2014 07:24 PM |
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What about the tracks from H5, or the tracks that were original to H6?
And this still leaves open the option to put all the music in mp3 files that can be replaced.
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Eccentric Opinion
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Storm-Giant
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
On the Other Side!
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posted September 30, 2014 07:35 PM |
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They could always make a folder for the music with mp3 files and let the fans do the dirty work, if they want to.
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Marzhin
Shaper of Lore
Designer & Writer, Ubisoft
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posted October 01, 2014 09:00 AM |
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Storm-Giant said:
They could always make a folder for the music with mp3 files and let the fans do the dirty work, if they want to.
I think it depends on how Unreal 3 packages its data. IIRC it stores everything into .upk files.
The good news is that since U3 is a widespread and popular engine it already has a big modding community with lots of useful tools.
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Storm-Giant
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
On the Other Side!
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posted October 01, 2014 02:40 PM |
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So there is a chance 
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VOKIALBG
Honorable
Legendary Hero
First in line
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posted October 01, 2014 03:44 PM |
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Yes. And this can not lose their time. Its soooooooo easy to make.
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